PAST
WORKSHOPS
Seeing Beyond the Veil:
Race-ing Key Concepts in Political Theory
For political theorists working on race the present moment appears somewhat paradoxical: on the one hand we are witnessing the success of avowed white supremacist and xenophobic political projects, while on the other hand scholarship on race in political theory is not only thriving but is one of the areas producing some of the more exciting critical theoretical interventions in the field. How should we make sense of this?
2016
After #Ferguson, After #Baltimore:
The Challenge of Black Death and Black Life for Black Political Thought
In an early-1960s interview, James Baldwin observed the existential, ethical and political dilemmas facing black populations in the US and famously remarked that “to be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” Over 50 years later that black rage has reached unprecedented public and global visibility, mediated by quotidian police killings of black people, new forms of relentless black activism and ever-vigilant and vocal black social media.
