Webinar: Racism and Discrimination within universities

Racism and Discrimination at the university is a topic that is not widely discussed. In this webinar we explore the situation, its underlying processes and we ask the question what needs to be done to make universities more inclusive spaces. Before the seminar we ask you to watch the documentary Somalinimo (20 minutes, see video above). In this documentary four British-Somali students share their experiences what it is like to study at Cambridge University as female Black Muslim students. Together with the 2021 winner of the Diversity Award and the project leader of Incluusion we specifically zoom in on the situation of Utrecht University in this webinar.

This new webinar series organized by the Focus Area Migration and Societal Change discusses the major trends concerning migration, racism and discrimination. High levels of racism, as well as institutionalized or structural discrimination are causing various forms of inequality in society and have negative effects on quality of life and social cohesion. For more information on the series, visit this link.

Speakers

Dr. Jamila Mascat is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Postcolonial Studies and the coordinator of the Master Programme in Gender Studies at Utrecht University. She is a research affiliate at the Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICON) and a member of the hub Gender and Diversity: Building an Inclusive Society. 

Louise Autar is a former teacher and student at the Department of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Gender Studies at Utrecht University. In her teaching and moderating she uses an intersectional and decolonizing perspective. She is also a guest speaker, moderator and organizer of events around diversity, inclusion and decolonialism.

Ragna Senf is project manager at Utrecht University’s Incluusion programme, which offers asylum seekers and refugees the opportunity to participate for free in courses offered by Utrecht University. Incluusion also offers traineeships for refugees at Utrecht University. These traineeships can be a stepping stone for status holders towards sustainable participation in the (Dutch) job market.

Join us in this webinar organized by the Focus Area on Migration and Societal Change and moderated by Dr. Ilse van Liempt. Register by sending an email to migration@uu.nl