Try Freedom. Re-writing Rights in/throught Postcolonial Cultures. March 25-29, Venice International University
Meeting 25.03.08 h 10
from 25 to 29.03.08
Eaclals triennial conference
25-29 March 2008
Venice International University is co-organizer of the Try Freedom conference. It is the 13th triennial conference of EACLALS, the European branch of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.
The aim is to explore and articulate the interest in the discourses of/on freedom and human, civil and cosmopolitical rights, encouraging a rethinking of postcolonial theory, promoting reflections on how to practice postcolonial pedagogies in an increasingly uncivil public sphere, and above all invoking diversified responses to these questions from the literatures and the arts (theater, dance, painting, sculpture, cinemas) of the postcolonial world.
The overall effort involves active inter-disciplinary dialogue and the participation of speakers from a broad range of academic disciplines. Confirmed speakers include Anita Desai, Chris Abani, Kiran Desai, Meena Alexander, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Alexis Wright, Cristina Ubax Ali Farah, Gabriella Ghermandi, Dionne Brand, Caryl Phillips.
How to get to Venice International University:
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Venice International University
Isola di San Servolo, Venezia
