Transnational feminism as scholar-activism: Responses to crises and devaluation

Political Brown Bag Lunch with Simone Wisotzki and Susanne Zwingel

PRIF kindly invites everyone interested in trans­national feminism and/as scholar-activism to join this week's edition of our Political Brown Bag Lunch. Simone Wisotzki, PRIF Board Member and Project Leader, will welcome Susanne Zwingel, Associate Professor for Politics and Inter­national Relations (Florida Inter­national University).

Situated in different contexts and working together across borders and differences, trans­national feminists have developed a rich tradition of respond­ing to global and local crises. Drawing on the recently published edited volume ‘Feminist Responses to Crises and Dehumani­zation: Trans­national Scholar-Activist Perspec­tives’ (Rout­ledge), this talk presents some of these feminist strategies related to ecological devastation and economic exploitation, political authori­tarianism, and the denial of reproduc­tive justice and bodily auto­nomy. As the volume also responds to increasing restrictions of academic freedom in US academia, the talk reflects on what we can learn from feminist scholar-activists in Argentina, Brazil, Türkiye and else­where to defend spaces for critical thinking.

When: June 30, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Online. Please register via events(at)prif.org to receive your invitation link.