**Seminar series 2nd call for abstracts and extended deadline**
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
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‘(…) 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 are 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 methodologies and methods
• Postcolonial approaches to postsocialism
Please submit abstracts of up to 250 words to: Ann Murphy:
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Extended Deadline: 23rd January 2009
Enquiries to: +44 (0)191 222 8522
McClintock, A. (1995). Imperial Leather: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the
Colonial Context London, Routledge.
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