Discover the complex narratives of colonial violence and the quest for postcolonial identity in West Africa! Join us on 8 July 2025 from 20:15 to 21:45 in HS 1228, KG I, for Dr. Kokou Azamede’s thought-provoking talk: “Koloniale Gewalt und postkoloniale Identität: Auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung in Westafrika.” Whether you’re attending in person or tuning in via Zoom, this is an opportunity to delve deep into history and its impact on identity.
Curious to learn more? Email anika.becher@act.uni-freiburg.de for the Zoom link and visit the event page: https://t1p.de/23qqm

#colonialism #postcolonial #westafrica #decolonial #globalstudies #empire #histodons #histodon #academicmastodon #empires @empires @unifreiburg @mehlera @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @histodon @dfg_public @politicalscience

Shakespeare: New Voices [BOOK] Deadline: June 30, 2025 #drama #theatre #Shakespeare #performance #adaptation #appropriation #historicism #empire #culture #materialism #TeamEnglish #renaissance #bardolatry #postcolonial #woke #socialjustice #theory #queer call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/05/...

Demain à l'atelier de l’international : Alexia Yates (European University Institute) »L’État des obligataires. La finance française, #Haïti et les #dettes impayables«

11.06. |16h | format hybride

https://www.dhi-paris.fr/fr/informations-detaillees/seminare/SeminarTime/detail/online-und-vor-ort-atelier-des-internationalen4327.html

#postcolonial @histodons

La semaine prochaine à l'atelier de l’international :
Alexia Yates (European University Institute) »L’État des obligataires. La finance française, #Haïti et les #dettes impayables«

11.06. |16h | IHA | format hybride

https://www.dhi-paris.fr/fr/informations-detaillees/seminare/SeminarTime/detail/online-und-vor-ort-atelier-des-internationalen4327.html

Die Jahrestagung des Käte Hamburger Kollegs CURE wird sich vom 4. bis 6. Juni 2025 an der Universität des Saarlandes dem Thema "Reparation in an Era of Irreparability? Theoretical Approaches" widmen.

Weitere Informationen:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/event/reparation-in-an-era-of-irreparability-theoretical-approaches/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @germanistik #postcolonial @italianstudies #LiteraryTheory #LiteraturePolitics

CfP for the conference "Poétique et politique de l'obstacle dans les #littératures africaines postcoloniales et Afro-diasporiques", which will take place at the Université de Yaoundé (Cameroon) on November 13, 2025.

Deadline for abstracts: June 10, 2025

Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/poetique-et-politique-de-lobstacle-dans-les-litteratures-africaines-postcoloniales-et-afro-diaspori/ #fidavlnews @litstudies #postcolonial #LiteraturePolitics #LiteratureSociety #poetics

#CfP for the conference "Pe(a)nser l’Occident à partir du littéraire. Occidentalisation, Post-Occident, Occidentalisme. Enquête dans la #littérature contemporaine de langue française. XIVe Rendez-vous de la critique" which will take place at the Université de Porto on July3-4, 2025.

Deadline for abstracts: May 12, 2025

Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/peanser-loccident-a-partir-du-litteraire-occidentalisation-post-occident-occidentalisme-enque/ #fidavlnews #postcolonial @litstudies @germanistik @italianstudies #WorldLiterature #LiteartureCulture

#CfP for the conference "Temporalities and Power: Oppression, Resistance, Justice", which will take place at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn on November 19-21, 2025.

Deadline for abstracts: April 20, 2025

Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/temporalities-and-power-oppression-resistance-justice-bonn/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @germanistik @italianstudies #Postcolonial #LiteratureCulture #LiteratureGenre #intermediality

#CfP for the panel "Challenging the Past, Shaping the Present: German Colonialism, Refugee Politics, and Activism", which will take place at the German Studies Association (#GSA) conference in Arlington on September 25-28, 2025.

Deadline for abstracts: February 28, 2025

Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/challenging-the-past-shaping-the-present-german-colonialism-refugee-politics-and-activism-arli/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @germanistik #Postcolonial

Edward W. Said #postcolonial #discourse

"What happens when intellectuals succumb to the lures of money, power, or specialization?"

"Edward Said sees the intellectual as an exile and amateur whose role is "to speak the truth to power" even at the risk of ostracism"

New paper out: Claudia Favarato (@unibayreuth) discusses the insights that African political philosophies can offer for studying the political sphere in digital contexts. She argues that its relational approach provides valuable insight into #digital political onto-relationalities, revealing #power within in-between spaces and illuminating their dynamics.

https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.1.4

#research #academic #philosophy #transregional #postcolonial @WZB_Berlin @FOKUSpublic
@tuberlin

Woke Shakespeare: Rethinking Shakespeare for a New Era
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQYB2TS5
#drama
#theatre
#Shakespeare
#performance
#adaptation
#appropriation
#historicism
#empire
#culture
#materialism
#TeamEnglish
#earlymodern
#16thcentury #17thcentury
#renaissance
#bardolatry
#postcolonial
#woke
#socialjustice
#ecocriticism
#theory
#queer

Norms of #vaccination as a main focus of #postcolonial health care are shaped by the synchronization of a wide range of entities

Read Noémi Tousignant's article on the politics of routine childhood vaccination schedule in West Africa: https://doi.org/n2nv

NEW BOOK: Woke Shakespeare: Rethinking Shakespeare for a New Era
#drama
#theatre
#Shakespeare
#performance
#adaptation
#appropriation
#historicism
#empire
#culture
#ecocriticism
#materialism
#TeamEnglish
#renaissance
#bardolatry
#postcolonial
#woke
#socialjustice
#theory
#queer

Impressive debut!
Woke Shakespeare: Rethinking Shakespeare for a New Era
#7 Amazon Best Sellers - Best #Shakespeare Literary Criticism.
#drama
#theatre
#Shakespeare
#performance
#adaptation
#appropriation
#historicism
#empire
#culture
#materialism
#TeamEnglish
#renaissance
#bardolatry
#postcolonial
#woke
#socialjustice
#ecocriticism
#theory
#queer

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQYB2TS5

Dietz-Bücher schenken, Tipp 19 In »Postkoloniale Theorie und das Gespenst des Kapitals« weist Vivek Chibber den ›Subaltern Studies‹ analytische Fehlschlüsse + historische Missverständnisse nach und legt dar, was die postkoloniale Theorie verbaut. Bäm: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/postkoloniale-theorie-und-das-gespenst-des-kapitals

#CfP for the conference "Worlding Beyond the End of the World (Theory Centre Graduate Conference)", which will take place at Western University on April 25 and 26, 2025.

Deadline for abstracts: January 6, 2025

Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/worlding-beyond-the-end-of-the-world-theory-centre-graduate-conference/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @germanistik @italianstudies #Postcolonial #ecocriticism #LiteratureGender

#CfP for the conference "Expressionism and Colonialism", which will take place at the School of Advanced Study, University of London on September 25 and 26, 2025.

Deadline for abstracts: January 31, 2025

Further information: https://www.avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/expressionism-and-colonialism-conference-london/ #fidavlnews #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory #fidavlnews @litstudies @italianstudies @germanistik #Postcolonial

Still time to register for international conference on the "Politics of Adoption in 20th century", 8.-10. January at Magdeburg. Hosted by Bettina Hitzer and Thomas Lindenberger. More: https://hait.tu-dresden.de/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung-41053
#childhood #adoption #postcolonial

#CfP for chapter contributions to the series "Contemporary #Literary Studies", which is to be published by Maurer Press.

Deadline for Abstracts: February 15, 2025

Further Information: https://www.avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/call-for-edited-book-chapter-contemporary-literary-studies-maurer-press-in-frankfurt-am-main-germ/ #fidavlnews @germanistik @litstudies @italianstudies #LiteratureGender #ecocriticism #Postcolonial