Citizenship, 'Race' and Belonging research group

Launch of Culture Bars Podcast

CRaB recently launched a new podcast series – Culture Bars. Culture Bars is a collaborative project realized by international scholars, educators, artists and grassroots community
STEAM Education: A Global HipHop Perspective

This workshop explores how HipHop can reconfigure educational practices by taking an artistic approach to educational and social reforms. Time & Location: Tuesday 10th of
Call for Papers: Exploring the Edges of Citizenship, Workshop 1: Nationhood and Nationalism

Call for Papers: Exploring the Edges of Citizenship, Workshop 1: Nationhood and Nationalism International Interdisciplinary Workshop at the University of Portsmouth on 4th July 2019

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

‘Us and Them’: Developing open and collaborative citizenship/identity (networks)

13th December 2017 Charles Leddy-Owen Blogs, News and Events

Blog post by Dr Nora Siklodi, Lecturer in Politics, University of Portsmouth This entry provides a short overview of the key ideas presented at a recent workshop organised by the Citizenship, Race and Belonging (CRaB) research group in collaboration with the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Citizenship at the University of Portsmouth.[1] The objective of the workshop, entitled ‘Citizenship and Identity’, was to bring together papers addressing the intersection between these two issues. Citizenship was defined along traditional lines, as the dynamic bond between a sovereign political community and the individual, which is then anticipated to shape