Intersectional Studies at South Carolina State University
ISC at SC State sponsors events that encourage scholarship and discussion related to intersectionality, a framework with the goal of understanding how aspects of individual identity (which can include but are not limited to race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and religion) intersect to construct different degrees of power and powerlessness.
The ISC also announces the inclusion of a permanent panel on Intersectional Feminisms to acknowledge the origins of Intersectional Studies within Intersectional Feminisms, with the work of scholars such as Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Since this pioneering work, Intersectional Studies has expanded, but maintains its core focus of understanding how how aspects of individual identity (which can include but are not limited to gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, and religion) intersect to construct different degrees of power and powerlessness. Click on the button below o learn more about Intersectional Feminisms and Intersectionality:
The 2025 ISC at SC State
CFP: 2025 International Remote ISC at SC State (March 28, 2024 via Zoom)
Crossing Borders: Building Bridges in Today's Global Community
The Department of English and Communications at South Carolina State University invites proposals for individual twenty-minute papers/presentations for the 2025 Intersectional Studies Remote Conference via Zoom on Friday, March 28, 2025.
Papers that explore the 2025 ISC theme "Crossing Borders: Building Bridges in Today's Global Community" are particularly welcome. What are the different kinds of borders in today's society? In what ways can borders be barriers (physical or metaphorical)? How have those barriers been challenged? In what ways can borders be permeable areas of possibility? Who gets to create the borders we face each day? The ISC also announces the inclusion of a permanent panel on Intersectional Feminisms, and papers addressing various topics in this area are also invited. Papers not placed on that panel will be considered for the larger pool of panels.
The ISC is interdisciplinary and welcomes papers/presentations from a variety of fields. Undergraduate and graduate student presentations are also welcome. The conference is free and open to the public.
Please use the link or QR code below to access and complete the submission form:
The deadline for proposals is Friday, February 21 by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time.
Registration for the conference will begin on March 1.
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