Event: Anti-racist perspectives on ‘fundamental British values’

The Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging research network presents: Anti-racist perspectives on ‘fundamental British values’ Monday 20 March, 3-5pm Milldam Building LE0.05, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, PO1 3AS Speakers: Moazzam Begg, Outreach Director, Cage Sarah Keenan, Lecturer, School of Law, Birkbeck College Kojo Koram, Lecturer, School of Law, University of Essex Dolapo Bolaji, VP Education and Democracy, University of Portsmouth Students Union In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis within government policy (particularly within education and counter-terror legislation) on the promotion of ‘fundamental British values’, defined as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect for and

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Race in your Face 2: Liberate My Degree

This event organised by University of Portsmouth students may be of interest to CRaB members/followers: “Calls for the decolonization of the curriculum have become a global anthem amongst University students today. Perhaps the most profound movement of decolonization has been the Rhodes Must Fall movement in South Africa. This movement galvanized students throughout the UK to ask; why is my curriculum white? More recently at SOAS and LSE calls for decolonization have helped catalyze protests and discussion. Our objective for this open Panel Q&A is to ask: what is decolonization? Is there a need to decolonize? What is missing from

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Call for papers: Workshop on Citizenship and Identity.

Call for papers: Citizenship Workshop – Citizenship and Identity European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group  The intersection between citizenship and identity: Contemporary processes of differentiation and exclusion Workshop 7-8 June 2017, University of Portsmouth DEADLINE: 3 April 2017 This workshop seeks to provide a critical context for theoretical and empirical examinations of the intersection between citizenship and identity. Observed as the dynamic bond between a sovereign political community and the individual, citizenship is expected to shape community-building processes. The significance of identity in these processes cannot be stressed enough – it is, only, by bringing citizenship and identity together that ‘imagined community’ can

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