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Call for Applications Theme: Coloniality, Slavery and the Holocaust Subtitle: Introducing the Decolonial Option Type: International Summer Course Institution: Roosevelt Academy, Utrecht University Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, Duke University Location: Middelburg (Netherlands) Date: 4.–19.7.2011 Deadline: 1.5.2011 __________________________________________________ ‘Coloniality, Slavery and the Holocaust: Introducing the Decolonial Option’ is a pioneering course in the social sciences and the humanities. The events of slavery and the holocaust illuminate the geopolitical sources of decolonial thinking in the Global South and critical thought in the Global North. The course builds a dialogue between these currents of thought, and introduces the decolonial option as a path towards global justice. We will evaluate the potentials of the decolonial option in relation to coexisting options. The seminar brings together notions such as disposable life in the economic domain and bare life from the political domain. The first comes from decolonial thinking while the second from critical thought. The course benefits from the local history of Middelburg, a city that was central in the Dutch history of Slavery and that suffered great destruction during the 'Second World War'. The course will also explore the relations between museums and the coloniality of representation and memory. Registration: The deadline for registration to the course is the 1st of May, you can register at the Utrecht Summer School Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/index.php?type=courses&code=S21 Lecturers: Walter Mignolo, Rolando Vázquez and guest faculty Target Group: The course is open for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Since the course is concerned with contemporary critical and decolonial debates around global justice and issues such as global capitalism, race, gender, nature, knowledge and aesthetics some general interest in those areas will be welcome. Participants will be selected on the basis of a) an application letter describing their motivation and areas of interest, and b) proof of writing skills, e.g. an existing essay or article. Aim: The participants will: 1) get acquainted with the major debates in critical and decolonial thinking, 2) understand the decolonial option in light of the synergies and divergences between 'global north' and 'global south' perspectives, 3) reflect on key issues of global justice, 4) learn to situate knowledge in relation to local and global histories and 5) develop their ability to produce critical and committed research in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Fee: Course + course materials: EUR 550 Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course. Accommodation will be available for summer school students for EUR 250. Location: Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, The Netherlands, www.roac.nl Contact: Utrecht Summer School PO BOX 80148 3508 TC Utrecht Netherlands Phone: +31 30 253 4400 Web: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/index.php?type=courses&code=S21 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
