I was touched to have been awarded the School of Humanities and Communication Arts Researcher of the Year award 2020 at my institution, Western Sydney University. The prize was awarded for the paper, ‘Looking As White: anti-racism apps, appearance and racialized embodiment’, published in the journal…
In response to attacks on academic freedom against French educators working on race and decolonial issues, I drafted an open letter along with my friend and colleague Gavan Titley, and with the help of Professor Philippe Marliere, signed by over 500 people, and published in Open…
Debbie Bargallie and myself wrote an article for Croakey magazine on the need for racial literacy in Australian schools. Against the backdrop of a relentless pandemic and Black protest around the Global North, racial literacy is urgent. Bestseller lists and bookshop display tables are stacked high…
I was delighted to have been invited to join Katharine Halls from the Jewish-Muslim Research Network in conversation about my book, Why Race Still Matters. A video of the discussion during which I answered questions from Katharine and participants in the webinar is below.
A short blog post I wrote for the Polity Books website about my new book Why Race Still Matters. The dominant approach to race after the Holocaust, particularly for most of the European states that positioned themselves as anti-fascist, has been to treat it as a…
I am delighted to be working with Dr Zuleyka Zevallos on a new project – a web series of conversations about race and racism in Australia from a sociological perspective. Our first season deals with the theme of ‘Race and Covid’ can can be found on…
The video of an event I did for the Belongg Online Literature Festival in June is available. A rich conversation with the authors Camille Acker and Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl, chaired by Jessica Breakey. A truly transnational dialogue!
For Process North, Mike Makin-Waite write about Why Race Still Matters. He opens by noting: As Alana Lentin states in her new book, ‘speaking clearly about race is difficult’. Reasons include the different forms and levels of knowledge which people apply to the issue; the many…
I was interviewed about my book, Why Race Still Matters, for my favourite podcast Surviving Society, by the brilliant Chantelle Lewis and Tissot Regis. You can listen to the interview here. Also, make sure you support these amazing scholars by subscribing or sponsoring them on Patreon.…
I was invited to participate in a televised conversation on Racism and Antiracism by Afaf Belhouchet, the host of a programmed titled Geopolitix on Algeria channel Canal Algerie. My fellow panellists were Françoise Vergès, Nacira Guénif-Souilamas, and Brahim Oumansour. It was great honour for me to be…