Living Beyond Theory: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the postcolonial
A two-day symposium hosted by Postcolonial Perspectives in association with the Centre for Modern Studies and the Humanities Research Centre
Thursday 10th - Friday 11th February 2011
Living Beyond Theory is an interdisciplinary postgraduate symposium hosted by the Postcolonial Perspectives reading group at the University of York. The symposium is directed towards the problematising of the postcolonial paradigm through an attempt to pay heed to the lived experience of those people who live and have lived within geographic areas affected by colonisation as well as people who, despite not being the direct descendants of colonial situations, enact identities and political positions that take much from the postcolonial project.
The symposium provides a platform for postgraduate students to share their research with a diverse range of other postgraduates in the field(s) of postcolonial studies. The symposium will involve a series of panels framed by two plenary speakers (Simon Obendorf, Lincoln and Ruth Craggs, St. Mary’s University College Twickenham) and culminating in a workshop on the future of postcolonial studies led by 3 early career academics.
While Living Beyond Theory is a conference aimed at building connections between the many disciplines that traditionally make up postcolonial studies, it also seeks to encourage engagement with disciplines that have not always fallen comfortably within those traditions. It is highly likely that the future of postcolonial studies will lie in the expansion of the discipline’s insights beyond its previously narrow boundaries.
Conference programme
Living Beyond Theory programme (MS Word 
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Living Beyond Theory programme (PDF 
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Paper abstracts and speaker biographies
Abstracts and speaker biographies (MS Word , 162kb)
Registration form
Registration form (MS Word , 39kb)
Directions and accommodation
Directions and accommodation information (MS Word , 29kb)