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  • Speaker: Prof. Ania Loomba, Prof. Nelson Maldonado-Torres
  • Speaker University: University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University
  • Event Date: 2017-10-30

Sponsored by: Comparative Literature, South Asian Studies Program

What are Postcolonial and Decolonial thought? Do they emerge out of a shared anti-colonial struggle, reflect unique valences of an encounter with empire, or constitute wholly unique epistemological orientations? How do they grapple with class, race, caste and gender? What are their respective critiques of the globalized world and its legacies of colonial practice?

Join Ania Loomba and Nelson Maldonado-Torres in conversation.