Repost: 27- Have Universities Diversified Their Reading Lists Since #RhodesMustFall?
In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests around the world, many institutions looked inward at what they could do or change, PRIO included. Last year PRIO allocated internal funding to develop projects on ethnic, racial, cultural and religious discrimination. One of those projects is "Teaching African peace and conflict through European eyes (EuropAcademy)", led by Ilaria Carozza and Marie Sandnes. They set out to assess university syllabi from around Europe, before and after 2015 (when the #RhodesMustFall movement started), to see how diverse they were and are. In this episode they share their initial findings from courses on Africa, peace and conflict offered at several European universities, and talk about where they'd like to take the project.
Related material
- PRIO's Collection on Racism, Inequality and Discrimination posted to the PRIO Blog in October 2020
- A PRIO Policy Brief by Ilaria and Marie on the topic: Studying Diversity in European Academia: Transparency and Access to Syllabi on African Politics, Peace and Conflict