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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.…
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European Association for Jewish Studies
The ICR conference on social media and antisemitism has been awarded a grant by the European Association for Jewish Studies. The conference takes places on 5-6 November 2019, and includes a civil society workshop for those who work to combat antisemitism. “The political controversy over antisemitism continues to escalate internationally. The social media revolution is…
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Islamophobia & Surveillance
The book based on the Edge Hill symposium on Islamophobia and surveillance has just been published by Routledge. The book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Ethnic and Racial Studies. It features essays by Gil Anidjar (Columbia), Rashna Darius Nicholson (Hong Kong), Piro Rexhepi (Max Planck, Göttingen), ICR Director, James Renton,…
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Social Media & Antisemitism
Deciphering the Past and Present Relationship Between Prejudice & Communication Conference & public workshop, 5-6 November 2019. Social media is arguably impacting in significant ways on anti-Jewish racism- but what is novel about this relationship? Focused on this question, Social Media & Antisemitism is the first conference to analyse the connection between innovations in media and changes…
