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Aaron Winter explores the rise in #Islamophobia & #antisemitism since 7th October, particularly how antisemitism has been conflated with anti-zionism to delegitimise democratic expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity 🧵 (1/5)

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On Monday and Tuesday we're hosting our Inaugural British Journal of Sociology Conference!

➡️If you're joining us make sure you've looked at the programme to identify the sessions you'll attend: buff.ly/4bGwF6F

Tag us in your tweets throughout the two days! #LSEBJS

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We had a fantastic session on  Decolonising quantitative methods with Fabricio Fialho, Rima Dr Rima Saini-Thakor et al, Nazneen Ismail et al, & Christina Santos 2/

So many high points Radical Statistics conference today including opener by Sol Gamsu, our decol quants panel, and a scary-fun set of presentations on AI and bias...

Excellent papers in the Radical Statistics session on decolonising quantitative methods from Dr Rima Saini-Thakor, Stefanie Doebler, Nazneen Ismail & Cristina Santos

The programme for the British Journal of Sociology conference is here! Over two days we'll bring together 200+ academics showcasing cutting-edge research from across the discipline.

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Looking forward to present on decolonising quant methods pedagogy with Charlotte Brookfield at the #Radstats Radical Statistics conference next Saturday, hoping to see many of you there!

Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog ?

'Conflating antisemitism and anti-Zionism emboldens the far right' by Aaron Winter

Cross-posted from openDemocracy

Read the blog post ⬇️
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Census data on surge in Britishness vs Englishness is overstated, but in more reliable survey (BSA) there's definitely a big shift over the past decade. Pure Englishness on the wane.

In this commentary, Liz Fekete draws on two previous articles from the last R&C (@huwcdavies & Dr S.E. MacRae,
Dr Rima Saini-Thakor, Mike Bankole 🍉 &
Dr Neema Begum) to comment on the shift of far Right ideologies from marginalised to mainstream and what lessons can activists learn from it.

Pranay Dr Rima Saini-Thakor Dr Neema Begum and Michael Bankole made a start here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

We're organising the panel “Sanctuary movements in different urban contexts” at the ISA-RC21 conference, July 24-26, 2024. Full description of the session here: rc21conference2024.coes.cl/panel-22/
To submit an abstract, please follow the link: rc21conference2024.coes.cl/abstracts-prop… Franca Roeschert

Ipsos analysis shows Conservative support amongst ethnic minorities has remained low since Rishi Sunak... ipsos.com/en-uk/ipsos-an…

Our December event in the #IdentitiesEvents Series is open for registration!

'Seeing Others: How Recognition Works—and How It Can Heal a Divided World' with Michele Lamont

📅 Wed 13 Dec, 2-3pm

UofG Soc & Pol Sci UofG Social Sciences UofG Sociology CASEI Lancaster

Register ⬇️
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🧠 NEW!

S1/E4 Evidence for Equality National Survey

Dr Rima Saini-Thakor & Nissa Finney discuss EVENS - the largest &most comprehensive survey to document the lives of ethnic & religious minorities in Britain during COVID19 pandemic. Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity)
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