[csaa-forum] Philomena Essed PUBLIC LECTURE - Macquarie University 2nd March 12:00pm

[Amanda Wise]

*Macquarie University -  Department of Sociology presents a public lecture
on:***



*Racism in Europe: Humiliation and Homogenization*



Speaker: Professor Philomena Essed

Date: Friday 2 March 2012

Venue: Macquarie University Art Gallery (Building E11A)

Time: 12.00-1.30pm

Directions: http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/maps/



The European unification has been foremost a project of whiteness. Notions
of tolerance, multiculturalism and antiracism, somewhat popular in the
1980s, have all but disappeared from political agendas. The turn of the
century has been witness to the emergence of what I call entitlement
racism: the idea that majority populations have the right to offend and to
humiliate the ‘Other’.  Expressions of this form of racism vary according
to racial, ethnic and religious group attributions and can range from
assimilative paternalism to extreme cultural humiliation. The Netherlands
is a case in point.


*Philomena Essed* is professor of Critical Race, Gender and Leadership
studies, Antioch University (USA),  *PhD in Leadership and Change
Program*and affiliated researcher, Utrecht University (The
Netherlands)
*Graduate Gender Program*. She has a PhD from the University of Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Pretoria,
South Africa. Her research and teaching transcends national, cultural and
disciplinary boundaries. Well known for introducing the concepts of *everyday
racism* and *gendered racism *in the Netherlands and internationally*, *her
work has been adopted and applied in a range of countries, including the
US, Canada, South Africa, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the UK, Switzerland, and
Australia. She has lectured in many countries - from Germany to Brazil;
from South-Africa to Canada – and published numerous articles in English
and in Dutch, some of which have been translated into French, German,
Italian, Swedish and Portuguese. Her books include *Everyday Racism;
Understanding Everyday Racism*; and *Diversity: Gender, Color and
Culture. * Co-edited
Volumes*: Race Critical Theories*; *Refugees and the Transformation of
Societies; *and *A Companion to Gender Studies *(‘outstanding’ 2005
academic reference, American Librarian Association). Volumes in progress
include *Clones, Fakes and the Posthuman: Cultures of Replication* and *Dutch
Racism. *

Essed has a life-long commitment to social justice. In addition to her
academic work Essed has been advisor to governmental and non-governmental
organizations, nationally and internationally.* *She is currently a deputy
member of the Dutch Equal Treatment Commission, where she participates in
hearings on all forms of structural discrimination.


As an expert witness on race, gender and racism in Europe Essed addressed
among others The *European Parliament *(Brussels, 1984);* The United
Nations Economic and Social Council* (New York, 2001); *The House of
Representatives of the States-General *(The Hague, the Netherlands,* *2004*
);* and* *the *United States Helsinki Commission* (Capitol Hill,
Washington, 2008). In April 2011 The Queen of the Netherlands honoured
Philomena Essed with a Knighthood.



For enquiries contact: selvaraj.velayutham at mq.edu.au
<elvaraj.velayutham at mq.edu.au>

                                    Department of Sociology

                                    Macquarie University
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