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  


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most important issues of our times and explores the ideas and
intellectual trends that have shaped where we are today.


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