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Past Event

Feminist Intersectional Science and Technology Studies (F/ISTS) Conference

April 28, 2023
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Barnard Hall (James Room), Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York

Event Description

The inaugural Feminist/Intersectional Science and Technology Studies (F/ISTS) Conference homes in on the reciprocal relations between techno-scientific knowledge and practices, on the one hand, and gender, race, class, and other intersecting axes of power, on the other. The interplay among technical and social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine is central to addressing many of the most pressing problems of our times, such as climate justice and environmental racism, health in/justice, and digital surveillance.

Event Speakers

Session 1: Experience and Experiments

  • Kelsey Lewis, Assistant Professor of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Buffalo
  • Deboleena Roy, Professor of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University
  • Banu Subramaniam, Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Moderated by Nedah Nemati, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience at Columbia University

Session 2: Waste, Race, and Colonial Detritus

  • Amade M’charek, Professor of Anthropology of Science at the University of Amsterdam
  • M. Murphy, Professor of History at the University of Toronto
  • Marisa Solomon, Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College
  • Pavritha Vasudevan, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
  • Moderated by Miriam Ticktin, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate Center

Session 3: Slow Disaster at the Digital Edge

  • Jackie Orr, Associate Professor in Sociology at Syracuse University

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration required. Separate registration is required for the keynote event with M. Murphy on April 27. Please see the event webpage for additional information. 

Hosted by the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College and co-sponsored by