Unlocking a Racially Just World: Conference

The 2022 projects culminated in a hybrid convening with the theme Unlocking a Racially Just World.

The curated multidisciplinary transnational hybrid engagements across sites aim to catalyse conversations on new modes of community making for racial justice.

Conference dates

Wednesday 13th July

14:00 - 18:00

Thursday 14th July

11:00 - 18:00

Day one

Wednesday 13th July

Room S312
Paul Webley Wing, Senate House

 
 

Keynote: Dr Suraj Yengde on Caste & Blackness

Time: 14:00 - 15:30

Description: Dr Suraj Yengde is one of India’s leading scholars and public intellectuals. Named as one of the "25 Most Influential Young Indian" by GQ magazine and the "Most influential Young Dalit" by Zee, Suraj is an author of the bestseller Caste Matters and co-editor of award-winning anthology The Radical in Ambedkar. Dr Yengde holds the positions of Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, non-resident fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and was part of the founding team of Initiative for Institutional Anti-Racism and Accountability (IARA) at Harvard University. 

This keynote conversation between Dr Suraj Yengde and Professor Adam Habib, SOAS Director, will be moderated by Dr Meera Sabaratnam, SOAS Reader in International Relations. 


This event will be hybrid. Tickets are available to join us in-person or online.

New Histories Workshop

Time: 15:45 - 16:45

Description: Join the Applied Stories and SOAS team to explore the process of the New Histories project, learn about the engagement with the local communities in Bow, hear excerpts and view project materials.


This event will be hybrid. Tickets are available to join us in-person or online.

DUENDE - don’t they? Panel

Time: 17:00 - 18:00

Description: Join Amelia Donkor and Rebecca Valentine-Smith for a Panel discussing the content of the performance and the role of the care space in the project.


This event will be virtual. Tickets are available to join us online.

Day two

Thursday 14th July

Room S312
Paul Webley Wing, Senate House

 
 

Far-Right Movements and Discourses in UK Universities Panel

Time: 11:00 - 12:00

Description: Join the project team to learn more about their findings and review the map in a participatory discussion exploring the impact of far-right ideologies in the UK Higher Education system.


This event will be hybrid. Tickets are available to join us in-person or online.

Kitchen Conversations Panel

Time: 12:15 - 13:15

Description: Join the Kitchen Conversations team to hear about their process, the production of the improvised audio dramas, and their research with Black UK students exploring the relationship to the African continent and diaspora.

Moderated by Elizabeth Maina - cultural researcher, strategist and programme designer, with experience building international networks and a deep interest in the culture of black connection.


This event will be virtual. Tickets are available to join us online.

Keynote: Nicolette Naylor on Decolonising Philanthropy: Reimagining, Reframing and Rebuilding

Time: 14:00 - 15:00

Description: Nicolette Naylor serves as international program director for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice at the Ford Foundation. She plays a key role in expanding the role of philanthropy, including local philanthropy, in global processes and facilitates partnership building between civil society, governments, private sector and philanthropic partners across global forums. Naylor has held positions at the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and Cape Town’s Women’s Legal Centre.

This keynote conversation between Nicolette Naylor, Brian Kagoro and Shereen Essof will be moderated by Awino Okech.


This event will be virtual. Tickets are available to join us online.

Worldmaking: The Game Panel

Time: 15:30 - 17:30

Description: Join the global JASS team for an in-depth discussion of the themes behind Worldmaking: The Game, to learn about their process, and explore what the future of the game is.


This event will be hybrid. Tickets are available to join us in-person or online via this link

Closing Panel

Time: 18:00 - 18:45

Description: Join us for the closing of the conference. Awino Okech in
conversation with project leads about future directions, including Shereen Essof,
Amelia Donkor, Fin Kennedy, and Njoki Ngumi

This event will be virtual. Tickets are available to join us online.

FAQs

  • While we are happy to welcome individuals to every session of the panel, we are unable to offer a single conference ticket for both dates. To attend every session, you’ll need to book tickets for each event separately.

  • We are making all events accessible virtually as all events have been designed with a hybrid approach.

    Near the time of the event you have registered for, you will be sent joining information via our ticketing platform, Eventbrite. Please do not share this information with others, as it is unique to you.

  • The specific location for each event will be sent to you via our ticketing platform, Eventbrite, near the time of the session.

    We will arrange for signage in the SOAS buildings to direct you if you are not familiar with our campus, and you can find SOAS campus maps on our website.

    Please make sure to either have your booking confirmation on a digital device or printed out for the conference team to check to permit you entrance to the venue.

  • We are planning this conference responsibly, and will review any relevant UK Government and internal guidance in the days before the event. We will make sure to contact all registered in-person attendees with any information necessary ahead of the conference.

    We may ask you to wear masks inside SOAS buildings, and hand sanitiser will be provided at the entrance to buildings and event rooms.

    As ever, if you are displaying any COVID-19 symptoms or are feeling unwell, please do not attend and risk passing any illness on to other attendees. If you do feel unwell, please contact the conference team and request the links for virtual attendance instead of in-person attendance.

  • If you have any problems booking tickets or using Eventbrite, please contact the conference team.

  • We are aiming to record each panel event for the aim of preserving information. Any links to recordings will be made available on the relevant project pages after the conference.