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Please find below a call for papers for our seminar series - Incarceration and
Mass Political Movements: Expression, Repression and Resistance. Newcastle
University’s Postcolonial Research Group invites expressions of interest from
all scholars working on incarceration and/or mass political movements who
would like to present as part of this series. Full details are below.
Regards
Laura Routley, Lecturer in Politics -
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and Claire Irving, PhD Candidate in English Literature
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Incarceration and Mass Political Movements: Expression, repression and
resistance
Call for Papers - Newcastle University Postcolonial Research Group Seminar
Series
About the Seminar Series:
The 2013/14 seminar series focuses on the role incarceration has played in the
history of political and resistance movements across the globe. It is 50 years
since Rev. Martin Luther King wrote a letter from Birmingham Jail in which he
writes movingly of the everyday experiences of being Black in the USA and
the need for the civil rights struggle. The anniversary of the composition of
the letter offers the inspiration for this year’s postcolonial seminar series,
which will build towards the Martin Luther King Memorial Lecture at the end
of the year.
We therefore wishes to invite speakers whose research speaks to the issues
this letter raises including; mass movements, incarceration, and resistance.
We are interested in scholars from all fields examining the social, political or
creative aspects and impacts of mass movements or incarceration. The
seminar series provides a good space to explore new ideas and work in
progress and we particularly we encourage early career scholars and
postgraduate students to present their research.
Expressions of Interest
If you would like to present as part of this seminar series please send us a
brief 200 -300 word expressions of interest containing:
- A self-introduction: something about yourself your institution, discipline,
career stage etc.
- A statement of you broad research interests and current work
- A brief outline of what work you would like to present as part of the
seminar series.
This need to be submitted as a word document by email to Claire Irving
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than Friday 30th August.
About the Postcolonial Research Group
Newcastle University’s Postcolonial research group is an interdisciplinary
group, situated within the faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences,
which encourages research activities focusing on postcolonial issues across the
university.
Many thanks for your interest, please circulate widely:
Laura Routley, Lecturer in Politics -
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and Claire Irving, PhD Candidate in English Literature
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