Feminist and Queer Critiques of Multiple Empires: A Conversation among Women of Color

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

Consisting of four women of color, this roundtable critically analyzes the phenomenon of multiple empires in today’s world. Contrary to the binary understanding of the democratic West leading the fight for human rights against oppressive regimes such as Iran and China, many Western policies, companies, organizations, and scholarship in fact strengthens the power of authoritarian governments. This roundtable makes an original and significant contribution by unpacking the complex ways in which different imperial forces collaborate in the suppression of feminist and queer resistance in Global South/Third World.

Sub Unit

• General Conference / The Praxis of Transnational Feminist Solidarity

Moderator

• Lin Li, Department of History, University of St. Thomas

Presenters

• Sona Kazemi, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

• Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Women's & Gender Studies, Southern Connecticut State University

• Zheng Wang, University of Michigan

• Parvaneh Hosseini Fahraji, Worcester State University