We are pleased to announce our full program for Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th January below.
The conference (including coffee breaks, lunches, and talks - but not the conference dinner) will take place in the Humanities Research Institute, at the University of Sheffield.
Please see the accessibility page for details of the venue.
Wednesday 25th January
11.00 – 11:30 Welcome: Themes and Aims
Dr Erin Beeghly, The University of Utah
Dr Jules Holroyd, The University of Sheffield
11.30 – 13.00
Dr Evelyn Carter, UCLA
Harnessing Theories of Motivation to Successfully Confront Bias
13.00 – 14:00 Lunch
14.00 – 15:30
Dr Gabriella Beckles-Raymond, Canterbury University
How Implicit is Our Bias: Towards an Ethic of Social Transformation
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee
16.00 – 17:30
Dr Robin Scaife, University of Sheffield
Bias and Blame: The Effects of Moral Interactions on Implicit Bias
17:45 – 19:15
Dr Rosa Terlazzo, Kansas State University
Counter-Stereotypic Behaviour as Resistance
19.30
Conference drinks and dinner: Mavelli's South Indian Cuisine.
(The restaurant is 2 minutes away from the conference venue, and is accessible. If you have dietary or access requirements that appear not to be met, please get in touch so we can ensure the restaurant can make arrangements.)
Thursday 26th January
9.30 – 11:00
Dr Yannig Luthra, UCLA, & Dr Cristina Borgoni, University of Graz
Social Prejudice
11:00 – 11.30
Coffee
11.30 – 13.00
Dr Joseph Kisolo-Ssonko, University of Nottingham
Structural bias and constituting a ‘we’
13.00– 14.00
Lunch
14.00-15.30
Professor Sally Haslanger, MIT
If racism is the answer, what is the question? Explanation in social theory.
15.40-16.20
Roundtable discussion (with coffee!) of the themes of the conference
16.20-16.30
Closing remarks: themes identified for future research
Dr Jules Holroyd, The University of Sheffield
Dr Erin Beeghly, The University of Utah
11.00 – 11:30 Welcome: Themes and Aims
Dr Erin Beeghly, The University of Utah
Dr Jules Holroyd, The University of Sheffield
11.30 – 13.00
Dr Evelyn Carter, UCLA
Harnessing Theories of Motivation to Successfully Confront Bias
13.00 – 14:00 Lunch
14.00 – 15:30
Dr Gabriella Beckles-Raymond, Canterbury University
How Implicit is Our Bias: Towards an Ethic of Social Transformation
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee
16.00 – 17:30
Dr Robin Scaife, University of Sheffield
Bias and Blame: The Effects of Moral Interactions on Implicit Bias
17:45 – 19:15
Dr Rosa Terlazzo, Kansas State University
Counter-Stereotypic Behaviour as Resistance
19.30
Conference drinks and dinner: Mavelli's South Indian Cuisine.
(The restaurant is 2 minutes away from the conference venue, and is accessible. If you have dietary or access requirements that appear not to be met, please get in touch so we can ensure the restaurant can make arrangements.)
Thursday 26th January
9.30 – 11:00
Dr Yannig Luthra, UCLA, & Dr Cristina Borgoni, University of Graz
Social Prejudice
11:00 – 11.30
Coffee
11.30 – 13.00
Dr Joseph Kisolo-Ssonko, University of Nottingham
Structural bias and constituting a ‘we’
13.00– 14.00
Lunch
14.00-15.30
Professor Sally Haslanger, MIT
If racism is the answer, what is the question? Explanation in social theory.
15.40-16.20
Roundtable discussion (with coffee!) of the themes of the conference
16.20-16.30
Closing remarks: themes identified for future research
Dr Jules Holroyd, The University of Sheffield
Dr Erin Beeghly, The University of Utah