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Conceptualizing “Political”
Workshop and PhD summer school Conceptualizing “Political” THURSDAY 13TH – FRIDAY 14TH JUNE 2019PHD SUMMER SCHOOL, SATURDAY 15TH – SUNDAY 16TH JUNE Hosted by theCentre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL)University of Aberdeen Topic The term “political” is generally used as loosely by scholars as by the public. This workshop does not aim to … Continue reading Conceptualizing “Political”
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Decolonising Political Concepts
With keynotes by Ritu Vij, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, and a workshop led by Julie Cupples Topic Postcolonial and decolonial thinkers and activists have spent the last decades unravelling the intellectual, political and structural legacies of colonialism and ongoing coloniality in our contemporary world. Political concepts are part of these legacies. The way academics define and use … Continue reading Decolonising Political Concepts
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The Ghost of Hitler in South Africa
Roundtable discussion with Shirli Gilbert and John de Gruchy The memory of Nazi Germany as a source of religious complicity and resistance in apartheid South Africa — A roundtable discussion with John de Gruchy and Shirli Gilbert The rise of right wing populist and political movements has meant that memories of Nazism are once again … Continue reading The Ghost of Hitler in South Africa
