WHEN
April 17-18, 2025
WHERE
NYU Abu Dhabi
COLLABORATORS
NYUAD Office of Inclusion and Equity
Division of Arts and Humanities
NYUAD Institute
Georgetown University in Qatar
CONTACT
nyuad.inclusionandequity@nyu.edu
Colorism 2.0: Insights from Psychology, Economics, and the Media
Hosted at NYU Abu Dhabi on April 17-18, 2025, this global conference on colorism aims to convene prominent scholars, practitioners, and thought leaders to explore the far-reaching implications of skin color and its intersections with structural and systemic discrimination. Building upon the success of our inaugural 2023 symposium, this year’s focus will delve deeper into human psychology, economics, and the media's role in perpetuating or challenging colorism. Additionally, the symposium will highlight cross-cultural perspectives from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Symposium at a Glance
- Vernacularize the conversation about colorism such that it resonates in this global community
- Confront the ways in which colorism affects every facet of our lives from the structural to the interpersonal
- Create a baseline understanding that will initiate lucrative discussions about colorism and establish NYU Abu Dhabi as an incubator of ideas and innovation
- Disrupt the normative scope of research in the academy to embed a post-colonial, transnational, and intersectional approach