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Conceptualizing Difference Conference and Summer School
CISRUL was proud to host the conference Conceptualizing Difference in April 2021. The idea of ‘difference’ governs today’s political thinking. Struggles for equality and justice are generally concerned with recognizing and protecting differences, not least because varieties of difference, including gender, sexuality, race, class, religion and language are used to justify political oppression, discrimination and exclusion. … Continue reading Conceptualizing Difference Conference and Summer School
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Visit of Lewis Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon
Lewis Gordon and Jane Gordon participated in our Conceptualizing Difference conference in 2021, but this had to be held online due to pandemic restrictions. We are delighted to have the … Continue reading Visit of Lewis Gordon and Jane Anna Gordon
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Decolonial approaches to gender studies and secularism
Edward Wright F61 Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), University of Aberdeen, AberdeenProfessor Nadia Kiwan, LLMVC In this paper, Professor Kiwan will consider the theoretical contributions that a decolonial studies paradigm might bring to the study of gender. She argues that a decolonial conceptual framework can generate critical discussions of key political concepts such as equality, secularism and universalism and the ways in which such concepts have, … Continue reading Decolonial approaches to gender studies and secularism
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Islamophobia Beyond Borders workshop (hybrid)
From Monday 22nd to Wednesday 24th of July, Professor Nadia Kiwan of the University of Aberdeen and Dr Jim Wolfreys of King's College London will host the Islamophobia Beyond Borders Workshop, to discuss the international context, repercussions, and consequences of contemporary Islamophobia. Discussion will take place in the form of round table panels, taking place in … Continue reading Islamophobia Beyond Borders workshop (hybrid)