ZKF Public Talk: Race as a Category of Analysis for the Balkans
Time
Wednesday, 11. December 2024
17:30 - 19:00
Location
Online via Zoom
Organizer
ZKF, Dr. K. H. Eberle Research Centre "European Cultures in a Multipolar World"
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Maria Todorova
Moderation:
N.N.
Zoom-Link
Meeting-ID: 915 3170 7702
Do the Balkans need their own epistemology? How to solve the antinomy of universalism versus distinctiveness/uniqueness? Which categories of analysis are appropriate for the region, which are borrowed out of academic hegemony or fashions? Lately, there have been two influential additions to Balkan epistemology: one is the question of the applicability of post- and decoloniality, the other is critical race theory. On the first, I have written and spoken sufficiently; here I focus on the latter. Race has lately become a leading category and there has been critique about the resistance over its employment in the Balkans, as well as Eastern Europe at large. In this talk, I address the reasons for this resistance. By bringing in examples from the Balkans, I approach the difference between the notions of race, racism, racialization and their links with and relation to other categories, such as ethnicity and nationalism.
Contact: zkf@uni-konstanz.de
