Decolonization and Postcoloniality

Should the project of modernity be salvaged from the legacy of its European provenance? Decolonising European modernity is predicated on the historical text of that modernity itself— of the allegorical dubious hold of “Europe” as a beleaguered metaphor. Locating that text in the colonial paratext of the globality of its reach reveals the urtext of a renewed reasoning that overrides the instrumental reason of colonial modernity. What could the liberating contours of that reasoning be?

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May 10 06:00 pm CET

DEADLINE FOR CALL FOR PAPERS: 29^TH APRIL 2022

Catholic Record Society 64th Annual Conference

11th-13th July, 2022 | Bar Convent in York, UK.

An interactive livestream of the conference will also be made available.

DEADLINE FOR CALL FOR PAPERS: 29^TH APRIL 2022

Tarek El-Bishry as a Post-Colonial Thinker

Roundtable with Amr Abdelrahman (AUC), Nader Andrawos (AUC) and Fouad Halbouni (EUME Fellow 2021/22), Discussant: Angela Giordani (Abdallah S. Kamel Resident Research Fellow, Yale Law School)

Online event via ZOOM

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Should the project of modernity be salvaged from the legacy of its European provenance? Decolonising European modernity is predicated on the historical text of that modernity itself— of the allegorical dubious hold of “Europe” as a beleaguered metaphor. Locating that text in the colonial paratext of the globality of its reach reveals the urtext of a renewed reasoning that overrides the instrumental reason of colonial modernity. What could the liberating contours of that reasoning be?

Should the project of modernity be salvaged from the legacy of its European provenance? Decolonising European modernity is predicated on the historical text of that modernity itself— of the allegorical dubious hold of “Europe” as a beleaguered metaphor. Locating that text in the colonial paratext of the globality of its reach reveals the urtext of a renewed reasoning that overrides the instrumental reason of colonial modernity. What could the liberating contours of that reasoning be?

With all of the attention given to Britain’s interventions in India, France’s colonial projects in South Asia are often ignored and overlooked.

Focusing on French India’s scattered territories, historian Jessica Namakkal (Duke University) draws attention to the problematic discourses of “good” and “bad” colonialism and uses settler-colonial spaces like ashrams and utopian communities to explore how experiences of decolonization linger after the end of imperial rule. Join us to learn more!