Videos of events held by or in conjunction with the Diaspolinks research network.
Migration and the Power Structures of Cultural Memory
The international symposium 'The Place of Memory in the literature and cultural productions of Anglophone diaspora' explored the cultural productions of diasporas, from the anglophone world (India, the Caribbean, Africa) to anglophone countries (Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom) within the contemporary period.
Organised in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, and co-organised by Françoise Král (Université Paris Nanterre), Sam Coombes (University of Edinburgh), and Corinne Bigot (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès), the symposium was held on 3 and 4 October 2013. It brought together around 40 participants from all over the world.
This was Robert Young's seminar, titled 'Migration and the Power Structures of Cultural Memory'.
The Present is a Foreign Country: Memory and Nostalgia in Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
The international symposium 'The Place of Memory in the literature and cultural productions of Anglophone diaspora' explored the cultural productions of diasporas, from the anglophone world (India, the Caribbean, Africa) to anglophone countries (Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom) within the contemporary period.
Organised in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, and co-organised by Françoise Král (Université Paris Nanterre), Sam Coombes (University of Edinburgh), and Corinne Bigot (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès), the symposium was held on 3 and 4 October 2013. It brought together around 40 participants from all over the world.
This was the keynote speech of the conference, given by Professor Emeritus Jean-Jacques Lecercle.
Mémoire des Lieux et Lieux de la Mémoire des Diasporas Anglophones
Professor Françoise Král (Université Paris Nanterre) presents her paper 'Mémoire des Lieux et Lieux de la Mémoire des Diasporas Anglophones'.
How should the notion of memory, whether individual or collective, be redefined at the dawn of the 21st century in light of the new methods and policies of archiving collective memory or constructing the collective memory of peoples? The field of postcolonial studies is a particularly fertile ground for reflection on the use, or even the instrumentalisation, of memory, as well as the hazards of its journey and what is at stake during its construction.
Insoluble Ambivalence(s) : the Inside/Outside Position of Black Postcolonial communities as Articulated in the Work of Paul Gilroy and Edouard Glissant
This talk was given by Sam Coombes (University of Edinburgh) at the “Inside/Out: Negotiating Multiple Identities in a Globalised World” conference held at Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle University in November 2012.
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