In a series of virtual workshops in March-April 2021, we will host conversations between the contributing authors of the forthcoming edited collection Critical Global Studies Beyond Eurocentrism (tentative title).
Our goal is to continue productive dialogue among authors whose topics intersect or complement each other, while also fostering coherence for the collection as a whole. Each author will participate in two small-group sessions and the final all-inclusive conference session scheduled for April 16. Please see the detailed schedule below. The essay drafts and feedback documents for each session are available on this password-protected page (accessible only to the workshop participants).
About Critical Global Studies Beyond Eurocentrism:
A rich corpus of paradigm-changing data, with potential to deepen understanding of global problems, has been languishing without attention from Global Studies scholars across the disciplines. To some degree this neglect is understandable, given the sustained collaboration required to assess the data. Yet the neglect also reflects persisting investments in Eurocentric narratives about global formations and histories.
Comprising approximately twenty original essays, this publication will provide researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences with both the vision and the tools they need for developing this more trenchant, transformative Global Studies. In addition to re-assessing the formations of complex states, economies, and cultures over two millenia, the collection considers the implications of these histories for the present. As part of this commitment, it foregrounds understudied aspects of global history, especially two dimensions: sexuality and gender; and African political economy.
Workshop Schedule
(Please note: Laura Doyle and Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji will serve as responders for all of the sessions.)
March 19, 10 am – 12 noon
| Presenters | Responders |
| Patricia A. McAnany | Thomas Leatherman |
| Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann | Doug Smit |
| Julia Suárez-Krabbe | Simon Gikandi |
March 19, 2 – 4 pm
| Presenters | Responders |
| Thomas Leatherman & Doug Smit | Patricia A. McAnany |
| Yaari Felber-Seligman | Siba Grovogui |
| Akin Ogundiran | Ousseina D. Alidou |
| Simon Gikandi |
March 20, 10 am – 12 noon
| Presenters | Responders |
| Hayrettin Yücesoy | Johan Mathew |
| Malissa Taylor | Shahram Azhar |
| Mehtap Ozdemir |
March 26, 10 am – 12 noon
| Presenters | Responders |
| Siba Grovogui | Julia Suárez-Krabbe |
| Ousseina D. Alidou | Malcolm Sen |
| Simon Gikandi |
March 26, 2 – 4 pm
| Presenters | Responders |
| Simon Gikandi | Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann |
| Maghan Keita | Akin Ogundiran |
| Annette Damayanti Lienau |
March 27, 10 am – 12 noon
| Presenters | Responders |
| Jane Hwang Degenhardt | Ben Tran |
| Asha Nadkarni | Dorothy C. Wong |
| Malcolm Sen | Maryam Fatima |
March 27, 1 – 3 pm
| Presenters | Responders |
| Revathi Krishnaswamy | Jane Hwang Degenhardt |
| Ben Tran | Asha Nadkarni |
| Dorothy C. Wong | Grace A. Musila |
April 2, 10 am – 12 pm
| Presenters | Responders |
| Maryam Fatima | Mehtap Ozdemir |
| Grace A. Musila | Simon Gikandi |
| Hayrettin Yücesoy |
April 2, 2 – 4 pm
| Presenters | Responders |
| Johan Mathew | Revathi Krishnaswamy |
| Shahram Azhar | Maghan Keita |
| Malissa Taylor | |
| Yaari Felber-Seligman |
April 14, 12 noon – 1 pm
| Presenters | Responders |
| Laura Doyle | Ben Tran |
| Grace A. Musila |
Closing Session (for all participants): April 16, 12 noon – 2 pm
| Presenters | |
| Simon Gikandi | |
| Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji | |
| Laura Doyle |
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