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Lunchtime Seminar Series for 2008: Social Political Identities and Tackling Workplace Discrimination Date: Wednesday 7th May 2008 Time: 12.45pm to 2pm Venue: WLRI, London Metropolitan University The 'Boardroom' (JS1-41) 31 Jewry Street London EC3N 2EY Title of the talk: *Belonging and the Politics of Belonging* About the talk: Professor Nira Yuval-Davis will discuss some of the major issues involved in analysing the notions of belonging and the politics of belonging, theoretically and politically in relation to some of the major political projects in contemporary Britain. About the speaker: Professor Nira Yuval-Davis is a diasporic Israeli Jew living in London. She is Graduate Course Director in Gender, Sexualities and Ethnic Studies at the University of East London. She has published widely on theoretical and empirical aspects of nationalism, racism, fundamentalism, citizenship and gender relations in Britain & Europe, Israel and other settler societies. Among her recent books are Gender and Nation (Sage, 1997) (which has been translated by now to seven different languages); Women, Citizenship and Difference (Zed Books, 1999); Warning Signs of Fundamentalisms (WLUML, 2004) and The Situated Politics of Belonging (Sage, 2006). She is currently working on a monograph on Nationalism and Belonging (Sage, forthcoming) and is the Director of an ESRC funded research project on Identity, Performance and Social Action: The Use of Community Theatre among Refugees. Nira Yuval-Davis staff page: http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/staff/nira-yuval-davis/ For more info on the WLRI Social Political Identities Seminar Series 2008 - including audio recordings of past seminars - go here: http://www.workinglives.org/events_wlri_seminarseries2008.html We warmly welcome you all to come and listen to the views and theories of our prominent and diverse range of speakers. Please join us in debating contemporary issues of social justice on the first Wednesday of every month from 12.45 to 2pm over a sandwich lunch (including vegan options). These public seminars are open to all. However, since we will be providing lunch, we would be grateful if you could inform us of your intention to attend by emailing Max Watson at <[log in to unmask]> in advance of each session. -- WLRI News and Events are publicised on our website and through regular announcement emails such as this one. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing us with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. -- Max Watson Research Administrator Working Lives Research Institute London Metropolitan University 31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2EY -- Tel: +44 (0) 20 7320 3010 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7320 3032 -- Email: [log in to unmask] WLRI: http://www.workinglives.org -- Dr Jane Holgate Working Lives Research Institute London Metropolitan University 31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2EY Tel (w) + 44 (0) 20 7320 3029 Tel (h) 020 8802 0373. Tel (m) 07960 798399 email: [log in to unmask] www.workinglives.org/staff_jh.html