Program
Race, Power, and Privilege in Academia
Location:
Auditorium, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 3
10117 Berlin
Thursday, July 27
10:00-10:30 Arrival & Coffee
10:30-11:00 Opening & Welcome Address
Anne Potjans, Jasper Verlinden, Christine Vogt-William
11:00-13:00 Articulating Race: Racialized Subjects Making Sense of German Society
Chair: Anne Potjans
Simanique Moody, Marny Garcia Mommertz, Ketty Joseph (Leiden University): “Negotiating Unequal Power Structures in Dutch Universities”
Taija Mars Mc Dougall (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster): “Blackened Objectivity – Left Activism and Academia”
Mahmoud Arghavan (München): “The Migrant Scholar of Color as Refugee in the Western Academy”
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:15 The Objectivity Myth in Academic Practice, Part 1
Chair: Selma Siew Li Bidlingmaier
Leila Whitley (Universität Konstanz): “Citational Walls in Border and Migration Scholarship”
Felix Angelo Camufingo (Universität Potsdam): “white Feelings & Black Knowledge – On Racism and Epistemic Violence in Higher Education”
Ewa Adamkiewicz (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz): “I Would Be Careful With That”
16:15-16:45 Coffee Break
16:45-18:45 Roundtable Discussion: Queer of Color Critique
Chair: Jasper Verlinden
Participants: Sandra Chatterjee (Universität Salzburg), Cedric Essi (Universität Bremen), Anja Michaelsen (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Zairong Xiang (Universität Potsdam), Layla Zami (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Dance Performance “Killjoy” by Oxana Chi featuring Layla Zami
20:00 Conference Dinner at Otito (Leipziger Str. 30)
Friday, July 28
10:00-11:45 Germanness and Citizenship
Chair: Christine Vogt-William
Naima Limdighri (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “German(s) with Reservations”
Anna Danilina (Max-Planck-Institut Berlin): “Shaping Aryan Race – Continuities of Early 20th Century Racial Embodiment into Contemporary Theory and Historiography”
Matti Traußneck (Philipps-Universität Marburg): “Constellations of Racism and Anti-Semitism in Contemporary Germany”
11:45-12:15 Coffee Break
12:15-13:30 The Objectivity Myth in Academic Practice, Part 2
Chair and Panel Commentary: K. H.
Praveen Sewgobind (Universität Potsdam): “Detroping White Privilege – ‘Diversity’ Politics Beyond the Token Paradigm”
Rahab Njeri (Universität Trier): “Black Female Academic Experience in Germany”
13:30-15:00 Lunch Break
15:00-17:00 Parallel Workshops
POC-Only Networking and Empowerment Workshop
Critical Whiteness Workshop (Eva Boesenberg, Kristina Graaff)
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17.30-19:00 Final Discussion: On Speaking Truth to Power
Anne Potjans, Christine Vogt-William
19:00-19:15 Conference Commentary
Anastasija Ivanova (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jarred Kennedy Loving (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
19:15-19:30 Closing Remarks
For participation in one of the parallel workshops, please register at racepowerandprivilege@gmail.com.