Video recordings from our seminars at Almedalen
2018-07-24
On the 6th and 7th of July, CEMFOR participated in the annual Almedalen Political Week with a program consisting of public seminars and lectures on several relevant topics. Our researchers, alongside panelists with wide-ranging expertise, discussed critical aspects of today’s political situation in relation to racism.
You can watch our seminars and lectures from Almedalen 2018 by clicking the headlines. (All in Swedish speech)
1. How do we secure freedom of religion? Mosques' exposure to hate crimes
Participants: Mattias Gardell, Professor, CEMFOR, Uppsala University. Carmen Blanco, anti-racist spokesperson for Feministiskt Initiativ. Ida Gabrielsson, from Women's Network of Vänsterpartiet. Mohammed Temsamani, the Islamic Cooperation Council (Islamiska samarbetsrådet, ISR). Hasnain Govani, the Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities. Peter Lööv Roos, Church of Sweden's coordinator of Centre for Inter Faith Dialogue.
2. What is the location of Christianity in migration politics?
Participants: Patricia Lorenzoni, researcher, CEMFOR, Uppsala University. David Jakobsson, advisor in issues concerning refugeeism and migration, Church of Sweden. Kent Wisti, minister and artist, Church of Sweden.
3. No-go zones?
Participants: Irene Molina, Professor, CEMFOR, Uppsala University. Daniel Díaz, Rädda Barnen (Save the Children International) Region Syd. Inger Ashing, director of DELMOS (Delegation against segregation). Ahmed Noor, Rädda Barnen (Save the Children International) and the organization Förorten mot våld.
4. Who is the human being deported? Part 1 and 2
Participants: Patricia Lorenzoni, researcher, CEMFOR, Uppsala University. Ahmad Rahimi, human rights activist. Sarah Edvardson Ehrnborg, initiator of the network Vi står inte ut men slutar aldrig kämpa. Agri Ismail, writer och jurist.
5. Anti-black racism at the workplace
Participants: Ylva Habel, researcher, CEMFOR, Uppsala University.
6. Freedom of speech till death? Radical nationalism, hate speech and the democratic discourse
Participants: Mattias Gardell, Professor, CEMFOR, Uppsala University. Katri Linna, Civil Rights Defenders. Daniel Poohl, chefredaktör för Expo. Edna Eriksson, the Foundation of protection of human rights and democracy.
7. Did the Swede exist in the Stone Age? Archeology, DNA and national identity
Participants: Daniel Strand, post-doc, CEMFOR, Uppsala University. Anna Källén, researcher, Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholms University.