When: Thursday, October 3, 2024, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMWhere: Room 313, Third Floor, School of Law Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road London, E1 4NS
Whether it is the rights of animals, children, migrants, minorities, mothers or mountains, and whether these rights are protected or guaranteed by national law, international law or human rights law, the question of citizenship has already indelibly marked the 21st century. As an institution, citizenship governs the relationship between a polity and its people, dividing them into citizens and non-citizens with different rights and responsibilities. Is citizenship an institution of domination or of emancipation? How does citizenship bring into play the struggles of those who want to protect their privileges and the struggles of those who are caught up in its oppressive practices? Today many anti-racist, anti-capitalist, ecological, feminist and queer struggles pivot around rights but also remain fragmented and disjointed despite the intersectional campaigns. Can citizenship, both as a critical concept and as a critical practice, have the power to organise these struggles into a larger force? Can critical (deconstructive and decolonial) citizenship rights generate effective political movements?
This (B)OrderS Book Forum, co-organised by Dr Rachel Humphris ((B)OrderS / Queen Mary Geography) and Dr Nivi Manchanda (Queen Mary SPIR), will discuss these political questions as advanced by the book: Citizenship: New Trajectories in Law, with author Emeritus Professor Engin Isin ((B)OrderS / Queen Mary, SPIR) and distinguished commentators.
Chair: Professor Jef Huysmans ((B)OrderS / Queen Mary SPIR)
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About (B)OrderS: Centre for the Legal Study of Borders, Migration and Displacement
Founded in 2022, the (B)Orders Centre focuses on the study of bordering, ordering and othering processes through law. It constitutes an excellence hub for intellectual collaboration and the evaluation of the role of law in the making and unmaking of borders and their impact on global (im)mobility. It connects scholars within and beyond Queen Mary Law School to harness existing inter- and multi-disciplinary research into law, borders and (im)mobility and shape future policy and research agendas in response to global challenges.