Date: Wednesday 19th October 2022 Time: 13:00 to 14:15 (Online) Speaker: Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond Title: Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics Recording can be listened to HERE. Abstract: “Identity politics” has been a smear for decades. The right use it to lament the loss...
Title: Book discussion: The Muslim Problem: From the British Empire to Islamophobia See recording HERE Abstract: The Muslim Problem: From British Empire to Islamophobia (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022) provides an understanding for the increasing incidences and normalisation of Islamophobia. Ismail Patel develops the notion of Islamophobia not as a continuation of...
Professor Ipek Demir was interviewed by Gargi Binju (University of Tubingen) for the New Books Network. See here for the interview: https://newbooksnetwork.com/diaspora-as-translation-and-decolonisation
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...
Tesfalem Yemane, CERS PGR student, has organised a panel on ‘decolonising epistemological and methodological perspectives in migration studies: Language, translation and transcription’. Date and time: 9 May 2022 (2-4pm UK time). Please register here if you would like to attend.
Migrant workers in agriculture, sustainability and justice in Europe and UK International workshop co-organised by Cornell University and the University of Leeds Dr Roxana Barbulescu and Dr Johanna Schenner 15th of March 2022 11.00-16.00 GMT , 6.00-10.00 EST Zoom https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOyprj4sHtSnHQuSS6zCTkeBhu__mlDh Migrant workers make up a significant part of the...
To register, pls follow this link HERE. This is a face to face only event.
CERS and Bauman Institute Special Event: Colonialism and Modern Social Theory Authors: Professor Gurminder K. Bhambra and Professor John Holmwood will present their book ‘Colonialism and Modern Social Theory’. Respondents: Professor Manuela Boatcă, Professor Adrian Favell, Professor S.Sayyid Chair: Ipek Demir When: Thursday 17 March 2022, 3-4.30pm UK time, organised by CERS and the Bauman Institute....
Transnational Kemalism Online Workshop, 30-31 May 2022 Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS), Leeds University Call for Papers We are delighted to invite submissions for an online workshop on the theme of Transnational Kemalism. Workshop attendees will be invited to submit their papers for publication in a special issue...
The Centre for Ethnicity & Racism Studies (CERS), University of Leeds is holding an event to mark Islamophobia Awareness Month. ‘How the World Responded? The War On Terror & Islamophobia’ Speakers: Dr Paul Bagguley (CERS, University of Leeds), Claudia Radiven (CERS, University of Leeds), AbdoolKarim Vakil (Kings College London)....