Critical Whiteness Studies – An Introduction

Vortragsreihe "Rassismus" III / Fellow-Vortrag III: Prof. Dr. Christopher Driscoll (Bethlehem, PA)

Rassismus breitet sich in unserer Gesellschaft aus. Wer Rassismus bekämpfen will, muss die­sen zunächst in seinen verschiedenen Facetten wahrnehmen. Nur so lassen sich wirkungsvolle Gegenstrategien entwickeln. Die Vortragsreihe im Rahmen des „Novembers der Wissenschaft“ stellt Definitionen und Analysen bereit und eröffnet Perspektiven.

Der dritte Vortrag findet in englischer Sprache statt.

In order to fight racism Critical Whiteness Studies reflects on the nature of white privilege and white identity. This introduction will cover historical, sociological, and philosophical ap­proaches to Whiteness Studies, with a particular focus on how whiteness relates to other markers of identity, including gender, geography, and nationality.

Christopher Driscoll, PhD (Rice University, 2014) is visiting assistant professor of religion and Africana studies at Lehigh University. Some of his research interests include race, religion, identity, culture, and humanist and existential thought. He is cofounder of the American Academy of Religion’s Critical Approaches to Hip Hop and Religion Group; contributing editor for The Marginalia Review of Books, and contributor to The Huffington Post, TheHumanist.com, and other publications. Routledge published his first monograph, White Lies: Race and Uncertainty in the Twilight of American Religion, in 2015. Find him online at shadesofwhite.org.