Backtalking to Save Democracy: An Evening with Kimberlé Crenshaw

Backtalking to Save Democracy: An Evening with Kimberlé Crenshaw

Join us for a powerful evening with the brilliant Kimberlé Crenshaw! Dive into thought-provoking conversations about democracy, justice, and activism. It's going to be inspiring, eye-opening, and definitely a night to remember.

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, race, racism, and the law. She was a founder and has been a leader in the intellectual movement called Critical Race Theory and is also known for introducing and developing the concept of intersectionality. She is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the cofounder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum. Crenshaw writes regularly for The New Republic, The Nation, and Ms., hosts the podcast Intersectionality Matters!, and has appeared as a commentator on media outlets including MSNBC and NPR.

The Centre for the Study of the United States (CSUS) serves as a leading hub for scholarship and teaching on American politics, society, history, and culture. Based in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, CSUS was established in 1999 to build and promote the University of Toronto's resources in American Studies and interdisciplinary U.S.-focused research and teaching. CSUS represents the largest collective of scholars in Canada with research related to the United States, the Americas, and its global influence. Drawing on UofT’s tradition of academic and teaching excellence, CSUS fosters multidisciplinary dialogue and advances rigorous research across the social sciences and humanities.

With the support of:

Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto Scarborough

Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto

Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto

Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity, University of Toronto

Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough

Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga

Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough

Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto

New College, University of Toronto

Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

School of Cities, University of Toronto

Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga

Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga

Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto