Religious Studies

Events

Viral Populism: Antisemitism & Islamophobia in the Era of Mass Migration

Type of Event: Lecture
Presenter: Dr. Dorian Bell

February 25, 2019
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Maple Room, EUC

Dr. Bell is Associate Professor of Literature and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the recipient of a 2017 Mellon Foundation Grant for his first book, Globalizing Race: Antisemitism and Empire in French and European Culture. His work examines how contemporary upheavals like migration and populism are reconfiguring racisms in Europe, the United States, and South Africa. It also explores how social media is inducing us to rethink the relationship between structural racism and individual prejudice.

Presented by UNCG’s Jewish Studies Program, the Islamic Studies Research Network, the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the Department of Religious Studies, Lloyd International Honors College, the Humanities Network and Consortium, and the Muslim Student Association. With support from the International Program Center Kohler Fund.