14, 15 & 17th DECEMBER 2020

The Global Race project (2016-2020) investigates the reconfigurations of the race concept since 1945 in the scientific realm, state policies, and social movements.

The 3-day final conference of the project will gather French and international scholars who will examine various theories and practices regarding the use of racial and ethnic categories and will explore how controversies around race have unfolded in Europe and the Americas.

PANEL 3 | REALIST AND CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES OF RACE IN PHILOSOPHY

Chair: Claude-Olivier DORON, Université Paris Diderot.

Magali BESSONE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.

“‘Race’, an essentially contested concept?"

Sally HASLANGER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

“Race as a Social-Political Kind”

David LUDWIG, Wageningen University.

“Metaphysics of Race in Practice: An Action Research Framework”