Talking Out Loud: Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach on Postcolonial and Decolonial Thoughts
- Date
- Friday 28 February 2020
- Time
- Address
- Van Steenis
Einsteinweg 2
2333 CC Leiden - Room
- A2.02a
Symposium
As veritable tools against the colonial discourses and methodologies postcolonial and decolonial thoughts play an important role in academic debates. With the emergence of postcolonial and decolonial thoughts, researchers from various disciplines propose to look at the world differently through a critical perspective, by rejecting the dominant theories and methodologies.
This one-day interdisciplinary symposium aims to discuss Caribbean responses to the global debates on decolonization of academic research. The symposium will explore the concepts of ‘postcoloniality’ and ‘decoloniality’ in the context of research in the social sciences and humanities. Through keynote lectures, presentations, and panel group discussions, participants are invited to explore current perspectives and approaches related to this topic in Caribbean research contexts. The symposium will discuss practices in heritage studies, political science, sociology, archaeology and history and will aim to develop decolonial research perspectives that can be useful on a global scale.
Organizers: Tibisay Sankatsing Nava (PhD candidate, KITLV/Leiden University) and Joseph Sony Jean (Post-doctoral Researcher, KITLV/Leiden University)
Programme
10:00: Walk in & coffee
10:25: Welcome by Tibisay Sankatsing Nava and Dr. Joseph Sony Jean
10:30 – 11:00: Dr. Francio Guadeloupe (Researcher at KITLV/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) + Questions
11:00 – 11:30: Dr. Beatriz Marin-Aguilera (Postdoctoral Fellow at McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK) + Questions
11:30 – 12:00: Discussion
12:00 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30- 14:00: Dr. Malcom Ferdinand (Researcher at CNRS/University Paris Dauphine, France)+ Questions
14:00 – 14:30: Dr. Rosalba Icaza Garza (Associate Professor at International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) + Questions
14:30 – 15:00: Coffee break
15:00 – 15:45: Keynote lecture by Prof. Claire Smith (Professor at College of Humanities, Arts and Science, Flinders University, Australia) + Questions
15:45 - 16:45 Panel discussion: Prof. dr. Claire Smith, Dr. Rosalba Icaza Garza, Dr. Malcom Ferdinand, Dr. Beatriz Marin-Aguilera, Dr. Francio Guadeloupe. Moderator: Dr. Andrzej Antczak (Leiden University/KITLV)
16:45: Closing remarks & Symposium drinks
Registration
Registration is required. Please register via the following form.