SoA Lecture Series: Junaid Rana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

When

2 p.m., April 8, 2021

Thursday, April 8, 2021
2:00 p.m.Via Zoom
Title: The White Reconstruction of Anthropology
Abstract: This talk builds upon the provocations of ethnic studies scholar Dylan Rodriguez in his recent book White Reconstruction to think through how the discipline of anthropology can engage in an anthropology of white supremacy, not only as a research agenda but an assessment of its norms, practices, and values. To demonstrate this, I turn to the classic conversation between James Baldwin and Margaret Mead recorded in A Rap on Race to conceptualize the relationship of white supremacy to racism and the problem of racial liberalism in anthropology.
Junaid RanaAssociate Professor, Department of Asian American StudiesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information, contact: Dr. Mamadou Baro ( baro@arizona.edu)or Catherine Lehman (cml@arizona.edu)