Becomings kick-off seminar

We are pleased to invite you to the launch seminar of the research project Becomings: Temporalities, Solidarities and Social Class in Antiracism, located at the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN) at the University of Helsinki (Becomings, Research Council of Finland, 2025-2028).

Date & Time: 27.10.2025 at 13.00-17.00 

Venue: Studium I (F3020), Main Building, 3rd floor, Fabianinkatu 33. University of Helsinki 

The seminar invites scholars, activists and organizers to discuss, and reflect on, themes of solidarity and antiracist coalition-building across global and local mobilisations.  

The keynote lecture will be delivered by Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya (University College London), whose influential work on racial capitalism and the entanglement of social class and racism has inspired and informed our research. The programme will also include an introduction to the project and a panel discussion featuring invited speakers from both academic and activist backgrounds.  

The seminar is organized by Professor Suvi Keskinen (project leader), Dr. Ali Ali, Dr. Ameera Masoud-Jaakonaho, and Doctoral Researcher Emma Grillo Kajava.  

Programme 

  •  13:00-13:15 Introduction and welcoming words 
  • 13:15-14:15 Keynote lecture by prof. Bhattacharyya  
  • 14:15-15:00 Presentation of the Becomings-project   
  • 15:00-15:15 Break  
  • 15:30-16:30 Panel discussion  
  • 16:30-17:00 Closing and final remarks 

 

Thanks for registering, we hope to meet you at the kick-off seminar!