The Oxford University Student Union

Call for Papers

Saturday April 24, 2010 (0th Week)
St Antony’s College

Contact: craechair@ousu.org
Facebook: Race and the (Imagi)nation

This conference aims to bring together students from a variety of disciplines working on issues of or related to race or ethnicity in order to highlight its importance as a conceptual category grounded in the everyday. Some questions that will be considered at the Conference include, what does race mean today? What are the implications of twenty-first century race thinking? How, if at all, has this racial thinking changed? How do we assess claims to race-neutrality, colourblindness or post-raciality?

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words to craechair@ousu.org by Sunday March 14. You will be notified of selection by the end of March. All applications will be considered, although preference will be given to students.
 

Organised by CRAE, The Campaign for Cultural & Racial Awareness & Equality

The Campaign for Cultural and Racial Awareness and Equality (CRAE), organised through the Oxford University Student Union, strives to bring about increased awareness of the cultural and racial diversity of Oxford University, promote greater understanding and more dialogue on race, and foster systems of support for those students on campus who identify with black and racial and ethnic minorities.

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