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On 25/02/2010 13:41, Helen Magee wrote:
> Please could you remove my name and contact details from your mailing
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> Many thanks
> Helen Magee
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> *From:* Aspects of academic research & teaching within Media on behalf
> of Clarissa Smith
> *Sent:* Thu 25/02/2010 10:06
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> *Subject:* Research Seminar at University of Sunderland: 8th March 2010
>
> The Centre for Research in Media & Cultural Studies, University of
> Sunderland is hosting the following event:
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> Research Seminar - Monday 8th March 2010 - 6pm The David Puttnam Media
> Centre Room 233.
> ALL WELCOME
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> *Amir Saeed, University of Sunderland
> **Malcolm X, Black Power and the Muslim World: A Personal Reflection.* **
>
> Just as the Civil Rights and Black consciousness movements have
> inspired human rights activists around the world Malcolm X has been a
> motivating figure for such people (Marqusee, 1999). Malcolm X's appeal
> and recognition has transcended the boundaries of ‘race’ and
> national borders. Much of this appeal is due to Malcolm X’s image in
> popular culture that depicts a strong-minded, non-compromising Muslim
> (Dyson, 1995).
>
> The current moral panic created post 9/11 about terrorism has
> attempted to fuse prejudices about asylum seekers, Muslims and
> migrants to create an ‘enemy within’ the West. ‘Traditional’
> discourses of ‘swamping,’ ‘illegal hordes,’ and ‘
> immigrant-crime’ have now been accompanied by the (irrational?) fear
> of terrorism (Saeed, 2004).
>
> Thus given the anti-Muslim rhetoric espoused by leading social
> commentators following 9/11, Malcolm X’s appeal and message of
> social justice seems more relevant than ever. Recent anti-war
> demonstrations in the UK saw Malcolm X’s image employed by young
> British-Muslims demonstrating what they perceived as social injustice
> being committed to Muslims around the world in the name of fighting
> terrorism primarily by the USA (Saeed, 2004).
>
> This paper examines why Malcolm X has been such a key figure and role
> model for many non-white communities and especially the Muslim and
> South -Asian Diaspora in the UK (Saeed, 2003) In order to do this the
> paper highlights historical developments in Malcolm X's political
> career that helped make him a symbol of anti-racism and the
> personification of an assertive black consciousness (Van De Burgh,1992).
>
> These historical developments are further linked to the issue of
> identity politics and the globalisation of American popular culture.
> Thus terms like 'black' and ' Muslim' are explored in relation to
> Malcolm X and his appeal in particular to British-Asian Muslim
> communities. Furthermore his appeal will be conceptualised within a
> subjective framework that explores the impact of Civil-Rights leaders
> to non-white people globally.
>
>
>
> Dr Clarissa Smith
> Programme Leader, MAs in Film, Media & Cultural Studies
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