The power of American conservatism

Jefferson Cowie, Andrew J. Nathanson Professor of Labor History and Chair of the Department of Labor Relations, Law, & History, Cornell University, will speak on the influence of Conservatism on contemporary American society.

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Positivism, pluralism and the justification of human rights

Please join us for a lecture by Baroness Professor Onora O’Neill of Bengarve, hosted jointly by the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, the Centre for Research in Race and Rights, and the University’s research priority area in Rights and Justice.

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No Drama Obama? Race and the politics of policing during the Obama presidency

As we approach the final year of the Obama era, this lecture will assess what became of a leader whose election in 2008 apparently heralded a new post-racial America. Has Barack Obama’s presidency delivered the kind of deep-rooted changes that were initially prophesised? Had Obama abandoned his core African-American constituency in favour of projecting a race-neutral approach designed to maintain centrist support? How do we assess Obama’s leadership on issues like policing in the context of the current Black Lives Matter movement that is challenging police brutality? What has become of Obama’s ‘no drama’ persona in this final period of his two-term presidency?

Tags: America, Barack Obama, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Kevin Verney, politics, race

War, race and imagery: an Armistice Day discussion to mark the 100th anniversary of World War One

The Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the Department of American and Canadian Studies present this event. Taking place right after Armistice Day, this includes talks by Professor Celeste-Marie Bernier, James Brookes and Rosemary Pearce.

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Highlights from our best Black History Month yet

Black History Month 2015 officially finishes on 31 October, and what a month it’s been! A […]

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The cause of all nations: an international history of the American Civil War

Marking the end of the 150th anniversary period for the Civil War (2011-2015), please join the Department of American and Canadian Studies for a special lecture by internationally renowned scholar Don Doyle.

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Land of the free? Immigration and exile in today’s America

Please join the Department of American and Canadian Studies for its distinguished annual lecture, delivered this year by Professor Glenda Carpio of Harvard University, who will talk about multicultural America, new American identities, and the problem of exile in the land of the free.

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Black History Month 2015 – get involved

The University of Nottingham is celebrating Black History Month 2015 with music, public lectures, film screenings […]

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A Time to Break Silence – screening and Q&A

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for a screening of Edgar Arceneaux’s A Time to Break Silence. Featuring an introduction and Q&A with Patrick Henderson, PhD student in the Department of American and Canadian Studies.

Tags: Arts Council England, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, film, Martin Luther King, Nottingham Contemporary, Patrick Henderson, screening

Fruitvale Station – screening and Q&A

The Department of American and Canadian Studies present a screening of the 2013 film ‘Fruitvale Station’, directed by Ryan Coogler and depicts the death of Oscar Grant, who was killed in 2009 by a police officer. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Hannah-Rose Murray, PhD student in the Department of American and Canadian Studies. Part of Black History Month 2015.

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