Winter School "Inherited Inequality and the Formation of the Modern World" - CeMIS, University of Göttingen
Winter School
"Inherited Inequality and the Formation of the Modern World"
January 8-14, 2018
CeMIS, University of Göttingen
Application Deadline: 1 September 2017
Social, political and
economic domination in the modern world depend on the continuous production and
reproduction of persons relegated to degraded forms of labour and life on the
basis on allegedly inherited characteristics (Robinson, 1982). This winter
school will examine processes of racialization not only in the Americas, but in
a comparative framework that includes a variety of forms of descent-based
subjection across the globe. Hence our use of the more capacious
"inherited inequality." We thus follow recent developments in the
historical and sociological study of race and racialization, arguing that
racialization is a global and transhistorical process (Da Silva, 2007) that
deserves far greater comparative and interdisciplinary attention, especially
from scholars and students of and in the global South (Comaroffs, 2012).
Students at the school
will examine how "durable" inherited inequalities shape modern
political, social and economic power, one on hand, and are at once key nodes of
cohesion in social and political movements for justice. Young scholars from a
diverse set of educational backgrounds and areal specializations will be
provided with a set of rigorous comparative tools, drawing on the historical,
sociological and anthropological perspectives and foci of the faculty, to
understand pervasive and enduring forms of domination—and solidarity—in the
modern world.
The Winter School will
be held at the University of Göttingen. Participants will engage in a weeklong
program comprising lectures, seminars and workshops, reading and working
groups, a field trip to a historically significant refugee housing center,
documentary films, and social activities. The school is intended for
experienced MA students, and PhD students in the early stages of their degrees.
Faculty:
Prof. Thomas Abowd, Tufts University
Prof. Demetrius Eudell, Wesleyan University
Prof. Keith Feldman, University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Peter James Hudson, University of California, Los Angeles
Prof. Jemima Pierre, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Nathaniel Roberts, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
Prof. Rupa Viswanath, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
Prof. Thomas Abowd, Tufts University
Prof. Demetrius Eudell, Wesleyan University
Prof. Keith Feldman, University of California, Berkeley
Prof. Peter James Hudson, University of California, Los Angeles
Prof. Jemima Pierre, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Nathaniel Roberts, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
Prof. Rupa Viswanath, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
Application
deadline: September 1, 2017
Dr. Karin Klenke; Coordinator
Centre for Modern
Indian Studies
University of
Goettingen
Waldweg 26
37073 Göttingen
Germany
phone: +49-551-39
19636
