Antiracisms and the Social Sciences, 2025-2066
Antiracismes et sciences sociales, 2025-2026
Published on Friday, November 21, 2025
Abstract
This seminar examines the history and sociology of antiracism—or antiracisms—in the Atlantic region since the end of the 18th century. We will be looking at how what we now call “racism” has been thought about and combated over the long term. Few studies are explicitly devoted to antiracism. We will, therefore, propose a genealogy of antiracist strategies. This seminar is committed to articulating a transdisciplinary and transnational perspective on the dynamics of anti-racist thought and practice.
Announcement
Presentation
This seminar examines the history and sociology of antiracism—or antiracisms—in the Atlantic region since the end of the 18th century. More specifically, we will be looking at how what we now call « racism » has been thought about and combated over the long term within a geographical area marked by paroxysmal forms of racial violence and influential strategies of resistance to this violence. While there is a wealth of research on the history and sociology of racism, few studies are explicitly devoted to antiracism, and when they are, the most widely publicized often favor an approach oriented towards self-transformation. We will, therefore, propose a genealogy of antiracist strategies, keeping in mind the relatively recent appearance of the term and the diversity of its definitions and uses. The aim is to problematize these issues at a time marked by the rise of virulent anti-antiracism. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this seminar is committed to articulating a transdisciplinary and transnational perspective, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of anti-racist thought and practice.
Program
- November 21 : Leslie Alexander (Rutgers University), on Black internationalism, global black liberation and anti-blackness and author of Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States (2022).
- December 12: Francine Nyambec-Mebenga (UPEC), co-autrice de « Antiracisme en France : enjeux, métamorphoses et controverses au prisme du décès de George Floyd » (2022) et référente racisme et antiracisme à l’Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne.
- January 16: Audrey Célestine (NYU), co-autrice de “Black Lives Matter: A Transnational Movement” (2022) sur “Décolonisation culturelle et antiracisme en Martinique dans les années 1970."
- February 20: Fania Noël (The Graduate Center, CUNY), author of 10 Questions sur les féminismes noirs and « Partner, not comrade: blackness, cross-racial coalition, and power in France. »
- March 20: Julien Talpin (Université de Lille), co-auteur de Why French racial minorities do not mobilize more often. Disempowerment, tactical repertoires and soft repression of antiracist movements (2023)
- April 18: To be announced
- May 16: Fatima Ouassak et Nadia Yala Kisukidi (NYU), co-autrices de Terres et liberté. Manifeste antiraciste pour une écologie de liberation (2025)
- June 19: Kristine Aquino (University of Technology, Sydney), author of « Antiracism and Everyday Life » (2020) and Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora (2018)
Le panel que nous organisons au Congrès 2026 de l’AFSP à Lyon (30 juin-2 juillet 2026) sera l’occasion d’approfondir les réflexions menées depuis deux ans dans le séminaire. Vous y êtes cordialement invité.es (« Politiques de l’antiracisme/Antiracism Politics »).
Registration
- antiracism.seminar@protonmail.com
Subjects
- Sociology (Main category)
- Society > Political studies > Political science
- Society > Political studies > Political history
- Periods > Early modern > Eighteenth century
- Society > Political studies > Political and social movements
- Periods > Modern
- Society > Political studies > Political sociology
- Society > History > Social history
Event attendance modalities
Full online event
Date(s)
- Friday, November 21, 2025
- Friday, December 12, 2025
- Friday, January 16, 2026
- Friday, February 20, 2026
- Friday, March 20, 2026
- Saturday, April 18, 2026
- Monday, March 16, 2026
- Friday, June 19, 2026
- Tuesday, June 30, 2026
- Thursday, July 02, 2026
Attached files
Keywords
- antiracism, racism, race, prejudice, social movements
Reference Urls
Information source
- Nicolas Martin-Breteau
courriel : nicolas [dot] martin-breteau [at] univ-lille [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Antiracisms and the Social Sciences, 2025-2066 », Seminar, Calenda, Published on Friday, November 21, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/156n4

