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Anti Racist Scholar Action Workshop
funded by the British Sociological Association and supported by the Centre for Equity and Inclusion, University of Sheffield
Workshop Schedule
Workshop Schedule
10.00-10:30 Registration and refreshments
10:30-10:45 Welcome and housekeeping
10:45-11:45 Interactive keynote with Remi Joseph Salisbury and Laura Connelly
11:45-12:00 Comfort break
12:00-13:00 Centre for Equity and Inclusion Anti-Racist Blog Series presentations and panel Q&A
13:00-14:00 Lunch and networking
14:00-16:00 Co-creating anti-racist futures through zine making
16:00-16:30 Reflections and closing
Images From The Event
Images From The Event
Anti Racist Workshop Zine
Anti Racist Workshop Zine
Spotify Playlist
Spotify Playlist
We had music playing at different points of the day so we invited attendees to add their favourite songs to our Spotify playlist.
Anti-Racist Scholar Activism
Anti-Racist Scholar Activism
By Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly
Drawing upon original empirical data, the book considers how anti-racist scholar-activists navigate barriers and backlash in order to leverage the opportunities and resources of the university in service to communities of resistance. Showing praxes of anti-racist scholar-activism to be complex, diverse, and multi-faceted, and paying particular attention to how scholar-activists grapple with their own complicities in the harms perpetrated and perpetuated by Higher Education institutions, this book is a call to arms for academics who are, or want to be, committed to social justice.
Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Dr Laura Connelly
Dr Laura Connelly
Dr Laura Connelly is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Sheffield. Her work explores the intersections of race, gender and criminalisation, particularly across two sub-fields: sex work studies and anti-racist social justice. With Remi, she is the co-author of Anti-Racist Scholar-Activism which won the prestigious US Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award 2023. Laura sits on the steering group of the Northern Police Monitoring project - a grassroots organisation resisting police harassment, violence and racism – and is a trustee for National Ugly Mugs, a charity working to end violence against sex workers.
Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury
Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury
Remi Joseph-Salisbury is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester, specializing in racisms and antiracisms, particularly in education and policing. His recent work addresses topics such as police in schools, campus securitisation, pandemic policing, police abolition, and racism in British education. Remi is a steering group member of the Northern Police Monitoring Project, and the No Police in Schools campaign. He is also a member of the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE).
Centre Anti Racist Blog Series (CARBS)
Centre Anti Racist Blog Series (CARBS)
Launched in 2022, the blog aims to amplify the voices and experiences of Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) of colour, with a focus on the University of Sheffield. The platform aligns with the Centre's core values of driving systemic and cultural change within the University and the broader community. Through various mediums, such as articles, videos, photographs, art, and interviews, the blog encourages PGRs of colour to creatively express themselves while contributing to the anti-racist and social justice movement.
CARBS Presenters
CARBS Presenters
Turana Abdullayeva
Turana Abdullayeva
Navigating Loneliness and Finding My Voice: My Journey as a PhD Student in the UK
Turana is a third-year PhD student in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield, specialising in inclusive education in Azerbaijan. With eight years of experience, she focuses on enhancing educational accessibility by integrating inclusive practices into teacher education programs. Her research interests include inclusive education, disability studies, and the development of inclusive policies within Azerbaijan's educational framework. She enjoys writing in her free time.
Dr Alex Rajinder Mason
Dr Alex Rajinder Mason
Alex is the Project Manager for the Centre for Equity & Inclusion. His research focuses on racial inequalities in Higher Education and university partnership work, and he has extensive experience collaborating with racial justice organisations on arts-based projects. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Centre and supporting co-directors with their respective strands of the project, Alex fosters collaborations with external partners and plays a key role in the Centre’s knowledge exchange and community archive work.
Macole
Macole
Kemi
Kemi
Organisers
Organisers
Nabila Cruz
Nabila Cruz
Privilege and powerlessness as a PGR rep of colour
Nabila is a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield working in critical AI studies. With a background in information science, she worked in information management and research support in libraries and universities throughout her career. She has experience in teaching university students, training researchers and leading workshops. Her PhD project investigates how generative artificial intelligence might affect young adults' trust in the news. She also works as a research associate in other projects, such as in the Creative Library Project. When she gets some free time, she makes zines, writes short stories and goes hiking.
Pragya Roy
Pragya Roy
Why Have Another Anti-Racist Blog
Pragya is a PhD student at the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield. She dislikes introducing herself through solely her work, and believes that there are alternate ways of introductions. She is a full-time postcard hoarder, and part-time hummus maker. She loves writing on notebooks to make sense of her thoughts, but her work demands her to sit in front of her laptop. Her favourite season is spring, and her alter ego is that of Mrs Dalloway (and now Miley Cyrus) who said, 'she would buy the flowers herself' ('I can buy myself flowers'). Her research lies in the intersections of caste and maternal health, and despite her repulsion towards her working conditions, she still enjoys reading, writing, and analysing the social organisation of Dalit women's maternal health in urban Indian contexts.
Venue
Venue
The Showroom is a 5-minute walk from Sheffield train station. The venue is wheelchair accessible through its Café Bar via the Paternoster Row entrance. More information is available on their website.
The Showroom is a 5-minute walk from Sheffield train station. The venue is wheelchair accessible through its Café Bar via the Paternoster Row entrance. More information is available on their website.
A huge thank you to all presenters and attendees who brought amazing energy to the workshop!
A huge thank you to all presenters and attendees who brought amazing energy to the workshop!
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