Join us for the Centre of Law and Society Annual Lecture 2027, delivered by Professor Davina Cooper.About this Event
Join the Centre of Law and Society at Cardiff University for the 2027 CLS Annual Lecture, delivered by Professor Davina Cooper.
Conceptual Activism in the Struggle for Gender: Aids, Cells, and Other Conceptual Forms
Lecture abstract:
Analysis of concepts typically focuses on their substance and meaning. The form of concepts is often assumed--that they are abstract ideational structures or categorising devices, for example. But if concepts have a material life, and if their form varies, what can this contribute to the legal and political work that conceptual meaning does? This lecture draws on 23 interviews with interdisciplinary academics and recent research on struggles over gender and sex to explore how contested conceptual meanings take shape as worlds, currents, aids, and cells. The lecture will explore two core questions: How do concepts and counterhegemonic concepts assume these figurative forms? What power do concepts exercise through the forms they assume?
Annual Lecture: 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm
Venue: Glamorgan Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3WA.
Attendance is free, but registration is required.
Event venue
Glamorgan Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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