The Critical Approaches to Race seminar series is back and explores the complexities of race, decolonization, and social justice through an interdisciplinary lens. Bringing together leading scholars, this series addresses critical topics such as colonial legacies, racial discrimination, and intersectionality, aiming to foster dialogue and reflection on how these issues continue to shape society today.
When: Thursdays, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: Various venues, including ULB and VUB campuses
Entry: Free (registration encouraged)
Contact: birmm@vub.be / marti.lutumbue@ulb.be
Upcoming Events:
Launch of FirstWaves.be: An open web platform unveiling the struggles of the Maghrebi and Black diasporas in Belgium (1918-2000) – 26 September 2024 (7 PM) at Pianofabriek
Lionel Zevounou: L’égalité dans ses rapports à la race: Discriminations faced by Moroccan workers at SNCF (1970-2018) – 10 October 2024 at ULB
Solène Brun: Diffuser et vulgariser les approches critiques de la race en sociologie: Retour sur deux expériences de co-écriture – 14 November 2024 at VUB - BsoG
Alana Helberg-Proctor: Doing diversity in health(care), doing race? – 12 December 2024 at ULB
Remi Joseph Salisbury: Universities, Black students, and the (re)production of whiteness through securitisation – 23 January 2025 at VUB / BsoG
Khaoula Marti – Vulnérabilités, racismes et subjectivités politiques en Tunisie: Le cas ethnographique des migrant.e.s de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Yasmine Akrimi – Race, Féminité et État-Nation en Tunisie: Intersections et Subversions. 13 February 2025 at ULB
Folashade Ajayi – Black Utopia in Berlin - 20 March 2025 location TBD
Zehra Colak & Zakia Essanhaji: Rethinking methodology as a technology of social (in)justice? – 24 April 2025 at VUB - BsoG
Martin Frager Perrier: Sociologie de la blanchité critique – 15 May 2025 at ULB:
Omar Jabary Salamanca: Palestine Between colonial epistemologies and liberation worldmaking – 12 June 2025 at VUB
If you want to join one or more of the seminars, please send us an email at birmm@vub.be.