In the context of its 10th anniversary,

Cultural Encounters hereby invites to the

international seminar:

Race: Idea, Concept and Reality?

Friday, September 10, 2010

13:00-16:00
Auditorium 45
Roskilde University

In Denmark, racism emerges in the public debate on a regular basis.

However, the debate consistently evades investigating and discussing in what
ways race is a factor in the structuring of society and social relations in
contemporary Denmark and elsewhere in the world. In large parts of the
academic environment, the category was relegated to fiction a long time ago.
Our aim with this seminar is to discuss the possible ways in which the
concept of race can be used in Denmark today - a debate that is already
under way in our environment, as well as in the other Nordic countries.

To enrich this discussion and put it into perspective, we have invited

Director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought at
Temple University (US), Prof. Lewis R. Gordon, and Mr. Shelley
Moorhead (US – former Danish- Virgin Islands), founder and President of
the African-Caribbean Reparations & Resettlement Alliance (ACRRA).

The event is open to students, scholars and civil society in general with an interest in race
and the problems of racism. The event will be held in English. Entrance is free.

The seminar will be followed by a reception at Cultural Encounters.

Programme

13:00: Welcome

13:10: Prof. Lewis Gordon (confirmed): “Race, Culture and Critique”.

Prof. Gordon is Director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Social
Thought, and Director of the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies and a Laura H.
Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University, US.

13:55: Discussion

14:15: Break

14:30: Mr. Shelley Moorhead (confirmed): To be announced.

Mr Moorhead is founder and President of the African-Caribbean
Reparations & Resettlement Alliance (ACRRA), and co-founder of Carida, a
Danish organisation for a comprehensive contemporary reconciliation
process dealing with the ills created by the past Danish role in slave trade.

15:15: Discussion

16:00: Reception at Cultural Encounters.

The event will be held in English.

Entrance is free.

Directions on how to get to Roskilde University by car and train:

http://magenta.ruc.dk/ruc_en/about/FindRU/

Map of Roskilde University campus:

http://magenta.ruc.dk/ruc/omruc/ankomst/ruc-kort/

For more information please contact:

Julia Suárez Krabbe - jskrabbe@ruc.dk