NYU Postcolonial Seminar
open to all those with an interest in postcolonial studies
Postcolonialism and the Hit of the Real
Conference 6-8 March 2008
New York University
Keynote speakers:
Pheng Cheah (University of California, Berkeley)
Simon Gikandi (Princeton University)
Alok Rai (University of Delhi)
plus
Plenary Panel:
Simon Critchley (New School for Social Research)
David Lloyd (University of Southern California)
John Waters (NYU)
Robert JC Young (NYU)
Chair: Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
plus 20 panels, including panels on French, German, Italian, Japanese colonialism,
on Ireland and Postcolonialism, Islam and Postcoloniality, &c
New York Information: travel & accommodation
All events are free and open to the public
but anyone who is not giving a paper and does not have an NYU ID card
***MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE***
by emailing pococonference2008@gmail.com
giving name, and institutional affiliation.
Please bring Photo ID with you
Sponsored by:
Anglophone Research Project, Department of English, NYU
Deutsches Haus, NYU
NYU Humanities Initiative
Co-sponsors:
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Mariṃ
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, NYU
Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts
Comparative Literature Department, NYU
Department of French, NYU
Department of German, NYU
Glucksman Ireland House
Department of Italian Studies, NYU
Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU
Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies
Contact:
pococonference2008@gmail.com
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