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SUMMARY:“The Right to Uproot: Citizenship and Denaturalization in Modern Iraq”
DESCRIPTION:\nThis talk examines the legal making and unmaking of citize
nship in Iraq\, focusing on the mass denaturalization and deportation of
Iraqi Jews in 1950–51 and of Iraqis of Iranian origin in the early 1980
s. Since the formation of the modern Iraqi state under British rule in 1
921\, ruling elites have mobilized practices of denaturalization and exp
ulsion to curb political opposition. Under both monarchical and republic
an rule\, Iraqi politicians routinely deployed the rhetoric of national
security threats\, treason\, and foreignness to uproot citizens deemed p
olitically undesirable. Citizenship laws in modern Iraq have thus served
to enforce commitment to the state’s political order and normative valu
es\, while eliminating dissent through charges of betrayal of the homela
nd. Citizenship in Iraq\, this talk argues\, has functioned as a privile
ge closely tied to loyalty to the state rather than as an unconditional
right. Amid the global rise of nativism\, right-wing nationalism\, and a
uthoritarianism\, this book offers a timely examination of how citizensh
ip can be weaponized to silence opposition and produce precarity through
denaturalization.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/
the-right-to-uproot/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This talk exami
nes the legal making and unmaking of citizenship in Iraq, focusing on th
e mass denaturalization and deportation of Iraqi Jews in 1950–51 and of
Iraqis of Iranian origin in the early 1980s. Since the formation of the
modern Iraqi state under British rule in 1921, ruling elites have mobili
zed practices of denaturalization and expulsion to curb political opposi
tion. Under both monarchical and republican rule, Iraqi politicians rout
inely deployed the rhetoric of national security threats, treason, and f
oreignness to uproot citizens deemed politically undesirable. Citizenshi
p laws in modern Iraq have thus served to enforce commitment to the stat
e’s political order and normative values, while eliminating dissent thro
ugh charges of betrayal of the homeland. Citizenship in Iraq, this talk
argues, has functioned as a privilege closely tied to loyalty to the sta
te rather than as an unconditional right. Amid the global rise of nativi
sm, right-wing nationalism, and authoritarianism, this book offers a tim
ely examination of how citizenship can be weaponized to silence oppositi
on and produce precarity through denaturalization.
For more detail
s: https:
//events.la.psu.edu/event/the-right-to-uproot/
LOCATION:102 Weaver Building
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