Postcolonial Film and Lectures series 2015-2016

The Postcolonial Studies Initiative is happy to announce its new film and lectures series. 

The series are organized annually and invites all interested in our European postcolonial present and the representation of its political, cultural and aesthetic realities and challenges. 

PCI Film Series 2015-2016 

The film series will take place every third Tuesday of the month, starting with September until April.

Location: Drift 21, room 032

Time: 19.15-21.30                                         

September 15	Those who feel the fire burning (Morgan Knibbe, NL, 2014) Introduced by Christine Quinan With the special presence of film director Morgan Knibbe for Q&A.
October 20	Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, Germany, 1982) Introduced by Kari Driscoll
November 17	Besouro (João Daniel Tikhomiroff, Brazil, 2009) Introduced by Edward Akintola Hubbard
December 15	Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, France/Mauritania, 2014) Introduced by Domitilla Olivieri
January 12	The missing picture (Rithy Panh, Cambodia, 2014) Introduced by Sandra Ponzanesi
February 16	Aferim! (Radu Jude, Romania, 2015) Introduced by Laura Candidatu
March 15	Drone (Tonje Hessen Schei, Norway, 2014) Introduced by Doro Wiese
April 19	The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Indonesia, 2013) Introduced by Susanne Knittel

PCI Lecture Series, Fall 2015

October 9	Writing Transcultural Adoption John McLeod (University of Leeds, UK)
October 13	Discursive Mangroves in the Contemporary Caribbean Imaginary Odile Ferly (Clark University, USA)
November 17	Ghost Cities and Ruin Lust Christoph Lindner (University of Amsterdam, NL)

For more information about the screenings and lectures, please check under Agenda: http://www.postcolonialstudies.nl/p/agenda_19.html