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Faculty Coordinatator, Akhil Gupta of Cultural and Social Anthropology

2005-2006 Workshops

Interrogating Modernity & Postcoloniality

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Description

The Interrogating Modernity and Postcoloniality workshop intends to provide a space for faculty and graduate students to discuss contemporary issues of modernity and postcoloniality in the human sciences, since classroom opportunities relating to this area of scholarship are currently limited at Stanford. Although many of our participants study the South Asia region, our scope of inquiry extends to other regions of the world, including Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. In 2005-2006, we plan to explore the relationships between national security and political subjectivity, industrial and cultural production, and activism and the law. The workshop combines presentations by graduate students and invited guests from around the country and the world with readings from contemporary scholarship. Over the past three years, Interrogating Modernity and Postcoloniality has facilitated much productive interaction between graduate students and faculty with intersecting fields of interest and we look forward to another year of fruitful exchanges.