Book forum: Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation (18 March)
Tuesday 18 March 2025 15:00-17:00 GMT.
Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building
Event Information
Join us on Tuesday 18 March for the book forum: Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation.
Author Radhika Govinda will join a panel of speakers to examine feminist politics through the lens of intersectionality, emphasising its role as theory, methodology, and pedagogy.
Panellists include:
Prof Rukmini Sen, School of Heritage Research and Management, Ambedkar University Delhi
Prof Hugo Gorringe, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Aerin Lai, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Prof Fiona MacKay, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Click here for more information on the publication.
Organised by GENDER.ED in partnership with CRITIQUE, the Centre for South Asian Studies, and the UoE Sociology Department.
Tea, coffee and refreshments will be provided.
About the Author
Dr Radhika Govinda is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK and the Director of GENDER.ED – the University’s interdisciplinary hub for gender and sexualities studies. Her research and teaching bridge the fields of sociology of gender, international development and South Asian Studies. She is co-editor of Doing Feminisms in the Academy, and Gender in South Asia and Beyond.
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