Two FORTHEM workshops on white privilege and inclusive university environment

FORTHEM Diversity and Migration Lab invites partner universities’ students and staff to participate in online workshops related to intercultural issues in academia.

Organized by the JGU with funding from the Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate and carried out by the UO, the workshops will cover issues of white privilege and the ways of promoting diversity in the academic environment. The workshops are aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge and competences connected with recognizing majority privileges, exploring participants' own attitudes and exploring the ways of combating discrimination in the academic environment. Each workshop is self-contained.

The workshops will be conducted by Dr Marzanna Pogorzelska, a lecturer, researcher and Rector's proxy for equal treatment at the University of Opole and Dr Michal Wanke, a lecturer in cultural studies, researcher of marginalized groups and former coordinator of the Office for International Study Programmes at the UO.

The workshops are scheduled as follows:

White privilege - how to see the invisible