CERS PGR Izram Chaudry has written two pieces – an article and a blog relating to Islamophobia Awareness Month. You can read his pieces here: https://communitypolicyforum.com/responding-to-islamophobia-in-the-academy/ Muslimness as a ‘Matter Out of Place’ | Critical Muslim Studies
Dr Roxana Barbulescu has won new projects which follow up from her ESRC grant Feeding the Nation. Accommodation offset for seasonal migrant workers in low pay funder Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Low pay Commission, Principle Investigator (12,000) Migrant workers in agri-food: global perspectives and international best practices, PI, funder...
Call for Papers Critical Muslim Studies Online Colloquium II Submission Deadline: 31 October 2022 Starting date: TBC, November 2022 Surviving in modern academia requires collective work and effort. The Critical Muslim Studies Colloquium offers a collaborative/supportive space for conversations about challenging topics and questions. The Critical Muslim Studies Colloquium was...
The Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS) at the University of Leeds is happy to announce our Black History Month (BHM) event and speaker details. Speaker: Dr Kennetta Hammond Perry Welcome: Professor Ipek Demir Chair: Dr Richard Tavernier Title: ‘Black Futures Not Yet Lost: Black Abolitionism and the Politics...
Dr Roxana Barbulescu was interviewed by the BBC World Service on the impact of the war in Ukraine for seasonal migrant workers in Europe. Her segment starts at min 4, 20 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct3123
Professor Ipek Demir is a member of the Decolonising Steering Group of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The Steering Group is preparing a Decolonising Toolkit which will be used in midwifery education and practice in the UK.
Ipek Demir will give a talk on her recent research on diaspora theorising at the University of Uppsala – 8 September 2022.
CERS member Dr Jose Pina-Sánchez (School of Law, Leeds) will lead an ESRC grant as PI, exploring ‘Disproportionality: Exploring the Nature of Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing through Causal Inference’. For more info on his and other CERS projectes, please see here.
This exhibition shows the role of migrant workers during summer on a UK strawberry farm. The story is based on interviews with workers and on photos they shared during the Feeding the Nation research project, an ESRC project led by CER member Dr Roxana Barbulescu.
CERS Member Dr Marketa Dolezalova will provide an introduction to the film screening ‘The Deathless Woman’ on 3rd July 2022. See info on Romani Film Screening and Romani Language Workshop here: