Masterclass with Professor Sandra Ponzanesi
Masterclass: ‘The Postcolonial Cultural Industry: Icons, Markets, Mythologies’.
On Friday June 5, 2015 the Netherlands
Research School for Literary Studies (OSL) and the Netherlands Research
School of Gender Studies (Utrecht University) in cooperation with the
Postcolonial Studies Initiative (PCI, Utrecht University) are organizing
a masterclass with professor Sandra Ponzanesi around
her publication ‘The Postcolonial Cultural Industry: Icons, Markets,
Mythologies’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
In this masterclass, PhD candidates and
Research Master students are invited to connect their research project
to the discussions in ‘The Postcolonial Cultural Industry’ relating to
issues such as globalization (what is the role of postcolonial cultural
industries in the age of globalization?), cultural value and the canon
(how is cultural value attributed to postcolonial artworks and how are
they used to create cosmopolitan distinction?) adaptations (what happens
to the postcolonial in processes of adaptation?), or other angles which
connect their work to Professor Ponzanesi’s book. Each paper will be
briefly discussed by a designated respondent and faculty member with
relevant expertise.
Prof. Dr. Sandra Ponzanesi will give a
keynote lecture.
Sandra Ponzanesi is Professor of Gender and
Postcolonial Studies at the Department of Media and Culture Studies at
Utrecht University, Head of Humanities at University College Utrecht,
and the founder of the Postcolonial Studies Initiative at Utrecht
University. Her interdisciplinary research interests include
postcolonial studies, feminist theories, media studies, postcolonial
cinema and Europe. She is the author of ‘Paradoxes of Post-colonial
Culture’ (State University of New York Press 2004) and co-editor of
multiple edited volumes, among which ‘Postcolonial Cinema Studies’
(Routledge, 2012), ‘Deconstructing Europe. Postcolonial Perspectives’
(Routledge, 2012). She has recently edited ‘Gender, Globalization and
Violence: Postcolonial Conflict Zones’ (Routledge, 2014).
For infomation mail: osl-fgw@uva.nl
Location masterclass: University of Amsterdam
Location: University Theatre, 1.01A
See here for the full Call for Papers.
