Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor Nandita Sharma from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa is hosted by Migration Mobilities Bristol and the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) from the 21st June to the 21st July.
Public lecture summary:
Following the Second World War, two related processes took place. First, there was a wide scale effort to delegitimize racist ideologies by demonstrating that ‘race’ was socially and historically constructed. Second, state sovereignty was nearly universally nationalized and, as a result, immigration and border controls proliferated. Nationalist ideologies were rendered not only legitimate but practically mandatory in politics, leading to the normalization of distinctions between Nationals and Migrants. This talk charts this history to understand how racism, as a consequence of nationalism, is organized, practised and resisted in an era of postcolonialism.
Discussant: Dr Maya Goodfellow, University College London
Registration required, please go to the booking page to secure your place and to read more about this lecture.
Professor Sharma has recently written a post for the MMB blog, ‘A tale of two worlds: national borders versus a common planet‘, which relates to her public lecture.
For more details about Professor Sharma please view her IRP profile page.