Upcoming conference organised by IBAR in partnership with: openDemocracy 50.50, the Cornelia Goethe Center (Goethe University, Frankfurt); International Development and Inclusive Innovation, Strategic Research Area (The Open University), De Gruyter Open
21-23 June 2018, University of Central Lancashire, Preston,
Keynote speakers (confirmed):
- Dr Umut Erel, International Development and Inclusive Innovation, Sociology Department and International Development and Inclusive Innovation (The Open University);
- Prof. Dr. Helma Lutz, the Cornelia Goethe Center at Goethe University, Frankfurt;
- Prof. Ewa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire;
- Prof. Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside; Loughborough University London
- Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters;
- Prof. Nira Yuval-Davis, Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London.
In a recent interview for BBC Radio 3, Paul Gilroy, rather provocatively contended that nationalism is embedded a “fascistic” wish for “a magical identity that will somehow dissolve every little bit of otherness.” In the era that witnessed the success of the Brexit campaign, the election of Donald Trump, the rise in anti-immigrant resentment and religious fundamentalism, nationalism is more and more often associated with militant extremism that threatens the very existence of the secular and culturally diverse public sphere.