The large-scale protests against racism and police brutality in the United States during the summer of 2020 reverberated across Europe. Migrants and ethnonational minority communities across Europe protested in solidarity and to raise awareness of systematic discrimination at the hands of law enforcement entities throughout Europe. The “racial awakening” on the streets and in universities in the U.S. and across Europe suggest a trans-Atlantic movement for global racial justice may be emerging.

What is the U.S. experience with race and migration, and how does it compare with 21st century Europe?

Join Dr. Ali R. Chaudhary on February 24th in a public seminar to explore this question by discussing the history of race and migration in the United States and how it compares with contemporary Europe.

Dr. Ali R. Chaudhary is a North American sociologist specializing in migration, inter-group dynamics, civil society organizations, and music. He is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick-New Jersey (USA) and a Fellow at the International Migration Institute-Amsterdam. Dr. Chaudhary was previously a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow based at the University of Oxford, where he researched the domestic and homeland-oriented political activities of migrants in Europe. His scholarship appears in prominent academic journals, including the International Migration Review, Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Sociological Quarterly, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Global Networks.

Source : UNSA Maastricht FB page