Are We Really Post-Race?: A Transnational Perspective
A 2-day research training scheme graduate workshop
2-3 December 2013, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta South (PS-EB.G.17)
Organised by Dr Alana Lentin, Senior Lecturer in Cultural & Social Analysis,
NB: This event is for UWS doctoral students only
Rationale
Since the election of Barack Obama to the US Presidency in 2008, and his re-election in 2012, the idea that US society has moved beyond the stratification caused by race has become the orthodoxy. ‘Postracialism’ as it has become known has parallels in European, Australian and Canadian discourses of anti-multiculturalism and ‘anti-white racism’. The concept has thus become highly relevant for scholars of race, ethnicity and multiculturalism. However, the analysis of its impact on the study of these themes, often marginalised within disciplines, remains nascent.
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