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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…
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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 &…
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‘Duel’ Obligation? Palestine in the Mandate years
Online Conference, 29 March 2022 14.00-18.30 BST The British empire governed the newly constituted State of Palestine from the final years of the First World War until its ignominious departure in May 1948. This rule was legally constituted, and superintended, according to the Mandate awarded to Britain by the League of Nations. During these years,…
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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…
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Students’ Q&A with Documentary maker Christopher Everett
On 21st October 2021, students at Edge Hill University were able to meet the documentary filmmaker Christopher Everett after a screening of his film, Wilmington on Fire. It was the first time that the film has been seen in the UK and both staff and students were able to put questions to Chris about the…
