The course will introduce students to the field of Postcolonial Studies and will lay the foundation for further explorations on postcolonial literatures, films, media and others. Through a rather dense reading program and films, the class will focus on colonial histories, neocolonial relations in the globalized world, and the fundamental theroies and approaches in Postcolonial Studies. We will read (in excerpts) the writings of the foremost thinkers of postcolonial theories, including but not limited to Frantz Fanon, Edouard Glissant, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stuart Hall, Homi Bhabha, Walter Mignolo, Edward Said, Bill Ashcroft, and Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin. 

All texts will be provided electronically or in a reader. Prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory.

The course will introduce students to the field of Postcolonial Studies and will lay the foundation for further explorations on postcolonial literatures, films, media and others. Through a rather dense reading program and films, the class will focus on colonial histories, neocolonial relations in the globalized world, and the fundamental theroies and approaches in Postcolonial Studies. We will read (in excerpts) the writings of the foremost thinkers of postcolonial theories, including but not limited to Frantz Fanon, Edouard Glissant, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stuart Hall, Homi Bhabha, Walter Mignolo, Edward Said, Bill Ashcroft, and Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin. 

All texts will be provided electronically or in a reader. Prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory.

The course will introduce students to the field of Postcolonial Studies and will lay the foundation for further explorations on postcolonial literatures, films, media and others. Through a rather dense reading program and films, the class will focus on colonial histories, neocolonial relations in the globalized world, and the fundamental theroies and approaches in Postcolonial Studies. We will read (in excerpts) the writings of the foremost thinkers of postcolonial theories, including but not limited to Frantz Fanon, Edouard Glissant, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Stuart Hall, Homi Bhabha, Walter Mignolo, Edward Said, Bill Ashcroft, and Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin. 

All texts will be provided electronically or in a reader. Prior enrollment via Stud.IP is mandatory.

This course is designed as a colloquium for young researchers writing their MA, PhD or postdoctoral thesis. Depending on particpants and their research topics, we will read theoretical texts suggested by the participants. Participants are invited to present their research topic, proposal, table of contents and/or written chapters and get constructive feedback in plenum discussions.
Pls register online through StudIP. MAx number of participants: 15
Due to the corona pandemic, this course will propably take place as an online course.