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Raksha Pande(PhD student)
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
Newcastle University
5th Floor Daysh Building
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 8522
Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 5421
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**Seminar series announcement and advance call for abstracts**
Newcastle University Postgraduate Intersections Study Group (ISG)
Postcolonialism: intersections and interdisciplinary implications
Intersections Study Group (ISG) was founded by a group of postgraduate researchers from Newcastle University's School of Geography, Politics and Sociology to explore the points of intersection in our work. Following the success of our first seminar on the intersections of gender, class and work, we would like to invite postgraduate researchers to the second seminar in our series: Postcolonialism: intersections and interdisciplinary implications
Venue: Newcastle University, UK
Date: 25th February 2009
Keynote: Dr. Cheryl McEwan from Durham University
http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/staff/geogstaffhidden/?mode=staff&id=938
'(...) colonialism returns at the moment of its disappearance' (McClintock 1995: 11)
As the above quote from McClintock implies, postcolonial theory sees colonialism as continuing past the demise of the formal colonial era. Moreover, postcolonial critical approaches are not confined to colonialism's temporal aftermath but break through temporal, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. Postcolonial theory reveals the continuities and disruptions in history, the interrelatedness of the global North and South (as well as highlighting the South within the North) and the intersections between disciplines as diverse as geography, politics, sociology, literature and cultural studies.
We aim to explore the connections and contradictions thrown up by the contested theoretical framework of postcolonialism across and between diverse fields of study and disciplines. We would like to offer the opportunity to postgraduate researchers to explore their research through this theoretical lens in a friendly, informal environment. Questions to guide posters, papers and discussion include, but are not confined to: What does postcolonialism mean to your research? How does a postcolonial theoretical approach inform your empirical work, methodology and methods, and interpretation of data?
We are looking to further our interdisciplinary approach to discussions and therefore perspectives will be welcomed from a variety of disciplines. In addition, there will be opportunities for selected papers to be published on the Intersections Study Group website.
We welcome abstracts and posters from Masters and PhD students that address, but not limited to, the following themes:
* Postcolonialism and intersections of race, class and gender
* Postcolonialism and feminist and queer theory
* Development within and between the North and South
* Globalisation, migration, culture, literature
* Identities, hybridity, cosmopolitanism
* Representation, Voice, 'speaking for'
* Postcolonial methodological and methods
* Postcolonial approaches to postsocialism
Please submit abstracts of up to 250 words to: Ann Murphy: [log in to unmask]
Deadline: 15th December 2008
Enquiries to: +44 (0)191 222 8522
McClintock, A. (1995). Imperial Leather: Race, Gender and Sexualtiy in the Colonial Context London, Routledge.
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