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RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference is a leading institute in the field of women’s, gender and equality research in Iceland. Founded in 1991, RIKK promotes interdisciplinary gender research and the dissemination of research results and information.
Empowerment and Agency at the Margins: Immigrant Women’s Pursuit of Higher Education
Cynthia Trililani is the sixth lecturer of the RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference lecture series on intersectionality in spring 2024. Her lecture is titled „Empowerment and Agency at the Margins: Immigrant Women’s Pursuit of Higher Education” and...
Intersectionality: RIKK‘s spring 2024 lecture series
Feminist thoeries on intersectionality study the overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination. Among the factors intersectionality takes into account are gender, sexuality, nationality, race, origin,...
Hydrofeminist scholarship in/through/with South African oceans, bodies of water and liminal watery edges
Tamara Shefer is the first lecturer of the RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference lecture series on intersectionality in spring 2024. Her lecture is titled „Hydrofeminist scholarship in/through/with South African oceans, bodies of water and liminal...
LECTURE SERIES
The RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference Lecture Series allows scholars to present and discuss new research in the field of gender and equality studies. The lecture series aims for an interdisciplinary approach with diverse themes and topics. The lectures are at noon, usually on Thursdays at the lecture hall of the National Museum of Iceland. The lectures are conducted in either English or Icelandic.
EVENTS
RIKK organises conferences, symposiums and other events in the field.
