Its title gestures towards the theoretical framework of ‘intersectionality’, more usually seen in sociology and gender/cultural studies where it has recently emerged as a key paradigm. This framework insists that multiple categories of analysis (gender, race, class, sexuality among others) must be deployed together to understand social processes and experiences. It has also emerged as an important rallying point for activism. This conference proceeds in part from the understanding that women’s history, and women’s activism, has actually paid attention to multiple categories of analysis for quite some time – even if these contributions are not well recognised.
We invite papers that explore ‘intersections’ in women’s, feminist and gender history from a variety of perspectives, including but not limited to the framework of ‘intersectionality’. Themes might include: Gender, Race and Colonialism; New Approaches to Working-class History; Historiographical and theoretical papers; Cross-cultural encounters; Migration and Nationalism; Activism past and present
**Papers need not be on Australian History.
