Dr Alana Lentin

Biography

Role

I am a Senior Lecturer in Sociology within the department's research group on Social Theory and Political Sociology.

I am a core faculty member of the Centre for Social and Political Thought  I am also a member of the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies and the Sussex Centre for Migration Research.

I am also responsible for international students and international exchanges as well as student support in the department.

I work at the interstices of political sociology and social theory and am interested in race critical theory, decolonial thought and the politics of multiculturalism and 'diversity'. I have worked extensively on anti-racism and collective action for migrants' rights, as well as on the theorization of the links between universalist human rights and racism.

CURRENT PROJECTS

My latest book, cowritten with Gavan Titley (National University of Maynooth), The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a Neoliberal Age?  is published by Zed Books in May 2011. The preface is written by award-winning journalist, Gary Younge. It examines the notion that multiculturalism is in crisis as a mediated idea connected to the more general culturalization of politics. This emerges from a project on 'Questioning the European "Crisis of Multiculturalism"' culminating in a special issue of the European Journal of Cultural Studies out in 2011.

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I am currently developing a new line of research examining the potential parallels between the questioning of multiculturalism in Europe and the challenges for secularism and pluralism in India. My intention is to use new methodologies of visual sociology towards the development of an epistemology of 'global cultural translation' which seeks to interpret societal transformation from a global perspective that appreciates the impact of events in different world regions upon each other, both historically and contemporarily.

Together with Gerard Delanty, I am the European consultant for Centre for Comparative European Union Studies, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Within the Sussex for Cultural Studies, I am developing research strands on Tolerance/Exuberance and Safety/Fear within the Centre's work programme: Senses and Sensibilities.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a Neoliberal Age (with Gavan Titley), Zed Books, May 2011.
• Racism and Ethnic Discrimination. Rosen (Contemporary Issues), January 2011. 
• Racism. OneWorld Publications, June 2008. 
• Racism and Anti-racism in Europe. Pluto Press, June 2004. 
• The Politics of Diversity in Europe (Co-Ed.). Council of Europe, March 2008. 
• Race and State (Co-Ed.). Cambridge Scholars¿ Press, June 2006 [and paperback edition Sept. 2008]. 
• Learning from Violence – the Youth Dimension (Ed.). Council of Europe, 2004.

Published Refereed Journal Articles

•  'What happens to antiracism when we are post race?', Feminist Legal Studies 19(2)
•  'Europe and the Silence About Race,' European Journal of Social Theory 11(4): 487-503, 2008. 
• 'After Anti-Racism?,' European Journal of Cultural Studies, 11(3): 311-331, 2008.
• 'Replacing “Race”: Historicising the “culture” in multiculturalism' Patterns of Prejudice 39(4), December 2005: 379-396. 
• 'Racial States, Anti-Racist Responses: Picking holes in “culture” and “human rights”,' European Journal of Social Theory 7(4) November 2004: 427-443.  
• '“Race” and Western Culture', European Journal of Social Theory, 4(4) November 2001: 516525. 
• '“Race”, Racism, Anti-Racism: Challenging contemporary classifications', Social Identities 6(1), March 2000: 91-106. 
• 'Structure, Strategy, Sustainability: What future for New Social Movement theory?', Sociological Research Online 4(3),September 1999. http://www.socresonline.org.uk

Forthcoming Refereed Journal Articles

• 'Introduction: Questioning the European “Crisis of Multiculturalism”,' (with Gavan Titley), European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2011.
• 'Post-race, post-politics: the paradoxical rise of culture after multiculturalism', Ethnic and Racial Studies, forthcoming.

Special issues

• Questioning the European „Crisis of Multiculturalism¿, European Journal of Cultural Studies, forthcoming 2011.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

•  'Multiculturalism', in Stephen M. Caliendo and Charlton D. McIlwain (eds.), Routledge Companion to Race & Ethnicity. London: Routledge, 2010.
• 'Competing Anti-racisms and the Interpretation of Racism in the Post-Multicultural Era', in Sean P. Hier, Singh Bolaria and Dan Lett (eds.), Racism, Identity and Justice: Dialogue on the Politics of Inequality and Change. Fernwood, 2009.  
• 'Racism, anti-racism and the western state', in Delanty, G., Wodak, R., and Jones, P. (eds), Identity, Belonging and Migration. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2008. „More Benetton than Barricades?¿,' in Gavan Titley and Alana Lentin (eds.) The Politics of Diversity, Council of Europe, 2008. 
• 'Deauthenticating Fanon: Self-organised anti-racism and the politics of experience', in Alana Lentin and Ronit Lentin (Eds.) Race and State. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars¿ Press, 2006: 53-70.  
• 'Introduction', in Alana Lentin and Ronit Lentin (Eds.) Race and State. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars¿ Press, 2006: 1-14. 
• 'Anti-racism in Ireland', in Niamh Hourigan and Linda Connolly (Eds.), Social Movements and Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press, September 2006. 
• 'Israel', in Matthew J. Gibney and Randall Hansen (Eds.) Immigration and Asylum: An Encyclopedia. Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2005. 
• 'The Problem of Culture & Human Rights in the Response to Racism', Resituating Culture, Council of Europe, 2004.  
• 'Introduction', (Ed.) Learning from Violence – The Youth Dimension, Council of Europe, 2004.

Reviews

• Gilroy, P. After Empire: Melancholia or Communal Culture, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2004; Between Camps: Nations, Cultures and the Allure of Race, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2004. Ethnic and Racial Studies 29(1): 186-207, 2006.
• Garner, S., Racism in the Irish Experience. London: Pluto Press, 2004. European Journal of Social Theory 7(4), November 2004: 549-552. 
• Hanagan, M. and Tilly, C., Extending Citizenship, Reconfiguring States. London: Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(5), September 2001.
• Marqusee, M., Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties, London: Verso, 2000. Social Identities 8 (1): 191-195.

Reviews of books by Alana Lentin

• Bonnett, A. 2006. 'The terrain of anti-racism: Alana Lentin, Racism and Anti-racism in Europe', Patterns of Prejudice 40(4/5): 497-498.
• Gibbons, Y. M. 2006. 'Alana Lentin Racism and Anti-Racism in Europe', Contemporary Sociology 35(6): 603-604. 
• Kundnani, Arun. 2009. 'Racism: a beginner's guide', Institute of Race Relations. 
• Glasbeek, Amanda. 2009. 'Sean P. Hier, Daniel Lett and B. Singh Bolaria, eds. 2009. Racism and Justice: Critical Dialogue on the Politics of Identity, Inequality, and Change', Socialist Studies: the Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies 5(2) Fall 2009: 149-151.

I convene and tutor the following 2nd year undergraduate courses:

Political Sociology

Race: Conflict and Change

I also contribute to Themes and Perspectives II. 

I supervise students for the third year sociology project.

I teach a Spring Term option on Race Critical Theory offered on the MA in Social and Political Thought but open to students on other postgraduate programmes. Please note that this option will not be offered in the academic year 2009-10.

I also contribute sessions on feminist and anti-racist epistemologies and decolonial thought and gender on the following two MA courses:

Philosophy of Social Science and Social Science Research Practice (MSc in Comparative and Cross-Cultural Social Research & Associated Awards)

Theorizing the Social (MA Social and Political Thought)

Student Consultation

My office hours in Spring Term 2012 are Tuesdays 15h-16h and Fridays 14h-15h in Friston 260. If you take one of my courses and you have a general question, please put it on the open forum on Study Direct. If you are a third year project or Masters supervisee, please come and see me in my office hours or make an appointment for a longer session if necessary.

Lentin, Alana (2011) What Happens to Anti-Racism When We Are Post-Race? Feminist Legal Studies, 19 (2).

Lentin, Alana and Titley, Gavin (2011) The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a Neoliberal Age. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781848135819

Lentin, Alana (2009) Competing anti-racisms and the interpretation of racism in the post-multicultural era. In: Racism and Justice: Critical Dialogue on the Politics of Identity, Inequality and Change. Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 9781552663011

Lentin, Alana (2008) After Anti-racism? European Journal of Cultural Studies, 11 (3). pp. 311-331. ISSN 1367-5494

Lentin, Alana (2008) Racism:A Beginner's Guide. Oneworld beginners' guides . Oneworld Publications. ISBN 9781851685431

Lentin, Alana (2008) Europe and the Silence about Race. European Journal of Social Theory, 11 (4). pp. 487-503. ISSN 1368-4310

Lentin, Alana and Titley, Gavin (2008) More Benetton than barricades? : the politics of diversity in Europe. In: The politics of diversity in europe. Council of Europe, pp. 9-30. ISBN 9789287161710

Lentin, Alana (2008) Racism, anti-racism and the western state. In: Identity, Belonging and Migration. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1846316890

Lentin, Alana (2008) Institutional forms of discrimination: Racism, anti-racism and the Western state. In: Identity, belonging and migration. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9781846311185

Lentin, Alana (2007) Mirage of Cosy Diversity Takes a Hammering. Metro Eireann.

Lentin, Alana (2007) Shilpa Shetty and Celebrity Big Brother.

Lentin, Alana (2006) `Racial States, Anti-Racist Responses: Picking holes in "culture" and "human rights",'. European Journal of Social Theory, 7 (4). pp. 427-443. ISSN 1368-9310

Lentin, Alana (2006) Islamophobia: Believe your own eyes. Metro Eireann.

Lentin, Alana (2006) Anti-racism in Ireland. In: Social Movements and Ireland. Manchester University Press, 2006.. ISBN 978-0-7190-7243-7

Lentin, Alana (2006) Book Review: Gilroy, P. After Empire: Melancholia or Communal Culture, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2004; Between Camps: Nations, Cultures and the Allure of Race, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2004. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 29 (1). pp. 186-207. ISSN 0141-9870

Lentin, Dr Alana, ed. (2006) Race and State (Hardback edition). Unset. ISBN 1-84718-001-9

Lentin, Alana (2005) The intifada of the banlieues.

Lentin, Alana (2005) Racism and Human Rights: Towards a New Humanism.

Lentin, Alana (2005) `Replacing "Race": Historicising the "culture" in multiculturalism.'. Patterns of Prejudice, 39 (4). pp. 379-396. ISSN 0031-322X

Lentin, Alana (2004) Racial States, Anti-Racist Responses: Picking holes in "culture" and "human rights". European Journal of Social Theory, 7 (4). pp. 427-443. ISSN 1368-4310

Lentin, Alana (2004) Multiculturalism or anti-racism?

Lentin, Alana (2004) Racism and Anti-racism in Europe. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-2220-9

Lentin, Alana (2004) The Problem of Culture and Human Rights in the Response to Racism. In: Resituating Culture. Council of Europe Publishing, pp. 95-104. ISBN 978-92-871-5396-8

Lentin, Dr Alana, ed. (2004) Learning from Violence - the Youth Dimension. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-5358-6

Lentin, Alana (2001) "Race" and Western Culture. European Journal of Social Theory, 4 (4). pp. 516-525. ISSN 1368-4310

Lentin, Alana (2000) "Race", Racism, Anti-Racism: Challenging contemporary classifications. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 6 (1). pp. 91-106. ISSN 1350-4630

Lentin, Alana (1999) Structure, Strategy, Sustainability: What future for New Social Movement theory? Sociological Research Online, 4 (3). ISSN 1360-7804