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Third Bremen Conference on Language and Literature in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts

Call for Papers Third Bremen Conference on Language and Literature in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts (BCLL#3) In Association with INPUTS, BIKQS, and IACPL “Postcolonial Knowledges” March 15-18, 2016 Keynote Speakers:     Jeannette Armstrong (The University of British Columbia) Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University) Michel DeGraff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Gloria Emeagwali (Central Connecticut State University) Lisa Lim (The University of Hong Kong) Sinfree Makoni (The Pennsylvania State University) This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars of different academic backgrounds to explore how knowledge systems, cultures, languages, and literary traditions have been affected by colonial ...
July 17, 2015 in Events 0 Comments
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UDI 50th Anniversary Postgraduate Workshop

UDI 50th Anniversary Postgraduate Workshop November 4, 2015 10-4pm at the University of Bristol with keynote speaker Sue Onslow   Fifty years ago, on 11 November 1965, the Rhodesia Front Party issued a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) from Britain. Only in 1981, after a prolonged, radical national struggle, attempted economic isolation, international hostility and brutal civil war did internationally-recognised independence come, under black majority rule. The importance of Zimbabwe’s colonial past is still contentious on the local, regional and international stage, ...
July 17, 2015 in Events, News 0 Comments
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Literatures of the Middle East – reading group (London)

You are warmly invited to the next session of Literatures of the Middle East - a reading group for postgraduates and staff in London. This is a friendly, informal space to discuss Middle Eastern literature in English/English translation, open to all those with an interest in the region and its literatures. For the first of two sessions focussing on Baghdad, we begin with Sinan Antoon’s novel, The Corpse Washer. This session will be held at Queen Mary on Thursday, 30 July, from 18:00 ...
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