Critical Whiteness and Transformative Sociology
5 May 2010, 2pm - 5pm
Department. of Sociology
University of Manchester
Lecture Theatre A (University Place)
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The critical examination of whiteness and the racial position of white people and institutions becomes increasingly part of the curriculum of Sociological research and teaching. This raises the question what the transformative potential of Sociology is and could be as a discipline. To discuss this, the Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, would like to invite you to a seminar on Critical Whiteness And Transformative Sociology.
Key speaker
Professor Les Back (Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London) has written and collaborated extensively in the field of the study of race, racism and critical whiteness, social exclusion and social change, and the institutional, the urban, the visual and the popular. His work includes Out of Whiteness. Color, Politics, and Culture (2001, with Dr. Vron Ware), Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader (2007) and Race, Politics and Social Change (1996) (both with Prof. John Solomos).
Discussant
Dr. Bridget Byrne (Sociology, University of Manchester), author of White lives: the interplay of 'race', class and gender in everyday life.
Facilitator
Dieuwertje Dyi Huijg (PhD student, Sociology, University of Manchester).
Contact
Email: dieuwertje.huijg@manchester.ac.uk
Doors will open at 1.30pm. Note that attendance is limited (max. 110)