Cambridge Postcolonial Literatures Seminar

For our fifth and last seminar this term, Dr Nada Ali will be joining us to deliver a talk titled “On Being Sudanese: Identity, Belonging and the Politics of Conflict”. The seminar will take place on Thursday, 19 March in SR24, Faculty of English, at 5.00 pm.

Join us for our fourth event of the term. Dr Christina Moreno-Almeida will deliver a talk on “Dis-meme-bering the nation: Memes, Monstrosity and Dismembering of Nationalist Fantasies”. On Thursday, 5th March at 5PM. At SR 24, Faculty of English.

Venue change: this event will be held in GR05, ground floor of the English faculty now.

Please join us for our third seminar of the term. Prof Miles will deliver a talk titled “Who was Granville? Questions from the archive of the 1831-32 uprising in Jamaica”.  See you on Thursday, 12th February in SR24, @englishunicam at 5.00 pm!

Join us for our second seminar of the term at SR24 @englishunicam on 5th of February by Prof Miriyam Aouragh. The talk will be followed by a discussion led by Dr Hana Morgenstern, Associate professor of Middle Eastern and Palestinian Studies at the Faculty of English.

So excited for this talk! Tariq Jazeel on the Asian underground music scene. Please join us at the Small Lecture Theatre, Dept of Geography on Jan 27th (Tuesday).

The first session will take place at Small Lecture Theatre, @CamUniGeography (Downing site) . While the others will be held at SR24, @englishunicam (Sidgwick site).

We are excited to share our term card for Lent 2026. We have four sessions planned under the theme political uprisings. We are also co-organising our first session with the incredible Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series (@urbanmulti) on Jan 27!

Join us for our last session of the term on 4th December where Dr Andrew J Green will deliver a talk on “Rock Censorship in Mexico: on stories, ideologies, affordances”. 5-7PM, SR24, Faculty of English building.

Join us for the fourth seminar of the term where Dr Goh will talk on the question of form in Patricia J Williams’ founding contribution to critical race theory, The Alchemy of Race and Rights. The talk is entitled “Alchemical Realism in Patricia J Williams’ Jurisliterature”.

Join us for our third seminar of the term where Dr Melissa Carlson will discuss painting practices during socialist era in Burma. It will take place at SR24, Faculty of English on 20 Nov 2025 at 5PM.

Call for proposals for this first issue of @RadHistReview on Radical Histories of Palestine and Palestinians. The call for papers/proposals is in both English and Arabic. Please spread far and wide. radicalhistoryreview.org/radical-histor…

Join us for our second session this term on 6 Nov from 5-7PM at the Faculty of English. Dr Pragya Dhital’s book investigates the role media technologies have played in Indian democracy and nationalism.

All welcome! Date: Tuesday, 4 November Time: 5-6.30 PM Location: GR06/07, Faculty of English.

Please join the faculty’s first informal gathering on literatures of the Global South. Meet here to socialise with people in adjacent fields, hear about graduate research being pursued in the department and get more information on the Postcolonial and Related Literature seminar.

Come join us for the first Michaelmas session on 23rd October, 5-7PM.

We are excited to share our term card for Michaelmas. Come join us for the following sessions scheduled on the theme Censorship and Suppression.

Dr. Meha Priyadarshini (University of Edinburgh) joins the third PARL session of Lent Term with her talk, “What’s in a Shawl?: Missed Connections in Global/Fashion History.” Join us in person at SR24, English Faculty Building on Feb 20.

Dr. Yousif M. Qasmiyeh will join us for our second seminar to read from his poetry collections. 6th February 2025 | 5-7pm | SR24

We are excited to invite you for our first PARL seminar session for the Lent Term on “Settler Ignorance and Settler Colonial Epistemology”. We will be joined by Dr Anna Cook for this online session. Please register at: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regist…