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Development & Colonialism: 12-14 September 2007 International Conference Announcement [Posted on 27 April 2007] Interdisciplinary Conference Development and Colonialism: The Past in the Present 12 -14 September 2007 Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol An interdisciplinary conference organised by the International Development and Governance Research Group, Department of Politics, University of Bristol. This year is the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade. To mark this occasion the IDG group has organised an interdisciplinary conference entitled Development and Colonialism: The Past in the Present. The conference explores the interconnections between abolition, development and colonialism and the continuing relevance of these unfinished projects in shaping the present. This includes rediscovering colonialism as a series of developmental initiatives in the art of governing different cultures and peoples that otherwise would remain lacking or incomplete. It is here that resonances with the present exist and our understanding of the renewed wave of Western interventionism within zones of crisis and radical autonomy can be helped.