Racism and Security: A Georgetown Security Studies Review Roundtable

Join the Georgetown Security Studies Review (GSSR) for a virtual discussion on Racism and Security on March 19 at 12PM. The discussion will feature presentations from the GSSR’s Summer Series authors, with topics ranging from environmental racism to police brutality. Featured authors include Emma Jouenne, Katherine Bloomfield, Sofia Gomez, Sana Sekkarie, Jacob Zack, and Matthew Buckwald.

In addition, Dr. Muhammad Fraser-Rahim will provide insight into these issues based on his own research. Dr. Fraser-Rahim is the Executive Director for North America for counter-extremist organization Quilliam International and teaches a course on Race, Religion and Terrorism for the Security Studies Program. The event will conclude with an open roundtable among participants.

This event is open to Georgetown students and faculty, as well as SSP alumni and students admitted to SSP. Registration via Zoom is required. For requests for accommodations such as closed captioning due to a disability or medical condition, contact sspmediafellow@georgetown.edu no later than Wednesday, March 17. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill all accommodation requests.

About the GSSR

Founded in 2012, the Georgetown Security Studies Review is the oldest completely student-run security studies journal in the United States. As the official academic review of Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies, the GSSR’s mission is to contribute to security policy debates by exposing both specialists and general interest readers to a wide array of perspectives on both current and historical international affairs issues. In addition to full-length peer-reviewed articles, issues of the GSSR feature literature reviews, letters to the editors, and op-ed pieces.

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