Identity Politics Workshop

Date: 09 November 2012, 14:00

Location: Margam Building Room 316, Swansea University

Economic and Social Research Council: Wales Doctoral Training Centre Language-Based Area Studies Pathway.

10: 00 Welcome: coffee/tea.

10:30 Workshop 1: Theoretical Frameworks

Session led by Dr Helen Brocklehurst, Dr Mark Evans (Swansea)

Background reading:
Identity Politics
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities (1983). Summary
Intersectionality: Patricia Collins, ‘Intersecting Oppressions’:

12:30 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15 Workshop 2: Working With the Concepts

How staff have used the concepts in "identity politics" in their own research With Dr Helen Brocklehurst, Professor Alistair Cole, Dr Mark Evans, Dr Cillian McGrattan, Dr Yan Wu.

15:15 Coffee/tea and close

All welcome - but please email Dr Mark Evans - m.a.evans@swansea.ac.uk if you are interested in coming: spaces are limited and priority is given to ESRC-funded students.