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Imperial Aftermaths - A Symposium



Event Date 21 Feb 2019 (Thu), 01:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Venue HSS Conference Room, HSS-05-57
Organiser Jessica Hinchy (Email : JHinchy@ntu.edu.sg )


Event Info

This symposium will explore the question of ‘imperial aftermaths’—the continuities and contestations of imperial pasts in the present. How is imperialism remembered in post-­]colonial nations and former imperial metropoles? In what circumstances have imperial histories been forgotten or erased? Why are imperial pasts a matter of controversy in the present? And how does imperialism continue to shape the world we live in? This symposium will bring together scholars from multiple disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, working on colonisation and decolonisation in various geographical and temporal settings. By engaging diverse perspectives, we hope to foster debate and discover new connections between historical contexts of imperialism and imperialism’s many aftermaths.

Programme (Click here for detailed programme and speaker biography)

1.30pm - 2.40pm

Panel 1: The Politics of Empire Today
Issues of nostalgia and memory, controversies about imperial pasts, contemporary discussions of ‘colonial legacies’
Chair: Manuel Barcia (History, Leeds University)

2.40pm - 3.10pm Afternoon Tea
3.10pm - 4.20pm

Panel 2: Writing Histories of Empire
How do we narrate imperial histories today (across disciplines and outside of academia)?
Chair: Andrea Major (History, Leeds University)

4.20pm - 4.50pm Refreshments
4.50pm - 6.00pm

Panel 3: The Archives of Empire
How did imperial politics shape colonial archives? What has happened to colonial archives since decolonisation?
Chair: Jessica Hinchy (History, NTU)

 



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