Decolonising the Discipline is a collaborative initiative undertaken jointly by colleagues at the English Association, the Institute of English Studies, the University of East Anglia, the Postcolonial Studies Association and University English. It aims to develop platforms for discipline-wide conversations that can foster and support collaborative action across English literature, language and creative writing.
This work is called decolonising the discipline to draw attention to the breadth of activities and stakeholders that are gathered under the banner of English Studies. We are committed to building a network of interventions, to gathering and sharing ideas, and to providing strategies and resources for collective and individual action.
For more information about the Decolonising the Discipline project, to join our network and to share your own experiences in decolonising work please visit our website.
Our first online seminar, Establishing a Decolonising Network, will take place on Friday 25th September at 2-4pm. The event will share experiences of establishing institutional or cross-institutional decolonising network; the role and experience of students in decolonising; the challenges to developing a decolonising network; and reflections on what the Decolonising the Discipline network can do next.
We invite proposals for 10-15 minute presentations that respond to the seminar theme: what are your experiences establishing an institutional or cross-institutional decolonising network? What would you like to see the Decolonising the Discipline network do for you? What role have students played in decolonising in your institution or organisation? What are the challenges to developing a decolonising network? If you are a student, what have been your experiences in doing this kind of work within your institution?
We welcome presentations from individuals and groups, discussion of decolonising in scholarly societies as well as academic institutions and schools, and we particularly encourage the inclusion of student voices as presenters.
Please submit a 250 word abstract outlining your presentation and brief biographies for presenters by Friday 4th September using the Google form.
