Now more than ever: Reimagining Discrimination Law for Intersectionality

Описание: In this talk, Kellogg Fellow Dr Shreya Atrey will discuss her new book, "Intersectional Discrimination" which examines the concept of intersectional discrimination and why it has been difficult for jurisdictions around the world to redress it in discrimination law.

'Intersectionality' was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. Thirty years since its conception, the term has become a buzzword in sociology, anthropology, feminist studies, psychology, literature, and politics. But it remains marginal in the discourse of discrimination law, where it was first conceived. Traversing its long and rich history of development, the book explains what intersectionality is as a theory and as a category of discrimination. It then explains what it takes for discrimination law to be reimagined from the perspective of intersectionality in reference to comparative laws in the US, UK, South Africa, Canada, India, and the jurisprudence of the European Courts (CJEU and ECtHR) and international human rights treaty bodies.

This talk was filmed as part of Oxford University's Meeting Minds 2021, a week-long series of events for alumni of Oxford University.