Our COP26 events
Back to Black? Identity Politics in Treacherous Times
Back to Black? Identity Politics in Treacherous Times
Sociology; College of Social Sciences Hub
Date: Tuesday 22 October 2024
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Venue: Online
Category: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Staff workshops and seminars
Speaker: Professor Claire Alexander
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/back-to-black-identity-politics-in-treacherous-times-tickets-948276429327
It is now nearly forty years since Stuart Hall’s seminal 1988 ‘New Ethnicities’ article announced the ‘end of innocence’, or the end of ‘the innocent notion of an essential black subject’. The intervening decades have seen both the fragmentation and re-imagination of racial and ethnic identities, and ongoing racial and ethnic inequalities and exclusions. They have also seen the emergence of new forms of racial exclusion and the resurgence of essentialist forms of identity and resistance. This lecture traces some of these changes and explores some of the contemporary forms of identity politics, and their dangers. In particular it asks: what is the future for racial and ethnic solidarity and how do we find place for hope in treacherous times?
This lecture will take place online. Please register to attend, and a joining link will be sent to you on the day of the event.