We are pleased to invite you to the launch seminar of the research project Becomings: Temporalities, Solidarities and Social Class in Antiracism, located at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN) at the University of Helsinki (Becomings, Research Council of Finland, 2025-2028).
Date & Time: 27.10.2025 at 13.00-17.00
Venue: Studium I (F3020), Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33. University of Helsinki and online
Register for event:
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The seminar invites scholars, activists and organizers to discuss, and reflect on, themes of solidarity and antiracist coalition-building across global and local mobilisations.
The keynote lecture titled “One eye on the horizon and one eye on the street - building power in a world we did not choose”
will be delivered by Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya (University College London). Bhattacharyya's influential work on racial capitalism and the entanglement of social class and racism has inspired and informed our research. The programme will also include an introduction to the project and a panel discussion featuring invited speakers from both academic and activist backgrounds.
The seminar is organized by Professor Suvi Keskinen (project leader), Dr. Ali Ali, Dr. Ameera Masoud-Jaakonaho, and Doctoral Researcher Emma Grillo Kajava.
Programme
13:00-13:15 Introduction and welcoming words
13:15-14:15 Keynote lecture by prof. Bhattacharyya
14:15-15:00 Presentation of the Becomings-project
15:00-15:15 Break
15:30-16:30 Panel discussion on political solidarities with Eugene Ufoka, Sera Heikkilä, Pazilaiti Simayijiang and Majed Abusalama
16:30-17:00 Closing and final remarks
We hope to meet you at the kick-off seminar!
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