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Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice
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Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice
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Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice
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Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice
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Global Initiatives

The Dakar Translation Symposium

Against the grain of global Africa-analysis, The second edition of the Dakar Translation Symposium: Africa and Her Globalization which will be held between June 13 and 19, 2023, fosters a global dialogue that is theoretical, cultural and imaginative, and brings together speakers and participants of national and international research capacities from various disciplines who are invested in Africa and the Black diasporas.

This second symposium will explore some of the most urgent issues in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities including literature, history, sociology, gender, anthropology, economy, and law among others.

The Symposium is a joint effort between the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University, Assane Seck University in Ziguinchor, The Office of Inclusion and Equity at NYU Abu Dhabi, the NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation (New York), Rutgers Global, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis of Senegal and the African and Postcolonial Studies Laboratory at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, where the symposium will be held.

We invite and encourage proposals (abstracts) for this year's symposium! Click here to read the full call for papers and participants. The deadline for abstracts has been extended until March 16, 2023.

Learn More about the Inaugural Dakar Translation Symposium: Africa and its Diasporas held in 2022
Slavery Freedom Statue in Dakar

Abu Dhabi DTS Planning Summit

The Dakar Translation Symposium (DTS) Planning Summit was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from January 16-18, 2023. Supported by funding from the Office of Inclusion and Equity, and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities at NYU Abu Dhabi, and led by the organizers of the DTS at the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, the summit brought together leadership from three universities in Senegal and one in Mali. 

Convened to bring into focus a coherent mission, and brainstorm a long-term vision for both the Symposium and the proposed Center for the Study of Translation to be located in Ziguinchor, Senegal, the summit also provided a platform for discussion about the future of DEI in a global context.

ISGRJ Directors engaged in rigorous discussions with faculty and administrators from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Assane Seck University in Ziguinchor, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis of Senegal, and NYUAD including Dr. Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President of Global Inclusion and Strategic Innovation and Fatiah Touray, Executive Director of Inclusion and Equity. Special thanks to NYUAD Vice Chancellor Marïet Westermann for sharing her time and insights with the Summit assembly.

AD Summit

ethicslab

EthicsLab-CPLB Seminar Series | Sub-Saharan Africa, population health, and ethics

The Center for Population-Level Bioethics (CPLB) at Rutgers University and EthicsLab at the Catholic University of Central Africa have started a series of joint seminars that bring together faculty and other affiliates at both centers for discussion of works-in-progress in ethics and justice in global
health, with a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and racial justice. This year-long seminar series focuses on the intersections of population ethics and health in African spaces or poor-resources settings. 

Social Justice

Escuela de Formación Política “Sonia Pierre”: Pensamiento Caribeño, Lucha antirracista y Decolonialidad: a Program of Exchanges between Rutgers/LCS and the GLEFAS

A faculty grant from the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice will support level 1 of the Sonia Pierre Political School, a summer educational project training young leaders in racial and social justice in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, as part of a broader set of exchanges between the Department of Latino and Caribbean Studies and the GLEFAS (Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudio, Formación, y Acción Feminista) in the 2022-23 school year. 

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Disrupting the Status Quo: Reimagining Global Health Systems Through A Decolonizing Lens

Among health systems around the globe, the distribution of power between a patient and provider is imbalanced and colonial influences further contribute to health inequity. This qualitative research study is a joint project between the Rutgers Global Health Institute and the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice which explores whether current decolonization efforts fall short of addressing the harm that colonization has caused and how we stop institutions from around the globe from perpetuating these inequities.