Race Matters Network
The Race Matters Network aims are to:
- Foster greater attention to the dynamics of race and racism in criminological projects and practice, including in the wider work of the British Society of Criminology;
- Offer support, solidarity and academic development to Black and minority ethnic scholars in criminology, as well as those working within the subfield of race and criminology;
- Engage with local communities, practitioners and policy makers to influence, listen and inform around questions of race and racism;
- Foster wider recognition of the contribution of Black and minority ethnic scholars to criminology, historically, nationally and internationally.
To achieve these aims the Network will engage in activities that include:
- Organising and hosting conferences (including panels at the BSC conference), seminars, and an annual Black History/Criminology Month;
- Disseminating information via email, scholarly publications, social media and other means;
- Responding to policy consultations and/or requests for information;
- Engaging in tendering and funding bids;
- Collaborating with members of the ASC People of Color and Crime division and the BSA Race and Ethnicity Study Group, and other networks of relevance.
Steering Committee:
(Co-Chair) Dr Coretta Phillips, LSE (phillips@lse.ac.uk)
(Co-Chair) Dr Pamela Ugwudike, University of Southampton (Ugwudike@soton.ac.uk)
Professor Peter Squires, University of Brighton (p.a.squires@brighton.ac.uk)
Dr Monish Bhatia, Birkbeck College (m.bhatia@bbk.ac.uk)
Dr Bankole Cole, Sheffield Hallam University (B.Cole@shu.ac.uk)
Dr Rod Earle, Open University (rod.earle@open.ac.uk)
Dr Anthony Gunter , University of East London (a.gunter@uel.ac.uk)
Dr Zoë James, University of Plymouth (Z.James@plymouth.ac.uk)
Dr Suzella Palmer, University of Bedfordshire (suzella.palmer@beds.ac.uk)
Dr Alpa Parmar, University of Oxford (alpa.parmar@crim.ox.ac.uk)
Dr Waqas Tufail, Leeds Beckett University (w.tufail@leedsbeckett.ac.uk)
Dr Patrick Williams, Manchester Metropolitan University (P.Williams@mmu.ac.uk)
Dr Tara Young, University of Kent (T.L.Young@kent.ac.uk)
RACE MATTERS IN CRIMINOLOGY: REINVIGORATING THE SUBFIELD
At the British Society of Criminology Conference, Lincoln 2-5 July 2019 – Public Criminologies: Communities, Conflict and Justice
The Race Matters Network of the British Society of Criminology will be launched at the BSC annual conference in Lincoln. We will also be running a dedicated Race Matters stream related to racial, ethnic, religious and national identities, and their intersection with crime, criminal justice, and criminology.
- Theoretical and empirical work tackling questions of racial/ethnic/religious inequality, power and crime;
- Race and public criminologies
- Decolonising the discipline
- Epistemology and methodology
- Historical and contemporary systems of social and crime control
- Forms of racialisation, racism and discrimination in the criminal justice system
- Migration control
- Indigenous and semi-nomadic groups’ experiences
- Islamophobia and anti-semitism
- Hate crimes
- Critical Race Theory and Critical Whiteness Studies
- Intersectionality
Please look out for network launch events at the conference.
Future events are announced in the bi-monthly bulletin.
Joining and staying in touch
Please contact Rod Earle (rod.earle@open.ac.uk)
Contact the Network
Twitter – coming soon
Websites of interest
Coming soon