Decolonial Futures @uvadcf.bsky.social

⚠️ Two major announcements: 1) Our call for seed grants is online. That is, we've got funding for academic teams researching topics of decolonisation. 2) We've moved to Bluesky. 🦋 Read all about our call here: bsky.app/profile/uvadcf…

✨Recap: Last week’s Decolonial Futures of Audiovisual Archives and Archiving @EYE_film! 🎥 Drawing on the political thinking of Senegalese filmmaker/historian Paulin S. Vieyra, @kinolaus lecture delved into the complexities of restitution for African film archives.

Full house at our Annual Lecture by Professor E. Tendayi Achiume! ⚖️🌍

Join us for our Annual Lecture featuring Professor E. Tendayi Achiume! She'll explore the imperial dimension of international borders, connecting theory w/ praxis in international law. 🗓️ Monday Dec. 16 ⏱️15:30 – 17:00 📍droog amsterdam 🔗 sign up here: t.ly/9SwNe

📽️ The next session of the Decolonial Futures of Audiovisual Archives and Archiving project takes place on Monday, December 9th, from 14:00-17:00 @EYE_film! Nikolaus Perneczky (@kinolaus) will share insights from his research on African film. More info: t.ly/JwVvE

In collaboration with @princeclausfund we present "Desire and Vision: Art, Philanthropy, and Decolonial Futures", an event taking place tomorrow, 2 December, between 14:00-16:00 at @FramerFramed. More info & registration via this link: t.ly/2Ce-_

Hello lovely people, @kulamadayil @LindgrenTim @DebadattaBose & I are putting together a workshop in June 2025 at the University of Amsterdam. We promise to make it a lot of fun😀 Please send your abstracts by 5 Jan 2025 Details👇 decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/news/2…

🚀'For instance, decolonizing outer space is about the use of indigenous lands for launch sites and how to rmatriate that land back to its original people.' @nat_geo_theory, @darshanvv and Sitraka Rakotoniaina on how decolonizing outer space is about the future ánd the present⬇️

🎥 Films created between '67–'84, gave a deep dive into Palestinian cinema’s approaches to resistance, reconstructing narratives of a land under prolonged settler-colonial impact. We explored how aesthetics, memory, and politics come together in these portrayals of resilience.

📢 Recap from last week’s Decolonial Futures of Audiovisual Archives and Archiving session at @EYE_film! Thrilled to have had filmmaker and researcher @MohanadYaqubi with us, leading us through a great session on Provoked Narratives, a program by the Palestine Film Institute

⏰ The countdown is on! Get ready for @UniofOxford Prof. Iyiola Solanke's lecture this Thursday at 4 PM at De Brug, REC Campus. The lecture will be followed by a small reception. 🔗 More info and sign up via this link: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/events…

🌍 The Global Slavery History Fellowships in Amsterdam are open for applications! These 2-month fellowships support curators, archivists, and historians from societies affected by the Dutch colonial slavery past. 📅 Apply by 20 Nov 2024! Learn more 👉 iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/call-g…

On 21st November, 4PM, Oxford Professor Iyiola Solanke kicks off the Decolonial Futures lecture series with 'The Purpose and Priorities of a Decolonial Approach in EU Law', taking place at REC campus - all are welcome! (Also to stay for a drink afterwards) decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/events…

📚 In what ways do transnational connections help preserving these films, and how can solidarity and archival practices be forms of cinematic resistance? Our preparatory reading group happens this Thursday (Nov 7th) from 5-7:30PM at BuzzHouse in the Humanities Venture Lab (OMHP)

📽️ The 3rd session of the Decolonial Futures of Audiovisual Archives and Archiving research project takes place on Monday Nov. 11th from 2-5PM at @EYE_film! @MohanadYaqubi will help us understand narratives on Palestine as the target of a long settler-colonial project.

Mon 28 Oct 20h at SPUI25 author Kevin Pham presents his first book, ‘The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization’. He introduces Vietnamese political thought to mainstream political theory, challenging Western conventional wisdom. 🔗 t.ly/ghbUf

🌍✨Recap from the recent Decolonial Futures of Audiovisual Archives and Archiving seminar at @EYE_film on October 14th! We were honoured to host Dr. Sidar Bayram as our guest speaker, who delved into his concept of videowork in the context of Kurdish anti-colonial resistance.

Happening tomorrow at 4pm - there's still space to join!

🌔🚀Reminder! Join us at our event about Decolonizing Outer Space on October 22, 2024, from 16:00 to 18:00 at REC B1.01, University of Amsterdam. Sitraka and @nat_geo_theory will speak, discussions by @NyakoPamela & Deden Habibi. More info and register ➡️ t.ly/eBi0q