The Politics of Othering and Discrimination


25 Apr., “The Politics of Othering and Discrimination”

Sponsored by ISGAP and the Department of Political Science, University of the Free State, South Africa

“An Unbearable Likeness of Being: Ontological Insecurity and the Creation of Enemy Others”
Dr. Bianca Naude, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State

“Thinking Through Othering: Gender and Identity”
Professor Margot Rubin, School of Architecture and Planning, Wits University

“Race Discourse: The Academic and Public Divide”
Mighti Jamie, Independent African Analyst and Podcaster

“Exploring Xenophobia in the Rainbow Nation”
Dr. Hussein Solomon, Head, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State

“Antisemitism and the Reactionary Historic Revision of Apartheid and the People’s Struggle”
Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Scholar, St. Antony’s College

Moderator: Vuyolwethu Xulu, University of The Witwatersrand; Research Fellow, ISGAP