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Witch Hunts: Race & the Persecution of Women, Antiquity to the 21st Century
14-15 February 2023, annual ICR conference, in partnership with the Università degli Studi di Firenze (UniFI) & MONITORacism magazine. Hosted by the Dipartimento di Storia, Archeologia, Geografia, Arte e Spettacolo (SAGAS), UniFI. Venue: Aula Magna, Via San Gallo, Firenze. Supported by SAGAS, UniFI, the Institute for Social Responsibility and the Department of History, Geography &…
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Palestine in the Age of Empire, 1600-1923
14.00-18.45 GMT, 7 December 2022 This online conference marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of Rashid Khalidi’s seminal book, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness. Khalidi presented a new way for us to think about the history of being and feeling Palestinian; at one and the same time, he demonstrated the fact…
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#BIAJS23 Race in jewish worlds, antiquity to the PRESENT
Since the explosion of Black Lives Matter in 2020, societies around the world are paying greater attention to the questions of race and racism, including their role in human history. Over the last decade, a growing number of scholars of the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds have argued that race has held a central place…
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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 &…
