2 Oct
2007
2 Oct
'07
3:29 p.m.
Dear all
Please find information about the Autumn 2007 Postcolonial Seminar Programme for the
Centre of Commonwealth Studies at Stirling University.
Our first seminar is on Tuesday 9 October at 5pm in Pathfoot A7.
Victor Kasulo from Mzuzu University will speak on 'Changes in fisheries policies and
legislations during the colonial and postcolonial era in Malawi'.
We look forward to seeing you there.
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Centre of Commonwealth Studies
Postcolonial Studies Programme
Autumn 2007
Tuesday 9 October
5pm, Pathfoot A7
VICTOR KASULO (Mzuzu University, Malawi)
'> Changes in fisheries policies and legislations during the colonial and
postcolonial era in Malawi> '>
Thursday 11 October 2007
7.30pm in Pathfoot C1
KAPKA KASSABOVA
Author of All Roads Lead to the Sea (1997), Dismemberment (1998), Someone Else>
'> s Life (2003) and Geography for the Lost (Bloodaxe, 2007) Kapka Kassabova will
read from her current work. She was the 2002 New Zealand Cathay Pacific travel writer of
the year.
Joint event with SCoP: Stirling Centre of Poetry
Wednesday 24th > -> Thursday 25th October 2007
Pathfoot B2
'> POLITICS OF MEMORY> '> WORKSHOPS
Workshop 1 Politics of memory: the nation (Wednesday 24th October 10-12)
Workshop 2 Politics of memory: testimony (Wednesday 24th October 2-4)
Workshop 3 Politics of memory: the spirit (Thursday 25th October 10-12)
Workshop 4 Politics of memory: Global media (Thursday 25th October 2-4)
Participants will include:
Prof Duncan Brown, Dr Cheryl Stobie (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South
Africa), Prof Taieb Belghazi, Prof Mohamed Ezroura, Dr Said Graiouid, (University Mohamed
V, Rabat, Morocco)
Supported by the British Academy
Wednesday 31 October
4.30pm in Pathfoot B2
NAMRATA BHAWNANI (Charles Wallace Fellow)
'> The coca-colonisation of pop culture and masala fiction> '>
Namrata Bhawnani (Mumbai Mirror, Times of India) will also read from her novel in
progress (The Fuck You Philosophy)
Supported by the Charles Wallace Trust
Wednesday 7 November
4.30pm-7pm in Pathfoot L21
POSTGRADUATE WORKSHOP: NEW RESEARCH AT STIRLING
To get involved email Gemma.Robinson(a)stir.ac.uk
Monday 10 December
5pm in Pathfoot A7
STEPHANIE JONES (Southampton University)
'> The Indian Ocean: narratives in literature and law> '>
For more information please contact Gemma.Robinson(a)stir.ac.uk