White Lies: Racism, Education and Critical Race Theory (CRRE Book Launch)

In conversation with Professor David Gillborn 

Professor Kalwant Bhopal and Professor Paul Warmington will discuss David's new book, ‘White Lies: Racism, Education and Critical Race Theory’ (Routledge, 2024).

Biographies

David Gillborn is Professor of Critical Race Studies and editor-in-chief of the journal Race Ethnicity and Education. David’s research focuses on race inequalities in education, especially the role of racism as a changing and complex characteristic of the system. He has written 6 books and more than 180 refereed articles, chapters and reports that range from original studies in classrooms and with teachers, through national reviews of research evidence in the field, to analyses of the changing policy landscape internationally. He is closely associated with the approach known as ‘Critical Race Theory’ and, in 2012, received the Derrick Bell Legacy Award; the highest honor possible from the US-based Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA). David is a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), and a Laureate of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the US-based International Honor Society in Education. Membership is of the Laureate Chapter is limited to 60 living scholars judged to have made ‘a significant and lasting impact on the profession of education’.

Paul Warmington’s scholarship focuses on critical race studies, education and social justice: issues central to contemporary public debate and to academia’s mission to benefit wider society. His areas of research include race and social justice; widening access; further and higher education; education policy; student experiences and educational achievement. Paul began his career in further education in the late 1980s and has worked in higher education for over twenty years. With decades of expertise, his research is equally respected in the academy and among community stakeholders. Paul’s writing on Black British intellectual and educational movements has been highly influential. He was one of the first UK academics to explore Critical Race Theory, combining it with wider traditions in Black Atlantic thought.

• This event is free and open to the public, staff and students.
• This is a hybrid event. Registration is essential to receive the room location and the link to ZOOM. 
• Please note, this seminar is not being recorded.