Porto, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP)
11-13 September 2015
From 1947 (independence of India) to 1990 (self-determination of Zimbabwe, 1980, and Namibia, 1990), what is commonly described as the European modern colonialism in Asia and Africa came to an end. The anti-colonial tide successfully swept the whole planet in the very same post-WWII years in which social and economic changes in the Western world produced the Welfare State, youth mass culture and opened the path to a new stage of globalisation. What appeared to be the decolonisation's triumph over Western hegemony, with all its "energy, vitality and optimism", was soon engulfed by the "distribution of power in the world system" (Lazarus, 2004).
This conference welcomes a multidisciplinary discussion on (i) the different specific political and economic processes of decolonisation (the Portuguese, as well as the French, British, Dutch, Belgian, Italian, Spanish or, for that matter, South-African), as well as on the various dimensions of the “postcolonial condition” (Baker et al., 1995; Young, 2012), including (ii) the demographic migration flows and social recomposition following anticolonial conflict and formal decolonisation; (iii) the negotiation of national identities in post-colonial contexts; (iv) the North/South relations, a critical evaluation of cooperation programs as well as development doctrines; (v) the colonial and postcolonial uses of the past: memories and representations of the conflicts and the transitions; (vi) education, postcolonialism and globalization; and (vii) decolonizations, literatures, and cultures.
Important Dates
Deadline for proposals submission: 30 September 2015
Decisions on proposals: 12 October 2015
Registration: 30 October 2015
Conference: 11-13 November 2015
Keynote Speakers
Professor Leon Tikly, University of Bristol, UK
“Challenges for education in a globalised world”
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Professor Juan Carlos Gimeno Martín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
“¿Ustedes saben escuchar? El pueblo saharaui en su lucha por laautodeterminación"
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Doutora Margarida Calafate Ribeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
“Tempos de fim: descolonização, herança e negação”
Friday, 13 November 2015
Panels
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Political and economic processes of decolonisation
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Demographic (re)flows and postcolonial social recomposition processes
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Negotiation of national identities in post-colonial contexts
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North/South relations, a critical evaluation of cooperation programs and development doctrines
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Colonial and postcolonial uses of the past: memories and representations of the conflicts and transitions
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Education, Post-Colonialism and Globalization
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Decolonizations, Literatures and Cultures
Research centres associated to the event
Instituto de História Contemporânea da FCSH/UNL, Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas (CIIE/FPCEUP), and Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra (CES/UC)
More info at https://decolonisationcongress.eventqualia.net/en/2015