Racism and the Republic: Understanding the Uprisings in France - 12 July 2023

Описание: The Police killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, joins a long established pattern of racialized police violence in France. The uprisings it sparked, too, are connected with continued mobilisations against state sanctioned racial discrimination, and cannot be understood apart from these encounters. Meanwhile, in speeches, newsrooms and social media posts, the language of ‘riots’ and ‘integration’ obscure these racialized social dynamics, in ways that portray the Republic as a victim of France’s hospitality. How has this come to pass and in what ways can we better understand current and unfolding developments? This specially convened panel of speakers can help us to do just this.

Speakers:
• Jean Beaman (Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Editor of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, University of California, Santa Barbara).
• Ibrahim Bechrouri (Senior Digital Campaigner at Ekō, Adjunct Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY)
• Nadia Kiwan (Professor of French and Francophone Studies, School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, University of Aberdeen)
• Mame-Fatou Niang (Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies / Director-Founder Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic, Carnegie Mellon University)

Chaired by: Nasar Meer (Professor of Sociology, University of Glasgow, UK and Co-editor, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power)