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CFP: Global apartheid? Racial inequality in the contemporary global order

23rd February 2018 CRaB admin Uncategorised

Call for papers for panel at the Development Studies Association annual conference, University of Manchester, June 27th-29th Global apartheid? Racial inequality in the contemporary global order This panel invites papers that address the theme of racial inequality in the contemporary global order. Since the 1970s, the concept of “global apartheid” has informed much research and activism on this theme, based upon the claim that inequality on a global scale is structured around a colonial axis and what Howard Winant referred to as “a centuries-old pattern of white supremacy”. However, a number of scholars have begun to question the continued relevance

Ramón Grosfoguel: Epistemic Racism/Sexism: The Structure of Knowledge in Westernized Universities

5th February 2018 CRaB admin Uncategorised

The Citizenship, ‘Race’ & Belonging network presents Epistemic Racism/Sexism: The Structure of Knowledge in Westernized Universities A public lecture by Prof. Ramón Grosfoguel (University of California, Berkeley) Monday 12 February 2018, 6-8pm, Park Building 3.01 How is it possible that the canon of thought in all the disciplines of the Social Sciences and Humanities in the Westernized University is based on the knowledge production by a few men from five countries in Western Europe? Professor Grosfoguel turns to the ‘4 genocides/epistemicides’ of the long 16th century: ‘against the Jewish and Muslim origin population in the conquest of Al-Andalus, against indigenous people in

CFP: The Invisible Within: Actors, Relationships and Activities in Chinese Migrant Families

5th February 2018 CRaB admin News and Events, What's On

Call for papers for an international workshop The Invisible Within: Actors, Relationships and Activities in Chinese Migrant Families Two-day workshop to be held at the University of Central Lancashire (UK) 15-16 November 2018 Organisers: Dr Lara Momesso (University of Central Lancashire) and Dr Isabelle Cheng (University of Portsmouth) The literature on Chinese families emphasises the power of the patriarchal, patrilineal and patrilocal structures and ideologies over family members, particularly women and younger generations. Reinforced by Confucian values, family members, within this patriarchal system, are expected to prioritise solidarity, filial piety, frugality, and collective wellbeing over individual interests. Yet, in a global context characterised