CoDE Seminar- Matthew Hughey
| Dates: | 1 May 2018 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 13:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Matthew Hughey |
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Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series.
Matthew Hughey is tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.
Seminar title:
White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race
Abstract:
Discussions of race are inevitably fraught with tension, both in opinion and positioning. Too frequently, debates are framed as clear points of opposition—us versus them. And when considering white racial identity, a split between progressive movements and a neoconservative backlash is all too frequently assumed. Taken at face value, it would seem that whites are splintering into antagonistic groups, with differing worldviews, values, and ideological stances.
White Bound investigates these dividing lines, questioning the very notion of a fracturing whiteness, and in so doing offers a unique view of white racial identity.
Dr. Matthew Hughey (Associate Professor, University of Connecticut) spent over a year attending the meetings, reading the literature, and interviewing members of two white organizations—a white nationalist group and a white antiracist group. Though he found immediate political differences, he observed surprising similarities related to how both groups make meaning of race and whiteness. His talk will examine these similarities to illuminate not just the many ways of being white, but how these actors make meaning of whiteness in ways that collectively reproduce both white identity and, ultimately, white supremacy.
- This is a free event and open to all- no registration required.
Speaker
Matthew Hughey
Organisation: University of Connecticut
Biography: https://sociology.uconn.edu/hughey/
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2.07
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
