Thinking and languages are co-constitutive, one shapes the other. However, too often we are not aware of the racial and colonial baggage of the language we use. Thinking about language(s) is particularly important for us as academics, as words are not only the final outcome of the work we invest into our projects, but also shape our work. Attention to language is especially important here at the EUI, a multilingual institution where research is carried out in scholars’ native and non-native languages.
This is the third session of a workshop in three parts taking place during three half days (23 May pm, 24 May am, 7 June pm). Participants are not obliged but highly encouraged to register to all sessions. One registration per session is required. This is an in person event with limited seats. If you have registered and are not able to attend, please cancel you registration or write to the organizers to let them know.
The keynote speeches of the workshop are also open to online participation via Zoom (see the programme for details). In case you would like to attend the keynote speeches online, the Zoom link to each keynote speech is provided in the registration e-mail to each workshop day. You can contact the organisers for additional information.
DAY 3: Forgetful, Free, and Fearless language
7 June, in Sala del Consiglio, Villa Salviati
This final day of the workshop consists of a keynote on the role of language in the memory and forgetting of European colonial history, and a roundtable discussion on the constraints and freedoms that govern what researchers can say about racial justice and equality in the sphere of academic writing.
This is the third session of a workshop in three parts taking place during three half days (23 May pm, 24 May am, 7 June pm). Participants are not obliged but highly encouraged to register to all sessions. One registration per session is required. This is an in-person event with limited seats. If you have registered and are not able to attend, please cancel you registration or write to the organizers to let them know.
The keynote speeches of the workshop are open to online participation via Zoom (see the programme for details). In case you would like to attend them online, the Zoom link to each keynote speech is provided in the registration e-mail for each workshop day. You can contact the workshop organizers for additional information.
Professor Gary Younge (Manchester University) is an author, broadcaster, and researcher who writes and campaigns for civil rights, particularly in relation to race.
14:00 Opening of the workshop
14:15–15:45 Keynote: The power of nostalgia; the language of amnesia. Understanding Europe's colonial past and racial present
Keynote presentation by Professor Gary Younge
Chair: Shubha Prasad | Discussant: Emma Kluge
15:45–16:00 Break
16:00–17:15 Roundtable discussion:
How do the requirements of academic progression (being published, successfully defending a dissertation, securing funding) affect research writing? EUI researchers and fellows will reflect on how compatible the norms of scholarly achievement are with the desire to write freely (reparatively, indignantly, sensitively, passionately) about questions of racial justice—from the scale of the sentence to that of projects.
Chair: Ben Carver | roundtable discussants: Laurie Anderson, Carlos Martins, Maria Styve, Raghavi Viswanath