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Please include the following in your mailing: *The Legacy of Fanon: Contemporary Challenges to Racism and Oppression *“What matters is not to know the world but to change it.” Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks * Liverpool Hope University Conference, Wednesday 5th September 2018 *Registration 9-9:30am, Conference Close 5pm A conference exploring the ideas of Frantz Fanon. It will provide a forum to critically interrogate the discourse, theories and experiences of racism, discrimination, oppression and readings of Fanon in the context of marginalised and oppressed groups, professionalism and daily life/experience. We invite interest to explore themes including (but not limited to): Social & community activism; Contemporary racism, Challenges to the notion of post-racism; Alienation; Mental/psychiatric health; Neo- and post-colonialism; and Gender/sexuality. We welcome contributions in the form of posters and conference papers from practitioners, academics, students and those involved in service delivery. Deadline for submission is July 5 2018. *Keynote speakers to include: * Prof. Erica Burman, author of Fanon, education, action: child as method (2018) Prof. Lewis Gordon, author of What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life And Thought (2015) Dr. Leo Zeilig, author of Frantz Fanon: The Militant Philosopher (2016) Conference to be opened by Liverpool Hope Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Gerald Pillay *Delegate costs *Individual delegate £30 Students & unemployed/unwaged £20 Refreshments and lunch included Registration/payment accepted through Liverpool Hope Online Store https://store.hope.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-and-humanities For further information contact: Philomena Harrison [log in to unmask]; Alistair Jewell [log in to unmask]; Beverley Burke [log in to unmask]; Ismail Karolia Thanks. Philomena Harrison -- Philomena Harrison Senior Lecturer Department of Social Work, Care and Social Justice Faculty of Science & Social Sciences FML304 Liverpool Hope University Hope Park L16 9JD 0151 291 2045 Liverpool Hope University accepts no responsibility for this email, its contents and any loss or damage arising in any way from the receipt or use of this email and its attachments. --