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Conference Announcement "Independence and Decolonization" International Conference Institute for Historical Studies and Department of History, University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX (USA) 15-17 April 2010 __________________________________________________ Inspired by the upcoming bicentenary of Mexican independence in 2010, this symposium brings together an international group of scholars to reexamine the long and varied histories of decolonization. Students of decolonization generally focus on the post-World War Two era and the reconfiguration of territorial and social borders that came with the end of European empires in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. But the world has seen many different “ends” to colonialism as the “first wave” of independence movements in the Americas demonstrates. Twenty-three scholars in a series of seven panels will examine these different processes of decolonization and independence in a variety of settings, from rethinking classic examples such as the Algerian revolution to contested cases such as the Ottoman Empire’s breakup and the challenges faced by people left stateless in the wake of empire. Working at the intersection of new empirical research and recent theoretical developments, participants will critically interrogate and enlarge the paradigms by which we understand decolonization. Panels: - Defining Decolonization - Mapping the History of Revolution and Counter-revolution in Spanish America - Decolonization and Difference in Northern Africa - Three Waves of Decolonization on Russo-Turkic Shores - Africa and the Contested Imaginaries of Decolonization Speakers and commentators include: Frederick Cooper, Tony Hopkins, Alan Knight, Paul J. Kubicek, Philippa Levine, Roger Louis, Eric Van Young Organizers: Susan Deans-Smith, Mark Metzler, and Ben Brower Contact: Prof. Susan Deans-Smith Institute for Historical Studies University of Texas at Austin 1 University Sta, B7000 Austin, TX 78712-0220 USA Phone: +1 (512) 471-3261 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/conferences __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
