Dear all,

Please see below and attached for details of a one day workshop that we are co-organising at the University of Birmingham at the end of this month.

Hope to see you there!

Best,

Jen and Orly

'At the Intersections' is a one-day conference sponsored and supported by the PSA (Political Studies Association) Women and Politics Specialist Group, the PSA Early Career Networkand the BSA (British Sociological Association) Race and Ethnicity Study Group.

The event aims to bring together political scientists, political sociologists, activists and practitioners dealing with intersections of identity and intersecting oppressions in the context of British and international politics, academia and the University, political and social theory, policy and media discourse, and in grassroots activism.

Panels and sessions will be focused on activism, social movements and the third sector; inclusion, representation and oppressions in the University; theory, methodology and critique, and discourse, institutions and marginalised peoples.

The keynote will be be provided by Professor Akwugo Emejulu from the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick.

Along with the PhD and ECR speakers on the day, there will be representatives from Amnesty International and the Runnymede Trust.

A full programme will be forthcoming.

Registration will be begin at 9.30am with a 10am start, and the event will run until approximately 5.30pm. Entry is free but booking is required. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Directions to venue:

Travel via public transport: Most cross-country services to Birmingham arrive at New Street Station. Up to six trains an hour depart for the University on the cross-city line (ten minutes to University station, final destination Longbridge or Redditch). The centre of the main campus is a five-minute walk from University Station.

Walking directions from University station to Muirhead Tower: Turn left out of University station. Continue straight then take a slight right toward the large statue (Faraday sitting in a chair). Continue straight on for around 4 minutes. Go straight through the walkway located next to Staff House (past the Fruit and Veg stall). You'll now be in the centre of campus. Walk diagonally all the way across the square. You should be in front of the Arts building, Muirhead Tower will be to your left. It's the tallest building on campus so you can't miss it!

For more information e-mail: [log in to unmask]

Dr Jennifer Thomson

Lecturer in Comparative Politics

Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies

University of Bath

Co-Convener of the PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group

@jencthomson | [log in to unmask] | (+44)1225 385912

Most recent publications:

‘Can abortion rights be integrated into the Women, Peace and Security agenda?’ with Claire Pierson: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616742.2017.1413583

‘Resisting gendered change: feminist institutionalism and critical actors’: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0192512116677844