postcolonialitalia - Activities

European Scholars for the Humanities

2019-05-20T12:45:21+00:00

European Scholars for the Humanities

A MANIFESTO

from Bari, to Villa Vigoni, to Europe and beyond

As scholars working in the humanities we are committed to the values from which our disciplines stem and are aware of our responsibility in ensuring that the societies we live in respect and implement these principles. We believe that it is our responsibility, as scholars and citizens of Europe, to do so.

It is our belief that universities cannot operate as isolated institutions disconnected from the material, social, economic and political events of the now: our institutions are not only rooted in territorial moorings, they have been through history, and shall continue to be pivotal places for the sharing and spreading of knowledge.

We are convinced that teaching and research are an integral part of the education – in the broadest sense of the term – of our postcolonial societies, and our intellectual practices do not disregard, nor can ignore, the practices of cultural, social and political life of the specific place we inhabit.

The rise of clannish/racist sentiments and of populist/sovranist impulses in many European countries, accompanied by a violent backlash against women’s rights, feminist activism and gender issues, take us back to a not so distant past and force us to remember that indifference is never harmless and that inaction can be as dangerous as action. This also encourages us to remember that cultural work offers the possibilities of critical thinking, of doubting, and even of thinking and acting against the grain wherever and whenever it becomes necessary.

It is our commitment, therefore, to be present and intervene with our students and in public debates to openly discuss racism, migration, diversity, the waning of liberal humanism and the shrinking of human rights in general, among the many questions that concern life in common.

We are also committed to asking that our universities be open and welcoming places that offer cultural exchanges with immigrants and with activists and associations that work daily to make our societies more hospitable. Also, we ask that our universities offer spaces for intercultural meetings, seminars, teaching and research activities that seriously and honestly address urgent issues that political propaganda subtracts from critical thinking.

Finally, it is our commitment that the University as institution is always a place of critical training and debate, of encounters and forward-looking cultural practices, which can never be separated from power relations, and therefore from political issues.

I see this MANIFESTO as a call for translating academic knowledge into “acts of citizenship”.
It is the result of a long-distance collaboration between the members of AISCLI (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio delle Culture e Letterature in lingua Inglese) who gathered at the University of Bari in February 2019, and a wide network of postcolonial scholars who took part in the “Citizenship, Law and Literature” workshop at Villa Vigoni (Loveno di Menaggio, Como) in March 2019.
At Villa Vigoni we shared the original Italian document proposed by our AISCLI colleagues Marta Cariello and Luigi Cazzato; we translated and reworked it, having shared a set of preoccupations concerning the way contemporary European societies are moving, as well as our trust in the role academic institutions and the humanities can still play in keeping democracy and freedom in view.

As academics, we should work to develop joint agendas for public engagement, which, for academic institutions, means a concrete effort to open up the university and share knowledge beyond its walls, with society at large; it also means to devote time and energy to engaging the legal, the economic, the political in closer dialogue, locally, nationally and transnationally.
We are sending out this MANIFESTO as a message in a bottle, hoping it may reach as many people as possible. We ask all who read and agree with its contents to sign and disseminate it widely through their own networks, institutions, associations, and in their academic environment.
This is no time for inaction or silence, thank you.

Annalisa Oboe

Director of the postcolonialitalia project

Editor of

From the European South
a transdisciplinary journal of postcolonial humanities

The signatories of the Villa Vigoni Manifesto

Avtar Brah, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Annalisa Oboe, University of Padova, Italy

Chandani Lokuge, Monash University, Australia

Daniela Carpi, University of Verona, Italy

Elisa Bordin, Università di Padova, Italy

Enrica Rigo, Università RomaTre, Italy

Françoise Kral, Université Paris Nanterre, France

Jesper Reddig, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Muenster, Germany

Katia Sarkowsky, University of Augsburg, Germany

Klaus Stierstorfer, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität., Muenster, Germany

Laura Zander, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Nilufer Bharucha, University of Mumbai, India

Sridhar Rajeswaran, CASII, Centre for Advanced Studies, India

Valentina Adami, University of Verona, Italy

Call for Villa Vigoni Symposium: “Citizenship, Law and Literature”

2019-01-17T18:26:42+00:00

Please see below the Call for applications for

up to 5 Grants (Travel and Accommodation) for Ph.D. students or post-docs for participation in the Villa Vigoni Symposium: "Citizenship, Law and Literature"

Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio (CO), Italy, 25-28 March, 2019
Coordinators: Prof. Annalisa Oboe (Padua) and Prof. Klaus Stierstorfer (Muenster)
Deadline: 8 February, 2019

Best wishes,

Annalisa Oboe and Klaus Stierstorfer

call

December 12, 2016: Meeting Martina Melilli

2016-12-11T20:14:29+00:00

Tripolitalians:
Costruire un archivio personale per raccontare una storia condivisa

University of Padua
Via Beldomandi, third floor, 2.30-4.00 pm

poster

July 10-15, 2016: ACLALS conference

2016-08-03T07:31:53+00:00

The idea of post-colonial culture:
inclusions and exclusions

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

programme

January 21-22, 2016: InteRGRace symposium

2015-12-27T16:13:54+00:00

Visualità e (anti) razzismo

InteRGRace and FISPPA

University of Padua
in collaboration with postcolonialitalia

website and programme

January 14-15, 2016: AISCLI conference

2015-12-27T16:34:45+00:00

Postcolonial passages into the 21st century

University of Bologna, Italy

AISCLI website | conference programme

October 2, 2015: conference + concert

2015-09-23T12:59:44+00:00

Voci, linguaggi e suoni fra Etiopia e Italia

meeting

Gabriella Ghermandi

3 pm

Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch Gulinelli (first floor)
Via del Vescovado, 30 Padua

event poster

followed by a concert with Atse Tewodros Project

brochure | concert poster

June 3-4, 2015: seminar

2015-05-01T06:00:00+00:00

Black Icons.
A seminar on 'race' and visuality

Room F, Palazzo Maldura, Padova

June 3, 2015, 2 pm - 7 pm
June 4, 2015, 9 am - 1.30 pm

programme

May 25-26, 2015: conference

2015-05-11T18:26:51+00:00

Tracing the path of tolerance

organised by the Galilean School of Higher Education

Aula Magna del Collegio Morgagni, Via San Massimo 33, Padua

event poster

May 5, 2015: talk

2015-05-01T18:42:00+00:00

From the European South.
New representations of
contemporary Italy

a talk by Annalisa Oboe

presented by

Contemporary Culture and Creative Production Concentration and
Identities and Representations Concentration and
Global Cultures Committee in Global Liberal Studies,

New York University

event poster

"Postcoloniale e revisione dei saperi"

2015-01-28T19:03:01+00:00

Publication of "Postcoloniale e revisione dei saperi" (aut aut 364)

We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the journal aut aut (364, October-December 2014) features a collection of essays, titled "Postcoloniale e revisione dei saperi", which stems from the postcolonialitalia workshop "Gli studi postcoloniali nelle scienze umane: teorie, storie, metodi e pratiche italiane" (December 6, 2013).

POSTCOLONIALE E REVISIONE DEI SAPERI ed. by Annalisa Oboe

Annalisa Oboe Saperi in transito
Iain Chambers La sfida postcoloniale, l'Italia e il Mediterraneo
Roberto Derobertis La critica italiana tra narrazioni, pratiche sociali e culturali
Emanuele Zinato Teoria e critica della letteratura in Italia: sollecitazioni e rischi postcoloniali
Davide Zoletto Verso una rilettura postcoloniale dei luoghi dell'educazione
Farah Polato Il cinema, il postcoloniale e il nuovo millennio nel panorama italiano
Roberto Beneduce Il rumore sordo del sottosuolo. Per un'antropologia postcoloniale

For a preview: http://autaut.ilsaggiatore.com/2015/01/364/

For a detailed review of the aut aut dossier see issue 8 of JOMEC Journal (Nov. 2015) on "Italian Cultural Studies. Being on the Part of the Future":
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/83859/1/kk%20Giuliani.pdf

February 18-20, 2015: international conference

2014-08-03T14:59:46+00:00

Archives of the future
Italy, the postcolonial, and the time to come

University of Padua, Italy

conference website

December, 16 2014: InteRGRace symposium

2014-12-09T20:31:46+00:00

Intorno alla costruzione storica, sociale e culturale del corpo

University of Padova

via del Vescovado 30, Sala Bortolami, 9.30 am – 6.30 pm

event poster

November 14, 2014: workshop

2014-11-09T10:20:19+00:00

Il postcoloniale italiano
Prospettive future entro e oltre i confini della nazione

University of Rome "La Sapienza"

via dei Volsci 122, room A, 9.30 am

event poster

September 26, 2014: Diversity e cinema in Italia

2014-09-20T10:11:01+00:00

meeting director Fred Kuwornu

Padua, Spazio Co+, Piazza Gasparotto 7, 6.30 pm

event poster

June 27, 2014: workshop

2014-06-19T07:16:34+00:00

The postcolonial in Italy:
English studies

Palazzo Liviano, room "Diano"

University of Padua

event poster

June 10-11, 2014: interdisciplinary seminar

2014-05-30T04:42:25+00:00

Cultura, transcultura, razza:
Categorie della differenza, dinamiche di differenziazione e razzializzazione transnazionali

Palazzo Ugolini, room B

University of Macerata

event poster

May 2-3, 2014: symposium

2014-04-23T19:32:44+00:00

Mediterranean Fractures:
Postcolonial Displacements, Political Insurgencies

Centre for Postcolonial Studies
(the University of Kent, Canterbury)

event poster

April 8 and April 12, 2014: ImmaginAfrica events

2014-04-03T13:21:23+00:00

Memoria, Storia, Diritti civili

meeting director Fred Kuwornu

more about the events

March 11, 2014: Incontri al Bo

2014-03-10T12:50:01+00:00

Ripensando il Sud

with Carlo Borgomeo and Gian Antonio Stella

event poster

January 21, 2014: Unstable acquisitions

2014-01-07T08:31:31+00:00

Seminar organized in collaboration with the PhD school in
History, Criticism and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Palazzo Liviano, room "Diano", 2.30 – 7.00 pm

University of Padua

seminar poster

January 10, 2014: In transit: (self)narratives

2014-01-06T08:15:01+00:00

Screening of the movie Va' pensiero by Dagmawi Yimer
and meeting with the director

Palazzo Liviano, room S, 2.30 pm

University of Padua

more about the event

December 6, 2013: workshop

2013-12-02T12:15:37+00:00

Postcolonial studies in Italy
theories, histories, methods and practices across the human sciences

with the participation of

Iain Chambers (Napoli l'Orientale), Annalisa Oboe (Padova), Roberto Beneduce (Torino), Anna Scacchi (Padova), Roberto Derobertis (Bari), Emanuele Zinato (Padova), Carmen Concilio (Torino), Farah Polato (Padova), Leonardo De Franceschi (Roma Tre), Giangiorgio Pasqualotto (Padova), Shaul Bassi (Ca' Foscari), Tania Rossetto (Padova), Davide Zoletto (Udine), Marcello Ghilardi (Padova), Sandro Mezzadra (Bologna), Giangiorgio Pasqualotto (Padova), Giulia D'Agostini (Padova), Adone Brandalise (Padova)

workshop poster

postcolonialitalia - Activities

European Scholars for the Humanities

European Scholars for the Humanities

A MANIFESTO

Call for Villa Vigoni Symposium: “Citizenship, Law and Literature”

up to 5 Grants (Travel and Accommodation) for Ph.D. students or post-docs for participation in the Villa Vigoni Symposium: "Citizenship, Law and Literature"

December 12, 2016: Meeting Martina Melilli

Tripolitalians: Costruire un archivio personale per raccontare una storia condivisa

July 10-15, 2016: ACLALS conference

The idea of post-colonial culture:inclusions and exclusions

January 21-22, 2016: InteRGRace symposium

Visualità e (anti) razzismo

January 14-15, 2016: AISCLI conference

Postcolonial passages into the 21st century

October 2, 2015: conference + concert

Voci, linguaggi e suoni fra Etiopia e Italia

Gabriella Ghermandi

followed by a concert with Atse Tewodros Project

June 3-4, 2015: seminar

Black Icons.A seminar on 'race' and visuality

May 25-26, 2015: conference

Tracing the path of tolerance

May 5, 2015: talk

From the European South.New representations ofcontemporary Italy

"Postcoloniale e revisione dei saperi"

February 18-20, 2015: international conference

Archives of the futureItaly, the postcolonial, and the time to come

December, 16 2014: InteRGRace symposium

Intorno alla costruzione storica, sociale e culturale del corpo

November 14, 2014: workshop

Il postcoloniale italianoProspettive future entro e oltre i confini della nazione

September 26, 2014: Diversity e cinema in Italia

meeting director Fred Kuwornu

June 27, 2014: workshop

The postcolonial in Italy:English studies

June 10-11, 2014: interdisciplinary seminar

Cultura, transcultura, razza:Categorie della differenza, dinamiche di differenziazione e razzializzazione transnazionali

May 2-3, 2014: symposium

Mediterranean Fractures:Postcolonial Displacements, Political Insurgencies

April 8 and April 12, 2014: ImmaginAfrica events

Memoria, Storia, Diritti civili

March 11, 2014: Incontri al Bo

Ripensando il Sud

January 21, 2014: Unstable acquisitions

Seminar organized in collaboration with the PhD school inHistory, Criticism and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

January 10, 2014: In transit: (self)narratives

Screening of the movie Va' pensiero by Dagmawi Yimerand meeting with the director

December 6, 2013: workshop

Postcolonial studies in Italytheories, histories, methods and practices across the human sciences

Tripolitalians:
Costruire un archivio personale per raccontare una storia condivisa

The idea of post-colonial culture:
inclusions and exclusions

Black Icons.
A seminar on 'race' and visuality

From the European South.
New representations of
contemporary Italy

Archives of the future
Italy, the postcolonial, and the time to come

Il postcoloniale italiano
Prospettive future entro e oltre i confini della nazione

The postcolonial in Italy:
English studies

Cultura, transcultura, razza:
Categorie della differenza, dinamiche di differenziazione e razzializzazione transnazionali

Mediterranean Fractures:
Postcolonial Displacements, Political Insurgencies

Seminar organized in collaboration with the PhD school in
History, Criticism and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Screening of the movie Va' pensiero by Dagmawi Yimer
and meeting with the director

Postcolonial studies in Italy
theories, histories, methods and practices across the human sciences