In person icon Europe is Burning - And we are Talking about Intersectionality!

Abstract

This plenary roundtable discusses the major political and societal transformations that are taking place in Europe today. The themes of the roundtable range from the Ukrainian crisis to the economic, financial and political crises in the EU and its member states, and to the political responses to these crises in the form of the rise of the populist right parties and the rise of conservatism across Europe as well as counter reactions to them. We ask the provocative question about intersectionality to explore whether feminism as a form of activism and feminist scholarship are detached from what is going on in the real world or strongly engaged with it and providing answers and solutions to the crisis. The plenary roundtable will also address questions about the oppositional forces that there are to feminist engagements.