Postcolonial Studies Group Colloquium Series 2009-2010

The Postcolonial Studies Group presents:

Jini Kim Watson

New York University

Ruling Like a Foreigner: Literature, Theory and the Question of Third World Authoritarianism

Dec 4^th at 2 p.m.

CUNY Graduate Center, Room 5409

All are welcome.

Jini Kim Watson (PhD, Duke University, Literature, 2006) is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University where she teaches postcolonial theory and literature. She has published on postcolonial East and Southeast Asia in the journals Postcolonial Studies, Contemporary Literature and Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique (forthcoming). She has recently completed a book manuscript entitled The New Asian City: Space, Urban Form and Three-dimensional Fictions. Her most recent work concerns comparative theorizations of dictatorships in postcolonial literature and theory.

The CUNY Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

The Postcolonial Studies Group is a chartered organization of the Doctoral Students’ Council. Please visit our website at www.opencuny.org/psg

Questions? Email Fiona Lee at fiona.lee@gmail.com.

Flyer [pdf]

Postcolonial Studies Group Colloquium Series 2009-2010

The Postcolonial Studies Group presents:

Helen Kapstein

John Jay College, CUNY

A Travel Paradise: Tourism Narratives of Robben Island

Oct 16^th at 2 p.m.

CUNY Graduate Center, Room 5409

All are welcome.

Helen Kapstein is a tenured professor in the English Department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her academic areas of interest include postcolonial and modern British literatures, cultural and media studies, and southern African literature and culture. Her work has appeared in Safundi and The Journal of Literary Studies, among other places, and she is currently working on a book project about global tourism in postcolonial literature and society. 

The CUNY Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

The Postcolonial Studies Group is a chartered organization of the Doctoral Students’ Council. Please visit our website at www.opencuny.org/psg

Questions? Email Lily Saint at lsaint@gc.cuny.edu.

Flyer [pdf]

Postcolonial Studies Group Colloquium Series 2009-2010

The Postcolonial Studies Group presents:

Sanjay G. Reddy

The New School for Social Research

Decoupled or Redoubled?

The Postcolonial World and the Current Economic Crisis

Sept 11^th at 2 p.m.

CUNY Graduate Center, Room 5409

All are welcome.

Sanjay Reddy is an Associate Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research. His areas of research include development economics, international economics, and economics and philosophy. He has also worked as a consultant with development agencies and international institutions, some of which include the G-24 group of developing countries, Oxfam, UNICEF, UNDP, and World Bank. He has published widely, and is a member of the editorial advisory boards of Development, Ethics and International Affairs, and the European Journal of Development Research. Dr. Reddy’s published articles include “Globalisation, Labour Markets, and Social Outcomes in Developing Countries” (2006); “International Trade: What Does Justice Demand?” (2006); “Promoting Poorer Countries’ Interests” (2006); and “International Debt: The Constructive Implications of Some Moral Mathematics” (2007).

The CUNY Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

The Postcolonial Studies Group is a chartered organization of the Doctoral Students’ Council. Please visit our website at www.opencuny.org/psg

Questions?

Email Fiona Lee at fiona.lee[at]gmail.com.

Flyer [pdf]

To learn more about our group, please visit our About Us page. We also have an active listserv.

We are pleased to announce that our monthly colloquium series will continue into its second year in  Fall 2009/Spring 2010. Please watch this space for further details.

Here are the links Ashley shared at the end of his talk: