• CFP: ‘Witch Hunts- Race & the persecution of women, antiquity to the 21st century’

    CFP: ‘Witch Hunts- Race & the persecution of women, antiquity to the 21st century’

    Aula Magna, Via San Gallo, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE, Italy 14-15 February 2023 PARTNERS: MONITORacism magazine; SAGAS, University of Florence; International Centre on Racism (ICR), Edge Hill University, UK. CALL FOR PAPERS Scholarship on the early modern ‘witch hunts’ is extensive, and has demonstrated their transformational consequences for women and patriarchal societies in the West. In…

  • Islamophobia and the media

    Islamophobia and the media

    31 March 2022, Edge Hill University, UK. Location: Business School, B002 & B003, & online. 17.15-19.00 BST Organised in collaboration with the Edge Hill Islamic Society and the ICR, by final year History & English Literature student, Sadiya Mansur. This event features an exhibition on Islamophobia in the UK, a panel discussion and Q &…

  • What now? Making antiracism a success in 2022 seminar series

    What now? Making antiracism a success in 2022 seminar series

    The first part of the ICR/MONITORacism magazine seminar series on antiracism begins this month. 16.00-16.45 Addressing antisemitism within anti-racist pedagogy Dr Mira Vogel, King’s College London and Dr Ben Gidley, Birkbeck College, UK. Growing interest in anti-racist curriculum design does not tend to include antisemitism – at least not notably (Daniel et al, 2019). This…

  • The Holy land: peace, promises, problems, 1096-1918

    The Holy land: peace, promises, problems, 1096-1918

    Online conference, 30 November 2021. What were the origins of the struggle for power in the Holy Land after the collapse of the Ottoman empire? What was the relationship between Europeans, Palestinians, Jews and the Holy Land before that moment? And how far back in history should we go to find the roots of European…

  • CfP: What now? Making Anti-Racism a Success in 2022

    CfP: What now? Making Anti-Racism a Success in 2022

    In Spring 2022, MONITORacism magazine and the International Centre on Racism (ICR) will run a bi-weekly online seminar to discuss effective strategies for anti-racism around the world. We welcome contributions from scholars, practitioners, and policy communities globally. The series will be broadcast on the MONITORacism YouTube channel. Chairs of the series include Dr Naaz Rashid…