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WHAT

Short Course on “Decolonization: Knowledge, Power, and Politics” of Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilization at the Aga Khan University, London. Language of the conference: English

WHEN / WHERE

28, 29 and 30 September 2020 (09:00 – 11:30) – Online

TOPICS

In the twentieth century, anti-colonial and anti-racist movements in Asia, Africa, and the Americas appeared to be radically remaking the modern world. Yet the creation of new and politically independent nation-states was only one stage of decolonisation. The configuration of global power is still unequal. The ways in which we think and engage in the world continue to be marked by a colonial past and present. Yet alternative possibilities have been and are being imagined and practiced.

Situated across the disciplines of Politics, History, and Sociology this introductory course examines the unfinished business of decolonisation. The course will:

1. Introduce students to key ideas in decoloniality, post-colonialism, Marxism, gender, and ecological studies.

2. Analyse the historic contexts of political decolonisation.

3. Ask how are our everyday lives impacted by colonial legacies using the example of race, gender, and desire?

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Course Convenor
Dr Sanaa Alimia is interested in analysing structures of power and how they play out in our everyday lives. Her first manuscript reconstructs microhistories of refugees, undocumented migrants, and low-income groups in Pakistan. An Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Sanaa Alimia holds a PhD from the Department of Politics and International Relations at SOAS, London where she also taught (2011-2014). She was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar (2013-2017) and a Research Fellow at the Berlin Graduate School for Muslim Societies, Freie Universität, Berlin (2014-2016) and Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin (2014-2019).

Some of the courses she has taught include:

  • Understanding Frantz Fanon
  • Global Racialised Migration in the 20th-to-21st Centuries
  • The Politics of Modern Muslim Mobility
  • Social Movements and Political Protest
  • Urban Housing in the Global South
  • Comparative Politics
  • International Relations

APPLICATION

Tickets can be bought on Eventbrite.co.uk: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonisation-knowledge-power-and-politics-short-course-tickets-116117946905

Tickets
£75.00 for professionals | £45.00 for students, AKU alumni, and AKU staff.

Course preparation
Participants will be asked to listen to a 10-minute pre-recorded lecture before attending each session. Participants will also be asked to read a mixture of academic texts, poetry, political speeches, and news articles. Participants will also be asked to listen to and/or watch songs, performances, and short visual clips.

For informations write to: ismc.marketing@aku.edu

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