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Conférence
Jeudi 5 juin 2025, 15 h-17 h (Université de Göttingen)
« A TRAGIC SHIPPING ACCIDENT OPENS A WINDOW ON RACIALIZED LABOUR MANAGEMENT IN AN AGE OF IMPERIALISM
When eighty-seven passengers and crew died in the shipwreck of the Royal Mail ship Egypt in 1922, the accident gave rise to a racist international press campaign against the employment of Indian seafarers, such as those who made up most of the ship’s crew. This was not unusual at a time when a fifth of the British mercantile marine’s workforce was recruited from the subcontinent. Ravi Ahuja explains the business logic behind a labour regime steeped in racist irrationalism and examines the scope for solidarity among a divided workforce in an age of imperialism – an issue that is no less relevant in our own time. »
Discussants :
Peter Birke (Göttingen University)
Samita Sen (Cambridge University)
Rupa Viswanath (Göttingen University)
Klaus Weinhauer (Bielefeld University)
The event can also be attended digitally. To register please write to labour_repository chez cemis.uni-goettin...
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