BOOK LAUNCH: Racism’s Knowledge: Disciplines, Decolonisation and the Renewal of the Academy
Join us on Thursday, 12 November 2026
What if racism does not merely infiltrate knowledge but owns it?
The Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET) and the Centre for Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) cordially invite you to the launch of Racism’s Knowledge: Disciplines, Decolonisation and the Renewal of the Academy (2026), Volume 5 in the On Higher Education Transformation series, edited by André Keet and Shirley Anne Tate.
At a time of mounting racial violence and deepening global inequalities, this collection offers an unsparing look at the academy’s most cherished illusions. It advances a bold proposition: that formalised disciplinary knowledge itself belongs to racism, drawing all of us, whether scholar, reformer or activist, into its gravitational field.
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A conversation between the editors
The launch will take the form of a conversation between the book’s editors, facilitated by Michalinos Zembylas.
Prof André Keet holds the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET) and serves as DVC: Engagement and Transformation at Nelson Mandela University.
Prof Shirley Anne Tate is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Feminism and Intersectionality in the Sociology Department at the University of Alberta, Canada, and an Honorary Professor in CriSHET at Nelson Mandela University.
Prof Michalinos Zembylas is Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the Open University of Cyprus and an Honorary Professor in CriSHET at Nelson Mandela University.
Whether you join us in the Concert Hall or online, we hope you will be part of this conversation about knowledge, disciplines and the renewal of the academy.
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