[WAF Conversations] Raceless in Name Only: Whiteness & Borders in Today's Europe

Women Against Fascism event (WAF)

 Conversations  / Wed 22nd April / 7pm
Doors open 6.30pm

Open to everyone | Booking required
Bar open

In the face of an increasing rightward shift in global and European politics, what is the happening in terms of racial equality and integration in our societies? What is the connection between the 'migration crisis' and racism in Europe and beyond? What are European and international leaders doing to exacerbate or address the problems, and what can we do as citizens contribute to making things better?

In this WAF conversation, Emmanuel Achiri draws upon his own extensive research on Europe's manufactured migration crisis, and discusses strategies to combat racism. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Emmanuel Achiri is a scholar-activist and militant. His work examines migration governance through an anti-racist and decolonial lens. He argues that there is no such thing as a migration “crisis”; rather, the crisis lies in Europe’s struggle with its own identity and its fixation on synthetic whiteness.

A systems thinker, Achiri also writes on the classist, racialised, and gendered organisation of contemporary societies. His forthcoming publications include Raceless in Name Only: Whiteness and the Racial Governance of Mobility in the European Union (May 2026), and (with B. S. Miapyen) Capital, Race, and Socio-economic Hierarchies in Europe: A Critique of Racial Practices in the European Single Market (Agenda Publishing, August 2026).

He is also the co-founder of VOIS Cyprus, an organisation advocating for migrants in Cyprus, and of the Stop the War in Cameroon Coalition.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

FOOD & DRINK	EVENT SIZE	ACCESS
Bar & snacks	Medium (15-30)	Available on request