The State of Postcolonial Studies

December 3, 10-4

Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/
Small Special Collections Library (Directions >>)
 

10:00

DIPESH CHAKRABARTY (University of Chicago))
Postcolonial Thinking and the Turn Towards the Human

11:30

ROBERT J. C. YOUNG (New York University)
Postcolonial Remains

2:15

A conversation about Postcolonial Studies, with:
YARIMAR BONILLA (Anthropology)
KRISHAN KUMAR (Sociology)
JAHAN RAMAZANI (English)
and MRINALINI SINHA (History, University of Michigan)

4:00

Exhibition Tour, “Global Collections at the University of Virginia Library: Engaging the World,” Main Gallery (Harrison Institute/SmallSpecial Collections Library).

Co-Sponsored by: The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture and the Page- Barbour Lecture Endowment, University of Virginia

Past Events

The State of American Studies

April 9, 10-4

Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library
 

10:00

ROBYN WIEGMAN (Duke University)
The End of New Americanism

11:30

WINFRIED FLUCK (Free University, Berlin)
A New Beginning? Transnationalisms

2:15

A conversation about American Studies, with:
CARMENItA HIGGINBOTHAM (Art History)
ERIC LOTT (English)
SANDHYA SHUKLA (American Studies/English)
and
SIVA VAIDHYANAtHAN (Media Studies/Law)

Co-Sponsored by: The Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture
The English Department, and The American Studies Program, University of Virginia