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Students respond to UK “regret” over MAori killings
On Wednesday, 2 October, the British government expressed its “regret” for the killing of 9 Māori after the arrival of Captain James Cook in Aotearoa (New Zealand) in 1769. The statement was made in private by the High Commissioner to New Zealand, Laura Clarke, and did not include an apology. Students at Edge Hill University…
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partnership with the European university institute
Edge Hill University has exchanged letters with the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence to establish a new research partnership for the project, MONITOR Global Intelligence on Racism. MONITOR is a multi-media magazine that brings the insights of research on racism to global public debate. The ICR will be the centre of the partnership at…
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new international Expert TEAM
The ICR will launch in the autumn of 2019 with an international team of experts on race. The team were recruited to provide expertise on a diversity of racisms. Members of the Centre include the Surviving Society podcast team, Chantelle Lewis and Tissot Regis, alongside the Co-Editor of Current Sociology, Karim Murji, and the Joint…
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PKC millins lecture
The ICR announces the inaugural PKC Millins laureate. The first PKC Millins laureate will be Professor Satnam Virdee from the University of Glasgow. The Millins Lectures honour scholars who are providing new thinking about race on a big canvas. Professor Virdee’s work tackles the relationship between race, class, and the making of the world that…
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islamophobia & surveillance book launch
On 16 October 2019, the ICR will open its doors for the first time with the launch of Islamophobia and Surveillance: Genealogies of a Global Order. Investigating the origins of the 21st century world-system for spying on Muslims, the book traverses the religious wars of early modern Europe, colonial India, and the War on Terror.…
