BERKELEY CENTER ON COMPARATIVE EQUALITY & ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW 10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2023 Hosted by Utrecht University Utrecht, the Netherlands: 28-30 June 2023 CALL FOR PAPERS Equality Law in Context: Illuminating Intersections in Search for Global Justice The conference will provide a space for critical reflection on how to move equality law forward. The conference organizers particularly welcome submissions that seek to illuminate intersections between equality law and other fields of law as well as other disciplines (e.g. sociology, political theory, political economy, history, gender and queer studies, economics, etc) and/or intersectional inequalities (e.g. racism, sexism, class inequality, ableism, etc). There have been many calls to tackle deep-seated structural and intersectional discrimination in recent years, but so has the strong backlash against these campaigns. With these realities in mind, the conference will consider possibilities for crafting effective short-term and long-term responses. These responses will incorporate a global perspective. Paper proposals may address the broader themes described above or any area of equality and anti-discrimination law. Specific conference sub-themes are: * Multidisciplinary equality law * Effective mainstreaming and enforcement * Intersectionality and structural forms of discrimination * Covid-19 and inequality in times of crises * Opposition to equality projects * Digital equality * Disability rights * Racial justice * Gender equality * LGBTQI equality * Climate justice and just transitions * Financial equity and living wage * Sexual harassment and violence * Global systemic racism We plan to hold the conference on site in Utrecht. We will stream keynotes and make some of the recordings of the presentations available online. Instructions for submission We are now inviting submissions for workshop presentations and panels on topics related to these themes, and aspects of equality law more generally. We encourage applications from PhD/SJD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and individuals with significant practical experience of working to advance equality. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and clearly indicate objectives and methodology. Please include a brief biography (max. 100 words, suitable for publication on the conference website), including affiliation and your email-address. Panel submissions should include a title and an abstract for the entire panel as well as titles, abstracts, and author information for all papers. Each panel should contain between three and four papers. The panel can be submitted by any of the authors. Please note that initial abstracts must be submitted in English, but we may be able to make some accommodation if you wish to present in another language at the conference. Please indicate this in your submission. Timeline * The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 November 2022. * The abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee and invitations to present will be sent out in January 2023. * Either detailed outlines of the presentation, presentation slides or full papers will be due on 1 June 2023. Finances The fee will likely consist of 100 Euros per person, which can be waived if necessary. The conference organizers can regrettably not cover travel and accommodation. Contact Please send any queries relating to the Conference to BCCEUtrecht@uu.nl<mailto:BCCEUtrecht@uu.nl> Posted by Tanya Krupiy, Newcastle University