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Wednesday February 5th Imperialism, Globalisation, and Interdisciplinarity Regenia Gagnier (University of Exeter) Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge) Management Building Lecture Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey TW20 0EX 5.15pm-7.00pm Programme in pdf format<http://www.rhul.ac.uk/harc/documents/pdf/harcdialogue15feb.pdf>| Regenia Gagnie<http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/english/staff/gagnier/>|r (University of Exeter): "Inter-imperialities and the Global Circulation of Actants and Ideas" In my paper I argue that the intercultural transvaluation of actants and ideas often associated with Victorian Britain is a valuable case study through which to examine questions of globalization, transculturation, and liberalization. Key actants include geopolitical ideologies such as individualism, collectivism, nationalism, internationalism, and cosmopolitanism; geopolitical institutions and state apparatuses such as modes of government, trade, legal systems, and armed services; and geopolitical commodities and technologies like cotton, tea, railways and sanitation systems. The clashes and formal aporias of modern literatures often move between the poles of progress/optimism/hope and nostalgia/resentment/melancholy, offering us unique insights into very broad transformations of the modern era. Simon Schaffer<http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/people/schaffer/>| (University of Cambridge): "Inter-disciplines and their Colonial Histories" The talk connects current administrative enthusiasms for interdisciplinarity with aspects of disciplines' history. This history suggests that disciplines have often emerged from interdisciplinary enterprise, and that such enterprise was frequently linked with colonial projects of knowledge and power. Such genealogies raise interesting questions about the current fate of interdisciplinarity. 2.30-4.30pm Postgraduate workshop Led by Regenia Gagnier and Juliet John<http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/juliet-john%28cb3df345-a531-4c67-baa7-615fb1ecab70%29.html>| (Centre for Victorian Studies<http://www.rhul.ac.uk/english/research/centreforvictorianstudies.aspx>|).Room 1-03 Windsor Building, Royal Holloway