Stockholm university
Department of Psychology

General seminar in psychology, with Sammyh Khan

Seminar

Date: Wednesday 12 November 2025

Time: 14.00 – 15.00

Location: Seminar room Jordgubbe (Strawberry)

On Wednesday, 12 November, 2025, 14:00-15:00, Dr Sammyh Khan, Örebro University, will speak on the subject "Fair and Lovely? Mapping the Nature, Prevalence, and Wellbeing Implications of Skin Colourism in India".

Sammyh Khan, portrait
Sammyh Khan. Photo: Maria Elisson

The seminar will take place in seminar room Jordgubbe (Strawberry), House 4, 3rd floor, Albano.

Organizer of this seminar is the Division of Personality, Social- and Developmental Psychology.

Contact: Sabina Cehajic-Clancy

Language: English

It is our great pleasure to welcome Dr. Sammyh Khan from Örebro University (Sweden) to talk about his recent work on skin colorism in India. Dr. Khan’s research deals with issues such as prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination. Anyone who is interested in learning more about these issues is welcome.

 


Abstract

Following a call for a psychological approach to discrimination based on skin colour in Asia (Bettache, 2020), this talk addresses skin colourism in the Indian context. While numerous journalistic and scholarly accounts have highlighted the ubiquity of skin colourism in contemporary Indian society, the phenomenon has received little theoretical and empirical attention from the field of psychology.

The presentation opens with a historical and sociocultural account of skin colourism in India, highlighting its colonial antecedents and contemporary manifestations. This is followed by findings from a nationally representative survey examining the prevalence of skin colourism in India and its implications for wellbeing. The talk concludes with reflections on the role that the field can play in disentangling colonial underpinnings of sociocultural and psychological processes that perpetuate social injustices in contemporary Indian society.

 


About the General seminars in psychology

This series of seminars is a collaboration between the six research divisions at the Department of Psychology. Local, national and international researchers are invited to speak of current research subjects.

The seminars are held on Wednesdays at 14:00–15:00 onsite in Albano and/or online in Zoom. Extra seminars can also be held on other weekdays or hours, among these the so called half-time seminars in the Doctoral Program in Psychology.

Theme
Psychology and Human Behaviour - Theme page
Research subject
Personality, social and developmental psychology

Last updated: September 11, 2025

Source: Department of Psychology

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