Part of the Political Science department's series on Social Conflict and Democracy, this panel focuses on the enduring impact that race and slavery hold over U.S. politics.  Featuring guest speaker Maya Sen of Harvard, presenting on "The Political Legacy of Southern Slavery," the panel include three Univ. of Kentucky faculty experts as well: Christia Spears Brown (Psychology), Melynda Price (UK Law), and Ray Block (AAAS & Political Science).

Cosponsored by the Quantitative Initiative for Social & Policy Research (QIPSR) and the College of Arts & Science's Keys to Our Common Future initiative.

International Conference on Global Racism

University of Kentucky, Lexington

February 22, 2013

– Free event

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

5:00-6:30 pm

The White Racial Frame: Buttressing Oppression

Joe Feagin, Texas A&M

PANEL 1 - RACIALIZATIONS

9:00-11:00 am

White supremacy in Hollywood films

Hernán Vera, University of Florida

Fairer is Beauty: Racism in Postcolonial India

Sasikumar Balasundaram, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Kentucky

Racialization and "Moveable Citizenship: On the Latino/a Dialectics of “Citizenship” And “Belonging”

Suzanne Oboler, John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY

The ‘We/Other’ Cognitive Schema: The Anatomy of Social Transformation in South Africa

Olajide Oloyede, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town/College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky

PANEL 2 - RACELESS RACISM

11:15am-1:15pm

Mestizaje logics: lessons from the workings of racism in Mexico and the struggle for recognition

Mónica Moreno Figueroa, Newcastle University

Racesless Racism? Frenchness and the Future of France

Didier Gondola, Indiana University-Purdue University

From Panacea for Harmonious Race Relations to Ideological Tool for Domination: Reflections on the Use of Métissage through Time and Space in Racialist and Racist Discourses

Jean Muteba Rahier, Florida International University

PANEL 3 - COUNTER RACISM

2:30-4:30pm

Racism, casteism and the potential of counterracist strategies in India and South Africa

Laura Dudley Jenkins, University of Cincinnati, Associate Professor of Political Science

This is Our Home: Multiracial Democratic Transformation of/in New Orleans

Hyun Sook Kim, Wheaton College, MA

An Evolving Global Frame: City College Students Challenge Racism, 1930-1975

Daniel A. Sherwood, The New School for Social Research