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In this special lunchtime seminar, Dr Kawtar Najib (Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool) will discuss her book ‘Spatialised Islamophobia’
While studies on Islamophobia have increased in recent decades, few focus on its spatial dimension. Islamophobia is primarily studied in social science disciplines other than Geography and often refers to systemic racism against Muslims. This book contributes to existing definitions by arguing that Islamophobia is also a spatialized process that occurs at various interrelated scales (glob, nation, urban, neighbourhoods, body (and mind)). It details a glocal process ranging from global Islamophobia (through international representations and policies) to intimate Islamophobia (within the family or example) and shows how Spatialized Islamophobia is everywhere but changes its contours, its effects, its intensity and its functioning according to the scale under study.
This seminar is hosted by the Department of Sociology and the Department of History.