Past events
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How anti-semitism became a battleground - Rachel Shabi in conversation with Gary Younge
18:30 - 20:30 25 March 2025
As claims of antisemitism continue to distort our politics at home and abroad, it has become almost impossible to talk about constructively, even in private. Instead, we find ourselves in a storm of misinformation, political mudslinging and bad-faith accusations. Rachel Shabi’s Off White offers urgent...
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Exploring carceral intersections of race, class and disability - Margarita Aragon
12:00 - 13:30 20 March 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Margarita Aragon from the University of London shares her research. In this paper, I will explore the incarceration of those perceived to be intellectually disabled in the early 20th century as an important practice in the making of race and class in Britain. This context...
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"The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system" - David Conn
15:00 - 16:00 19 March 2025
Refreshments will be provided. In 2017, 11 young black people were convicted of the killing of Abdul Hafidah, who was fatally stabbed by one of them. Seven were convicted of murder, four of manslaughter, after a "joint enterprise" prosecution that presented evidence that the young people were in a...
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Building Resistance: empowerment, unity and representation
17:00 - 19:00 6 March 2025
Join us for a powerful evening of conversation & testimony as we bring together people from across Nottingham to discuss how we effectively organise to build positive change in the black community. All welcome. At a time when the City Council is making painful cuts that harm our communities the police...
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Still 'Nae Problem' Here?
16:30 - 20:30 27 February 2025
Join the Maryhill Integration Network for a public assembly on Scotland's denial of racism. Introduced by Gary Younge. With pre-discussion food and refreshments (4:30-5:30pm). What are your thoughts on addressing denial of racism? Join us in addressing these important issues, challenge narratives...
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Free yourself: research, politics and doing (your) right thing - Yunis Alam
13:00 - 14:30 20 February 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Yunis Alam from the University of Bradford shares his research. In this talk I will be exploring a range of themes linked with insider research, ethnography and the extent to which research can be a political venture. I will also be speaking about owning and being committed...
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Building solidarity: CoDE Early Career Research Network Meeting
12:00 - 17:00 3 February 2025
Connect with other early career researchers of 'race' and ethnicity at this in person meeting of the CoDE Early Career Researcher Network.
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Leaving being ‘left behind’: itineraries of operation and resistance in a post-industrial English city - Ajmal Hussain
13:00 - 14:30 16 January 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Ajmal Hussain from the University of Warwick shares his research. ‘Left behind’ denotes a particular constituency of otherness, wherein disenchantment with the status quo is a consequence of the economic and material decline that accompanied the disappearance of large-scale...
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Back to Black? Identity Politics in Treacherous Times
10:30 - 12:00 22 October 2024
Claire Alexander, Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, gives the second in a series of lectures organised by the journal, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Abstract: It is now nearly forty years since Stuart Hall’s seminal 1988...
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Intersected: Class, Gender and Queer Lives in Post-Reform China - Susanne Yuk Ping Choi
14:30 - 17:00 22 October 2024
Please join us for the Department of Sociology’s guest lecture, by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Susanne Yuk Ping Choi. The lecture will run 3:30-5pm, followed by a drinks reception 5-6pm. Abstract: Despite advances in LGBTQ rights globally, sexual minorities in China have continued to struggle for...
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