Ideas Matter: Historical racism and the new language of racialisation

Second podcast in our series on Race and Racism, the theme of BoI charity’s event The Academy, held online in late 2020. 

In this episode, we feature the lecture ‘Historical racism and the new language of racialisation’. 

At a time when questions related to race have very much come to the forefront of political discussion, this talk examines what the new antiracism stands for - and argues that it represents a break from the anti-racism of the recent past, and that the time has come to instead adopt a universalist, humanist perspective.

Lecturer: Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, founding signatory, Don’t Divide Us; educator, researcher and writer; author, ‘What should schools teach? Disciplines, subjects and the pursuit of truth’.

THE ACADEMY ONLINE II: RACE AND RACISM
The Academy II was a half day online event via zoom that took place in November 2020.  

To view the full programme and some suggested background reading to the talks, please visit  https://theboi.co.uk/the-academy-online-ii-race-and-racism   

For this introductory lecture, we you may wish to read:- 
• 'Nationalism' by Rabindranath Tagore (1917).  Purchase this Penguin Classics book http://amzn.to/2LPfpFw 
• 'Learning to Read and Write' by Frederick Douglass (1845) (pdf). https://bit.ly/39ViHin   

THE ACADEMY
In the context of today’s instrumental approaches to knowledge, The Academy summer school is a modest attempt to demonstrate the value of scholarship, and of the worth of the university as a place of free enquiry dedicated to the pursuit of truth.

DONATING TO THE BOI CHARITY
The BOI charity is committed to continuing to host discussion and debates throughout this period when society is restricted by measures to tackle coronavirus. In order to realise events such as the Academy Online, none of our staff are furloughed and instead remain working. If you can, then please consider a donation, small or large. Visit: https://theboi.co.uk/donate  

IDEAS MATTER PODCAST
Ideas Matter is a podcast that takes the most important issues of our times and explores the ideas and intellectual trends that have shaped where we are today.

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