Seminarios anteriores
primavera 2018
28 de febrero - Suruchi Thapar-Björkert, Irene Molina och Karina Raña. ”From Welfare to Warfare: Exploring the Militarization of the Suburb." Discussant: René Leon-Rosales, MKC. .
20 de marzo - Dominic Teodorescu, kulturgeografi, Uppsala universitets och Irene Molina, vetenskaplig ledare vid CEMFOR. ”The extremely excluded? Roma EU migrants’ precarious living conditions in Uppsala.” Discussant: Simon Wallengren. Presentación en inglés..
3 de abril - Nadezda Petrusenko (Örebro universitet). "Violence in the Myth of the Revolutionary Heroine: Analysis of Narratives of Russian Female Terrorist at the beginning of the 20th century". Nadezna Petrusenko, Fd i Historia. Discussant: Professor Elena Namli.
Resumen en inglés: The purpose of the presentation is to investigate the question about the way participation in political violence was represented and explained in revolutionary biographies of Russian female terrorists from the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, Russian authorities were challenged seriously by systematic political terrorism of revolutionary socialist groups and anarchists. Women played a prominent role in these violent activities, both as assassins and chemists responsible for producing bombs for assassinations. I will focus on narratives constructed by comrades and sympathizers of these women within the discourse of heroism and martyrdom, which was used in Russian revolutionary underground to tell stories of revolutionary terrorists as stories of idealistic young people willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of people. In this way, revolutionaries would get sympathy from the wider public and would become the role models for the other revolutionary fighters. Portrayals of female terrorists as revolutionary heroines were more complicated in comparison to the similar portrayals of the other revolutionary women due to their direct or indirect participation in political violence. Authors of revolutionary biographies represented terrorist women as “good” women in accordance with the dominant ideal of femininity that existed in Russian society at that time in order to challenge the claims of conservative authors that terrorist women were unnatural and unfeminine. Participation in political violence was, however, the opposite of what was expected of a “good” woman. Narrative structures of revolutionary biographies of Russian female terrorists at the beginning of the 20th century in general have received remarkably little scholarly attention. Narratives of political violence in these accounts haven’t been studied at all. Analysis of representations of women’s violence in biographical accounts of Russian female terrorists written by their comrades and sympathizers shows a clear tendency of feminization of violence performed by women and the authors’ reluctance to represent them as agents of political violence. Thus, the myth of the ideal revolutionary heroine constructed in the revolutionary underground couldn’t include the heroine’s violent activism: in order to be remembered and sympathized with she had to be a “good” woman and not a political assassin. Her martyrdom and femininity were in the focus of biographical accounts and not her political violence for the revolutionary cause.
25 de april - Garbi Schmidt, Roskilde universitet. ”The generations before us? On the ahistorical articulation of national identity in the Danish context.”
Resumen en inglés: Public and political debates of the present often argue ethnic homogeneity to be a part of Denmark’s past. However, as this talk will show in detail, ethnic diversity has actually played a role throughout Denmark’s history, although the country was never the destination of mass migration until the second half of the 20th century. This chapter will discuss debates over, legislation towards and not least underline the presence of immigrants and ethnic minorities in Denmark before World War I. Importantly, historical data reveals that while some immigrant groups (and individual immigrants) almost unnoticed settled in Denmark, others were subject to sincere scrutiny and moral panic. Such incidents may form the basis for understanding more current debates over migration.
At the same time as my presentation will give insights in Denmark’s diverse religious and ethnic past, I will also dwell on the question of national forgetting. Why is the idea of national ethnic homogeneity so strong? How may we as researchers challenge such perceptions? Finally: How does the perception of ethnic homogeneity relate to processes of racialization? This final part of my talk will build on ethnographic fieldwork in two neighborhoods in the capital city of Copenhagen.
2 de mayo - Shalini Grover, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi/Honorary Fellow, Social Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of Edinburgh (UK). ”Transnational race dynamics and migration in India.” Presentación en inglés.
23 de mayo - "Read All About It": Socially Unjust Newspaper Discourses and At-Risk Students in Sweden". Lory Janelle Dance. Associate Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Presentación en inglés.
Resumen en inglés: The children of immigrants in Western Nations face educational inequities including placement in lower tracks, residence in segregated communities, and enrollment in inferior schools (Alba et al. 2011). This paper illuminates another inequity: Dehumanizing media representations. Using the theoretical frames and methodological approaches of Critical Discourse Analysis, this paper reports findings from over 1300 articles about a low-income urban area in Sweden, published from 2005 to 2011 in The Gothenburg Post. The authors demonstrate how the children of low status immigrants are demeaned via discourses of “difference, deviance, and threat” (van Dijk 2002) and Social Death (Cacho 2012). The authors conclude that dehumanizing newspaper discourses are among the main obstructions thwarting high educational achievements for the children of low status immigrants in Western Nations.
Lory Janelle Dance, an Associate Professor of Sociology & Ethnic Studies at UNL, since 2009, has also been a Visiting Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University (Sweden). Recent article: Performativity Pressures at Urban Schools in Sweden & New York (Ethnography & Education 2014). Book-in-progress: Gone With the Neo-Liberal Wind: Minority Teens, School Reform, & Urban Change in Sweden & the U.S. Established cross-national symposia using poetry to engage urban youths in empowering dialogues www.streetposia.org.
Otoño 2018
29 de agosto - Exposición, presentación artística y conversatorio: Mödrars Manifest / Manifiesto de las Madres / Mothers' Manifest.
Programa
12.00 Apertura de la exposición.
18.00–19.30 Presentación artística Manifiesto de las Madres. Seguido por un conversatorio con Irene Molina y Patricia Lorenzoni, ambas investigadoras de CEMFOR, con participantes de la muestra.
El Manifiesto de las Madres es un proyecto artístico internacional creado por el colectivo FUL (Suecia), la músico y artista Paulina Lasa (México) y la banda feminista-transfronteriza Quiquiriqui Coyotas (México/USA). Su estreno en el verano 2018 -que coincide con la campaña electoral sueca- es la segunda parte del trabajo del colectivo FUL en relación a la política migratoria y las fronteras nacionales que resultan en la separación forzada de familias, la trata de personas, deportaciones y la criminalización de aquellos que parten en busca de vidas más dignas. Esta pieza itinerante es la continuación de la exitosa obra y exhibición Europe Europe (en colaboración con el dúo pop The Knife) que fue también estrenado durante las pasadas elecciones en Suecia el 2014 y luego recorrió tanto Europa como América del Norte (2014-2016).
El Manifiesto de las Madres es un ritual de duelo para 80 participantes con música original de Quiquiriqui Coyotas y Paulina Lasa, guión de Nasim Aghili, más la exposición artística instalada en el espacio público.
Concepto e idea: Colectivo artístico Ful
Participan: Cristina Cruz Herrán, Cristina Juárez García, Paulina Lasa, Sandra Ruíz, Nasim Aghili, entre otros.
Música Quiquiriquí Coyotas y Paulina Lasa
Escenografía: Colectivo artístico Ful, Aminullah Rezai, Khalid y Naim Mohammadi
Idiomas: sueco, castellano, persa, inglés. Página webb
5 de septiembre - Marta Kolankiewicz y Leo Schclarek Mulinari: Rasism inom rättsväsendet – från mötet med polisen till domstolarna
El racismo se manifiesta en cada una de las esferas que componen el sistema judicial, desde el establecimiento de perfiles raciales en las prácticas policiales hasta hechos que ocurren dentro de los tribunales durante los procesos judiciales. Existe, hoy en día, investigaciones que alertan respecto a esta escasamente reconocida problemática.
Marta Kolankiewicz: Investigadora y docente en el Departamento de Estudios de Género de la Universidad de Lund (Suecia). Se doctoró en sociología con la tesis “Anti-Muslim Violence and the Possibility of Justice” (2015). Su actual proyecto de investigación, en conjunto con Maja Sager, se titula “Los tribunales como arena emergente de luchas contra y sobre el racismo” (Domstolen som arena för kamp moto ch om rasism).
Leandro Schclarek Mulinari: Doctorando en el Departamento de Criminología de la Universidad de Estocolmo (Suecia). Su actual proyecto de investigación: “Racismo y la construcción de la idea de amenaza: la batalla de Malmö” (Rasism och kontruktionen av hotbilder: slaget om Malmö). Modera: Irene Molina (CEMFOR).
20 de septiembre - Rasism, ojämlikhet och arbete i Sverige – aktuella perspektiv. Lugar: Sydney Alrutz 13:026, Campus Blåsenhus, Uppsala
Programa
13.00-13.45 Presentación reporte (CEMFOR) " Discriminación hacia los afrosuecos dentro del mercado laboral" (Diskriminering av afrosvenskar inom arbetslivet) por Ylva Habel et. al.
13.45-14.30 Presentación de algunos capítulos que componen la antología ("Des)igualdad en el lugar de trabajo" (Ojämlikhet på arbetsplatser) editado por Kristina Boréus y Anders Neergaard. Los capítulos que se presentan son: Paula Mulinari, Universidad de Malmö, "De bästa jag gjort är att föda barn, det andra är att strejka"; Rebecca Sellberg, Universidad de Lund, "Vardagsrasism på sjukhuset"; Mia Liinason, Göteborgs universitet, ”Gatans politik och infiltration som taktik: Om att rekrytera rätt”; Paulina de los Reyes y Stefan Carlén, Universidad de Estocolmo, “Olika villkor? Utvecklingen av ojämlika arbetsplatser 1990–2015”.
14.30-15.00 Pausa de café
15.00-16.00 Discusión
Tanto el seminario como el simposio de la antología “(Des)igualdad en el lugar de trabajo” (Ojämlikhet på arbetsplatser), a realizarse los días 19 y 20 de septiembre, están coorganizados por CEMFOR y los editores de la antología.
26 de septiembre - Anna Bredström: The Swedes and their fathers. DNA-Genealogy as Biological Citizenship.
Anna Bredström es docente adjunto del Instituto de Investigación en Migración, Estudios Étnicos y Sociedad (REMESO) de la Universidad de Linköping. Su investigación se centra en los cuerpos, salud y medicina. Actualmente se concentra en el proyecto, financiado por Consejo Sueco de Investigación (Vetenskapsrådet): Genes suecos? Orígenes y etnicidad en la investigación genética (Swedish Genes? Ancestry and Ethnicity in Human Genetics Research). Este proyecto, en el cual también participa Shai Mulinari (Universidad de Lund), examina los aspectos éticos y políticos en el traspaso de la investigación en genética a espacios diversos como la medicina clínica y la difusión científico-popular.
17 de octubre - Claes Wrangel: "The Biopolitics of Hope"
Claes Wrangel investigador de la Escuela de Estudios Globales de la Universidad de Gotemburgo. Su trabajo investigativo se concentra en los estudios críticos de seguridad, biopolítica y temporalidad. Su tesis doctoral Los usos de la esperanza: la biopolítica de la seguridad durante la presidencia de Obama (The Use of Hope: Biopolitics of Security During the Obama Presidency.) fue presentada este año 2018.
WHY CRITICAL MUSLIM STUDIES?

14 de noviembre 2018
Salman Sayyid: ¿Por qué los estudios musulmanes críticos? (Why Critical Muslim Studies?)
Salman Sayyid es profesor titular en teoría social y pensamiento decolonial en la Universidad de Leeds (GB), es además director de la escuela de sociología y políticas sociales de la misma universidad. Conjuntamente, el profesor Sayyid es investigador asociado del Al-Sharq Forum ubicado en Estambul, Turquía.
El trabajo del profesor Sayyid ha sido ampliamente considerado por su alto impacto y su originalidad. Sus investigaciones que rondan temas como lo político, el islam, la islamofobia y el racismo han sido traducidos a media docena de idiomas reconociendo, entonces, su gran influencia en diversos campos. Dentro de sus quehaceres se cuenta también la creación de la revista académica arbitrada ReOrient: The Jounal of Critical Muslim Studies. Previo a esto, el profesor Sayyid fue director inaugural y catedrático del International Centre for Muslim and Non-Muslim Understanding situado en Australia. Durante su permanencia como director de este centro, Sayyid dirigió el cortometraje “Everything you wanted to know about Muslims but were afraid to ask” (Todo lo que quisiste saber sobre los musulmanes, pero nunca te atreviste a preguntar). También trabajó en la creación de una agenda, con el Australian Day Council, para el premio nacional para el Entendimiento Musulmán y No-musulmán que se entrega anualmente. El profesor Sayyid también ostenta posiciones académicas en otras universidades en lugares como Londres, Manchester y Adelaide.
Professor Sayyid Salman Sayyid es teórico político y su trabajo se relaciona directamente con la Teoría Crítica y las políticas y culturas de sur global. Algunas de sus más destacadas publicaciones incluyen: A Fundamental Fear (libro que si bien fue prohibido por el gobierno de Malasia ha hoy alcazado su tercera edición). A Postcolonial People (Coeditor), Thinking Through Islamophobia (Coeditado con Abdoolkairm Vakil) y Recalling the Caliphate (recientemente traducido al turco). Hoy en día, el profesor Sayyid lidera un importante programa de investigación internacional basado en el diálogo entre el pensamiento decolonial y la teoría política. Es además una personalidad frecuente en los medios nacionales e internacionales.
Atención: Esta presentación corresponde a nuestra categoría de Seminarios de Investigación. Para información sobre la participación del profesor Samlan Sayyid en las charlas magistrales de nuestro centro, por favor dirigirse a la sección Charlas Magistrales en el menú de la izquierda.
CONFERENCia - DESAFÍOS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE EL RACISMO, NOVEMBER 23-24, 2016
Between 1pm on November 23, and 1pm on November 24, Forum for Multidisciplinary Research on Racism arranged the conference Challenges for Research on Racism at Blåsenhus, Uppsala. The conference attracted more than a hundred participants, most of them scholars studying the various expressions of racism and who are active at a variety of Swedish universities, from Umeå University in the north to Malmö University in the south. Together, they covered a plethora of disciplines as well as methodological and theoretical perspectives. The conference was also attended by representatives from public authorities such as the Living History Forum and the Equality Ombudsman as well as other organizations with an interest in the issues discussed, such as the City of Stockholm Human Rights Council, Malmö mot Diskriminering (Eng. “Malmö against discrimination”), and the Multicultural Centre.
Introduction and the lecture “Where are we? Sweden, knowledge, and racism(s).”
Professor Professor Irene Molina and Senior lecture Anna-Sara Lind welcomed the conference attendees, emphasizing that this historic conference was part of Uppsala University’s initiative to establish a Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Racism in 2017.
Professor Mattias Gardell subsequently gave the lecture ”Where are we? Sweden knowledge, and racism(s)”, which accounted for the development of various theoretical understandings of racism and their basic importance for understanding society today and in history.
Afterward, participants could choose between six parallel sessions, in which scholars presented ongoing, planned, or completed research projects pertaining to the theme of “Methods, theories, and research on the expressions of racism.” The sessions included Sámi researchers’ critical examination of colonial academic racism and its epistemology; research on anti-racism; whiteness in a globalized world; racism in the media; child perspectives on racism; and ethnic and religious registration as a research ethical dilemma. Abstracts for these sessions can be accessed below.
Lecture: “Militarizing race”
Wednesday’s schedule concluded with a lecture by Professor David Theo Goldberg from the University of California Humanities Research Institute, on the theme of “Militarizing race.” His lecture was based on a global survey of the increasingly militarized processes through which nation states construct themselves and police their boundaries through the racialized creation of difference between those who belong to the nation and those who do not.
The first day of the conference ended with a reception, which gave attendees the opportunity to mingle and continue their discussions about the many important contributions of the day.
Day 2 – Race, racialization, racism – a discussion about theoretical concepts
The second day of the conference commenced with a panel discussion on the theme of “Race, racialization, racism – a discussion about theoretical concepts.” The panel consisted of Ylva Habel and Katarina Mattsson from Södertörn University, Patricia Lorenzoni from Linköping University, and Anders Neergaard from Linköping University, and was chaired by Edda Manga from the Multicultural Centre. The conference continued with an additional six parallel sessions in which participants discussed current research issues such as antisemitism; racism and racialization within health and medical care; hate crime research as a transdisciplinary and international project; racism and anti-racism in the school system; the genealogy of Swedish racism; and critical studies on racism and whiteness in Sweden. Abstracts for these sessions can be found below.
Concluding panel discussion and next year’s conference
After the sessions, all attendees gathered for the concluding panel discussion: “Research on racism and future challenges”. The panel comprised Stefan Jonsson from Linköping University, Gunilla Larsson and Irene Molina from Uppsala University, and Mekonnen Tesdahuney from Karlstad University, and was chaired by Adrian Groglopo, from the University of Gothenburg. Professors Irene Molina and Mattias Gardell made some concluding remarks, briefly discussing the most central themes addressed during the conference. Once again, they emphasised the historic nature of this event. In motivating the participants, the conference was the perfect starting point for more publically seeking to establish the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Racism at Uppsala University. Before the attendees departed, they were welcomed to partake in next year’s conference in research on racism, which is scheduled for October 11-13, 2017, in Uppsala, and will revolve around the theme “Welfare and Racism.”
Sessions Day 1
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(Swedish) Epistemological, colonial and scientific racisms analysed and countered by Sámi scholars (Gunilla Larsson, Ola Bergdahl, and May-Britt Öhman)
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Whiteness in a globalized world (Katarina Mattsson)
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The anti-racist movement in Sweden – yesterday, today, tomorrow. (Jan Jämte and Magnus Wennerhag)
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Research on racism in the media – which academic tools are available? (Karin Backvall, Erik Hansson, and Irene Molina)
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Ethnic and religious registration of populations: a research dilemma? (Guadalupe Francia)
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Child perspectives on racism (Beatriz Lindqvist, Farzaneh Moinian, Farhad Jahanmihan, and René León Rosales)
Sessioner dag 2
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Antisemitism – the blind spot of anti-racism? (Heléne Lööw, Lars M Andersson, Karin Kvist Geverts, and Carl Henrik Carlsson)
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Racism and racialization in health and welfare research (Hannah Bradby, Sarah Hamed, Magdalena Vieira, Beth Maina Ahlberg, and Mai Lundmark)
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Hate crime research as a transdisciplinary and international project: possibilities and challenges (David Brax, Görel Granström, Caroline Mellgren, Simon Wallengren, and Mika Andersson)
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A presentation of the academic network for Swedish research on race and whiteness and the anthology Ras och vithet. Svenska rasrelationer igår och idag (Eng. “Race and Whiteness. Swedish Race Relations Yesterday and Today”) (Tobias Hübinette, Nina Jakku, and Andréaz Wasniowski)
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Racism and anti-racism in schools (Emma Arneback and Jan Jämte)
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Contemporary Swedish racism and its historical roots (Johan Eddebo, Mika Hietanen, Ann-Sofie Lönngren, Torsten Pettersson & Göran Waltå)