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Conference Announcement Theme: Race and Racism Subtitle: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Type: International Conference Institution: School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva Location: Geneva (Switzerland) Date: 28.–29.10.2016 __________________________________________________ Conference Outline This conference brings together some of the leading scholars of race and racialisation from the United States and France. The aim of the conference is two-fold. First, it seeks to present a wide-variety of academic studies on race, conceived as a socio-political rather than a biological category, to Swiss students, faculty and the general public, who may not have had the chance to encounter them before. Secondly, it introduces Swiss controversies about race, and Swiss research on race, to international scholars in order to broaden the range of theoretical perspectives and examples available for academic research. With panels on race and philosophy, politics and medicine, the conference introduces contemporary debates about race in different academic fields; with panels on the history and future of race, contemporary debates about discrimination, colonialism and multiculturalism can be explored from different perspectives. In this way, the conference seeks to promote a better understanding of race amongst academics and the interested lay public, and to contribute to democratic thought and politics in Switzerland. Panels 1. Swiss Controversies, Swiss Perspectives - Nicolas Bancel, Université de Lausanne - Pamela Ohene-Nyako, Université de Genève - Patricia Purtschert, ETH Zürich 2. Philosophical Perspectives on Race - Linda Alcoff, CUNY, Hunter College - Joshua Glasgow, Sonoma State University - Tommie Shelby, Harvard University 3. Social Scientific Perspectives on Race - Frederick Harris, Columbia University - Victoria Hattam, New School for Social Research - Patrick Simon, Institut national d’études démographiques 4. Race and the Natural and Medical Sciences - Claude-Olivier Doron, Université Paris 7 - Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard University - Justin Smith, Université Paris 7 - Marcel Weber, Université de Genève 5. Postcolonial Perspectives on Race - Elsa Dorlin, Université Paris 8 - Nadia Yala Kisukidi, Université de Genève - Noémi Michel, Université de Genève 6. Facing the Past, Looking to the Future - Magali Bessone, Université de Rennes - Annabelle Lever, Université de Genève - David Lyons, Boston University - Daniel Sabbagh, Sciences Po CERI The detailed program can be found here: http://www.raceconf.net Venue University of Geneva Uni Bastions, Room B111 Participation Registration fee is CHF 35, except for students of the University of Geneva. Some subsidies for travel expenses may be available. To register for the conference please contact Annabelle Lever ([email protected]). The conference language will be English. But people are welcome to ask questions in French, and impromptu translations will be provided. Organization Annabelle Lever, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Université de Genève. For all questions, please contact the conference organiser at: [email protected] Contact: Annabelle Lever Department of Political Science and International Relations Geneva School of Social Sciences University of Geneva 40 boulevard du Pont d'Arve CH-1211 Genève 4 Switzerland Email: [email protected] Web: http://agenda.unige.ch/events/view/16850 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
