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.
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Working Lives Research Institute
London Metropolitan University
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