Zoltán Búzás, associate professor of global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs and a faculty fellow of the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, recently hosted a workshop on race and international relations with more than 20 scholars from across the United States.
Búzás runs the International Race and Rights Lab funded by the Klau Institute.
Mary Gallagher, the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School, welcomed the group to campus at the start of the workshop on March 28 in McKenna Hall. Participants presented working papers and discussed topics of race in relation to migration, colonialism, war, international institutions, and technology.
Kerin Shilla, a Ph.D. student in political science at George Washington University, said the workshop was an opportunity to meet an impressive community of scholars grappling with questions of race and international relations. “I benefited from the insightful discussion on how to produce high-quality research on how racial issues manifest in international institutions, domestic and foreign policy, and grand strategy,” she said.
Amoz Hor, an assistant professor of politics at Centre College, added that the Klau Institute has become a vital hub for cultivating this vibrant scholarly community.
“In a time when research on race and global justice has become even more urgent, the Race and International Relations Workshop is a rare intellectual space where scholars from diverse research traditions sharpen each other’s work, exchange ideas, and deepen collective insight,” Hor said.
Búzás held another workshop during the fall semester at the Keough School’s Washington Office to share findings from a study that showed anti-racist messaging boosts the credibility of human rights groups.
Read more about the International Race and Rights Lab.