We’re happy to invite you to the public lecture by French sociologist Éric Fassin (Paris8) “Anti-Intellectualism and Academic Freedom: From Gender Ideology and Wokeness to Antisemitism”.
Friday, Nov. 7th, 10.00 – 13.00
Campus Hoveniersberg, Auditorium E, Ghent UniversityAll are welcome but registration is required:
Fassin will discuss his latest work on the social and political challenges that problematize gender and critical race studies. His talk aims to understand and find ways to respond to the problematization of gender and diversity principles and values.
His lecture reviews the development of ‘anti-gender’ movements and the rise of ‘woke’ and ‘anti-woke’ terminology, as initiated by right-wing ideological groups but resulting in their mainstreaming in public and media usage. Fassin draws from his two recent books “State Anti-Intellectualism and the Politics of Gender & Race. Illiberal France and Beyond”, and “Misère de l’anti-intellectualisme. Du procès en wokisme au chantage à l’antisémitisme”.
The public lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with Sarah Bracke (University of Amsterdam), Sibo R. Kanobana (Open University), and Nina Henkens (zij/haar) (Kifkif).
The event is concluded by a Q&A with students and audience.
This event is organised by the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (CRCG) as an Internationalisation@Home initiative by the Department of Languages and Cultures, at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
