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Aula Árabe Universitaria 5.6. Spatialized Islamophobia in London and Paris: At an urban scale
Sixth conference in the Aula Árabe Universitaria 5 series, given by Kawtar Najib from the University of Liverpool.
You can watch the session on YouTube (in Spanish): youtube.com/live/TFCRMYYhoew?feature=share
In recent years, Europe has experienced a notable increase in
Islamophobia, in part related to the rise of nationalist parties in
several countries throughout the continent. Within this context, Kawtar Najib, a professor and researcher in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool, will be giving a conference titled “Spatialized Islamophobia at the urban and infra-urban scale in London and Paris,” the sixth conference in the Aula Árabe Universitaria series.
Though studies on Islamophobia have been completed in recent decades, few focus on its spatial dimension. Islamophobia is mainly studied in social science disciplines other than Geography and usually deal with systemic racism against Muslims.
Kawtar Najib’s research contributes to existing definitions by arguing that Islamophobia also constitutes a spatialized process which occurs on several interrelated scales, thus forming a “glocal” process that ranges from global Islamophobia (through international representations and policies) to a more small-scale Islamophobia (within the family, for example). Her research shows how
spatialized Islamophobia can be found everywhere, but contours, effects, intensity and way of working change, depending on the scale studied.
In her talk, Najib will highlight the spatial and multi-scale nature of
Islamophobia and analyze the cases of two major European capitals, Paris and London, arguing that Islamophobia also forms a spatialized process which occurs at several interrelated spatial scales: globe, nation, city, neighborhood and body (as well as mind).
Organized with the cooperation of the UAM bachelor’s degree program in Social and Cultural Anthropology, it will include participation by Virtudes Téllez Delgado, coordinator of that degree program and a professor with the Department of Social Anthropology and Philosophical Thought (UAM), and Daniel
Gil-Benumeya, a professor of Linguistics and Oriental Studies at the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), both of whom are members of UCM’s Islam in Europe Analysis Group (GRAIS). For Casa Árabe, the session will be moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Kawtar Najib
Kawtar Najib is a professor of Human Geography at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on the social and urban geographies of inequality and discrimination, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Furthermore, Najib also explores issues of social and spatial justice more broadly: urban exclusion, austerity, racism and sexism. She has been the main researcher in the SAMA Project (Spaces of Anti-Muslim Acts, funded by the European Commission), which highlights the impact of Islamophobic
discrimination on space and people. She authored the book “Spatialized Islamophobia” (published in 2021 by Routledge), which has led to greater acknowledgment of “Geography” and “Space” in studies on Islamophobia.
Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/spatialized-islamophobia-in-london-and-paris-at-an-urban-and-infra-urban-scale
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By Casa ÁrabeSixth conference in the Aula Árabe Universitaria 5 series, given by Kawtar Najib from the University of Liverpool.
You can watch the session on YouTube (in Spanish): youtube.com/live/TFCRMYYhoew?feature=share
In recent years, Europe has experienced a notable increase in
Islamophobia, in part related to the rise of nationalist parties in
several countries throughout the continent. Within this context, Kawtar Najib, a professor and researcher in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool, will be giving a conference titled “Spatialized Islamophobia at the urban and infra-urban scale in London and Paris,” the sixth conference in the Aula Árabe Universitaria series.
Though studies on Islamophobia have been completed in recent decades, few focus on its spatial dimension. Islamophobia is mainly studied in social science disciplines other than Geography and usually deal with systemic racism against Muslims.
Kawtar Najib’s research contributes to existing definitions by arguing that Islamophobia also constitutes a spatialized process which occurs on several interrelated scales, thus forming a “glocal” process that ranges from global Islamophobia (through international representations and policies) to a more small-scale Islamophobia (within the family, for example). Her research shows how
spatialized Islamophobia can be found everywhere, but contours, effects, intensity and way of working change, depending on the scale studied.
In her talk, Najib will highlight the spatial and multi-scale nature of
Islamophobia and analyze the cases of two major European capitals, Paris and London, arguing that Islamophobia also forms a spatialized process which occurs at several interrelated spatial scales: globe, nation, city, neighborhood and body (as well as mind).
Organized with the cooperation of the UAM bachelor’s degree program in Social and Cultural Anthropology, it will include participation by Virtudes Téllez Delgado, coordinator of that degree program and a professor with the Department of Social Anthropology and Philosophical Thought (UAM), and Daniel
Gil-Benumeya, a professor of Linguistics and Oriental Studies at the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), both of whom are members of UCM’s Islam in Europe Analysis Group (GRAIS). For Casa Árabe, the session will be moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
Kawtar Najib
Kawtar Najib is a professor of Human Geography at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on the social and urban geographies of inequality and discrimination, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Furthermore, Najib also explores issues of social and spatial justice more broadly: urban exclusion, austerity, racism and sexism. She has been the main researcher in the SAMA Project (Spaces of Anti-Muslim Acts, funded by the European Commission), which highlights the impact of Islamophobic
discrimination on space and people. She authored the book “Spatialized Islamophobia” (published in 2021 by Routledge), which has led to greater acknowledgment of “Geography” and “Space” in studies on Islamophobia.
Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/spatialized-islamophobia-in-london-and-paris-at-an-urban-and-infra-urban-scale