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Conference Announcement Theme: Decolonizing Universality, Decolonizing the University Type: Online Conference Institution: Northwestern University Location: Online Date: 17.–18.6.2021 __________________________________________________ On June 17th and 18th, Northwestern will be hosting an international conference on decolonial universality and decolonizing the university, featuring presentations and a roundtable discussion with Nadia Yala Kisukidi (Paris 8); Paulin J. Hountondji (National University Benin) and Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia University). Bringing together three highly distinguished researchers within the field of Africana philosophy, the presentations and discussion will focus on the themes of a decolonial reclamation of universality – often presumed to be simply a Eurocentric feature of traditional “Western” philosophy – and the associated decolonization of academia. Conference Schedule: Thursday, June 17th 10am-11am: Souleymane Bachir Diagne’s presentation, chaired by Prof. Rachel Zuckert (Philosophy) Graduate respondents: Gorgui I. Tall (French and Italian) and Yuan-Chih (Sreddy) Yen (English) 11am-12pm: Paulin J. Hountondji’s presentation, chaired by Prof. Doris Garraway (French and Italian) Graduate respondents: Alan Chavoya (Philosophy) and Carmen De Schryver (Philosophy) 2pm-3pm: Undergraduate workshop with Souleymane Bachir Diagne and participants in the “Critical Theory Workshop” Friday, June 18th 10am-11am: Nadia Yala Kisukidi’s presentation, chaired by Prof. Evan Mwangi (English) Graduate respondents: Ashley Ferrell (Rhetoric and Public Culture) and Noran Mohamed (French and Italian) 11am-12pm: Roundtable discussion and general Q&A, chaired by Prof. Dilip Gaonkar (Rhetoric and Public Culture) Register for the conference here: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArce6hpzMpHt12JjK_fW4haA16OqABsTfu Register for the undergraduate workshop with Souleymane Bachir Diagne here: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdO-urTkoEtDL6WnKEQTvyVmVrZzJpZVO For more information, please contact the organizer, Carmen De Schryver: [email protected] Conference website: https://sites.northwestern.edu/decolonizinguniversality/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
