Racial Justice, Equity and Power (RJEP) Conference

This inaugural conference seeks to bring together researchers, scholars, teachers, practitioners and activists from diverse fields to discuss critical issues around racial justice, equity and power, acknowledging the contested nature of concepts such as race, racialisation, and (de) racialisation.

The conference also aims to highlight the tensions and practices that continue to underscore racial and epistemic injustices across the world today, with a view to engender critical dialogue on ways of thinking about anti-racist theories and practices. Accordingly, the overarching theme for the conference this year is - Rethinking Racialisation, Theory and Anti-racist Practices.

We welcome papers from a wide range of contexts and disciplines that theoretically and empirically examine ways to de-racialise thinking, knowledges/epistemes and practices in the 21st century. We welcome traditional paper presentations of 20 minutes, as well as alternative modes of presentation including performance, film, photography, etc. of approximately 10 minutes.

Please submit approximately 250 word abstracts along with your name, email address and institutional affiliation. If you would like to find out more or submit a paper, please email RJEPconference@uos.ac.uk. The deadline for submissions of abstracts is 10 February 2025.