Ethnic and Racial Studies

Stuart Hall was seen as a key figure in the development of cultural studies as a field of academic scholarship and research. Now a major digital archive of his previously unpublished papers, notebooks, recordings and videos has been launched. stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

London hosts events in October (and beyond) to celebrate Black History Month, so check out a variety of events compiled on https://londonist.com/london/things-to-do/black-history-month-events-london and of course, https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/. #bhm CREDIT: Illustration by Unfold X

#JobCall 💡 The @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social is looking for a Research Assistant to work on racism, intersectionality, and discrimination. The postholder will join the NIHR Inequalities Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium. Read more and apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Thrilled to see the first major journal review for my book, Health Care Civil Rights: How Discrimination Law Fails Patients (UC Press), out now in Ethnic and Racial Studies! @ersjournal.com 1/3

'Navigating the city, negotiating #whiteness: white women’s experiences in and perceptions of Bordeaux (France)' New from #Identities, by Mélodine Sommier With #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Lovely to see @apollo-magazine.com recommend @bgoldst.bsky.social’s Max Bond in their September issue. Learn more about this definitive biography of a preeminent postwar architect who championed the cause of freedom through architecture and transformed Black history and modernism: buff.ly/wu4I5kb

#ERSBookSymposium: George Lipsitz's Ethnic Studies at the Crossroads 📘 What does it mean to study not merely about communities but with them, to learn alongside them, and to remain accountable to them? Check out this piece by Natalia Molina here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

#Trending #OpenAccess 📈 🔓 This paper analyses refugees’ voting behavior in Sweden. The results show that two major factors affect refugee turnout: the acquisition of citizenship, and the degree of diversity of nationality in the districts in which refugees live. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

ICE is detaining a record number of pregnant women and teenagers, while holding no miscarriage data after 3 October 2025. Detained women report difficulty accessing prenatal and emergency care. Read more of this investigation by @theguardian.com below: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The Martin Bulmer Prize honors the year's best article in @ersjournal.com with £1,000, a journal subscription, and recognition of outstanding scholarship in race and ethnicity research. More info: spr.ly/63323BGyyS9

🐣 In this #ERSNew article, Francesco Ventura introduces the concept of imported criminalisation to explore the changes in Sweden and Finland policies towards the Kurdish diaspora after their accession to NATO. Check out this paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Shouldn't research "impact" include protecting the researchers behind it? Since 2019, Cultures of Digital Hate has mapped how online abuse silences academics. Their toolkits & research offer practical solutions for institutions, policy & industry. Check out: culturesdigitalhate.wordpress.com

Lithuania’s new interior minister has said "Border guards should be allowed to shoot at people trying to cross the border." As the EU’s new “crisis” framework enables extraordinary migration measures, researchers warn that these terms are being used to undermine migrants’ and refugees’ rights.

#Trending #OpenAccess 📈🔓 School shootings aren't racially neutral. A racial lens reveals new insights into rampage violence, and why prevention must take race seriously. This piece has been our #1 most-read article over the past 12 months. Read why: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

#JobCall 📣 The University of Copenhagen is hiring two Postdoctoral Researchers to study institutional change driven by labour migration. This is a 2.5-year role with a 10% teaching load and a focus on high-impact publication. Full details: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

#EUMobility 🇪🇺 Improving economic conditions in Poland are driving more Polish emigrants in Germany to return, according to a new study by the Polski Instytut Ekonomiczny. Read more: pie.net.pl/en/economic-...

#SpotlightOnCeuta This paper examines Muslim agency in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa and one of Europe's southernmost borders. Home to Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu communities, it is among Spain's most segregated cities. Check out this paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Call for Editor-in-Chief – National Identities 📢 The journal is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief to build on its reputation for influential scholarship. You'll lead decisions, shape vision, commission content, and represent the journal globally. editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

#Trending #OpenAccess 📈 🔓 How racial stereotypes of African bodies shape talent development in Nigeria? Ejekwumadu interviews football academies on how these tropes influence local systems, not just European perceptions. Check out this paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

We're thrilled to share the introduction to our forthcoming SI: Situating the migration industry, by Nina Glick Schiller & @triandafyllidou.bsky.social. It unpacks the web of state agencies, private actors, and entrepreneurs who profit from and govern human mobility. doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Very happy to see this labor of love online, open access and part of an @ersjournal.com special issue titled "Migration Industry: Governance, Capital Accumulation and Global Dehumanization" co-edited by two inspiring luminaries of migration studies, Anna Triandafyllidou and Nina Glick Schiller.

📘 "The result is a convincing case for the importance of discourse and ideology for understanding the evolution of Canada’s immigration policy and its effects on those who fall under it." @uoftpress.bsky.social Check out this #ERSBookReview by Jennifer Elrick here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

🐣 #ERSNew research explores how perceptions of deservingness shape the acceptability of discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, and language in Belgium. @brispo-vub.bsky.social @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social Check out this paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

#NewIssue: The final issue of Vol. 49 is live! 📣 Featuring original articles on climate change, migration, CRT, and Palestine, two book symposia, and 20+ book reviews. Next up: our 50th anniversary volume begins with the next issue! Explore this issue here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/4...

#JobCall 💼 The Demography and Migration Unit within the @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu is recruiting a researcher to contribute to work supporting the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Read more and apply: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/3078

📣 Issue 49:12 is now live! This Special Issue examines the intersections of migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth, offering a decolonial and youth-centred perspective on mobility and belonging. Check out this #NewIssue:

#Ceuta #migration #EU #Spain #Italy #Schengen Interview on BBC news youtu.be/Kiwfxnr-lig?...

#ERSBookReview 📕 Unwelcome Shores is an important study that refuses the disciplinary division between refugee scholarship and the sociology of race and immigration. @rutgersupress.bsky.social Read review by Jake Watson here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

@msumption.bsky.social, Director of @migobs.bsky.social at COMPAS, provides a policy perspective on BBC R4's series on UK immigration. Listen for more on legal migration, changes to indefinite leave to remain, & public opinion on migration 🔊 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

You're invited to join our next free webinar! 💡 Research data management & sharing 📆 Wednesday, 26 August 2026 🕖 7am & 4pm BST 📍 Online Save your spot here: spr.ly/6001BD5bGD

Already miss @imiscoe.bsky.social Annual Conference? Next year's call is OPEN! 🗓️ 24th IMISCOE | 6–9 July 2027 | Brussels & online Theme: United for Human Rights and Global Equity 📅 Submissions close 28 Sept 2026. Start planning now!

🎬 Coming soon! Our Editor-in-Chief John Solomos sat down with @thibogossian.bsky.social to mark our 50th anniversary in 2027. They chat about the field's evolution, the journal's role today, and some behind-the-scenes stories. Here's a sneak peek from the shoot - Full interview dropping soon!

@ersjournal.com has published a review forum for my @stanfordpress.bsky.social book, Neoliberalism and Race Contributions are by Arun Kundnani, Siddhant Issar, and Hasret Cetinkaya, followed by my reply www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#ERSNew 🐣 🔓 This piece seeks to bring the study of race, racialisation, and racial formations to the forefront in Czech society, where Czechness is imagined as monolingual, culturally homogeneous, and racially unmarked as “white”. Read this #OpenAccess article here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Next #IdentitiesEvent! 'On Angéline Escafré-Dublet's A Political History of Immigration in France' 2 Sep, 12.30-13.30pm Book seminar co-organised by #Identities, University of Glasgow Political and International Studies, and CMRN at the University of Edinburgh www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Your first draft's job isn't to be good. Its job is to exist.

#JobCall 📣 @globaldevinst.bsky.social is looking for a Research Fellow in Migration in African Cities. @manchester.ac.uk Fixed term 1 August 2026 - 31 July 2027 Deadline: 28th July 2026 Read more and apply:

'Eastern Europe’s ‘peripheral whiteness’: class and gender #racialization among Polish migrants and returnees' From #Identities' latest Special Issue, with #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

The latest issue of The #Identities Newsletter is now published! Spotlighting the journal's latest activities, including events, blog posts & more: sh1.sendinblue.com/a... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social