Upcoming Webinar : Decolonizing Diaspora

[Will Stroebel]

Dear colleagues and friends,

I am very excited to invite you all to an upcoming webinar organized in a joint collaboration of the MGSA Translational Studies Committee and the scholarly collective Decolonize Hellas, hosted by the Modern Greek Program at the University of Michigan: Decolonizing Diaspora: Theorizing Global Greek Diasporas and Histories of Colonization (April 21st, 10 a.m. Eastern Time)

You can find the poster, summary, and link for registration below:

This webinar examines the relationship between Greek diasporas and colonialisms. Our speakers, Penelope Papailias (University of Thessaly), Andonis Piperoglou (University of Melbourne) and Eftychia Mylona (University of Cyprus), will explore how distinct Greek diasporas have formed, interacted and responded to past and ongoing forms of coloniality. Interested in how studies of Greek diasporas can engage in generative dialogue with decolonial scholarly practice, the webinar, which will be moderated byAnastasia Chrisou (University of Middlesex), will draw attention to competing and overlapping discourses on how Greece and Greek people relate to histories colonialisms. We aim to reconsider histories of Greek migration and diasporization and at stimulating interdisciplinary exchange that reimagines global Greeks diasporas through a decolonial lens. In doing so, this webinar strives to explore the various tensions that arise when attempting to decolonise studies of Greek diasporas, whilst also showcasing the plurality of Greek diasporic entanglements with past and ongoing colonialisms.

PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bTYzUZDbTkanpVK0WNCscw

Warm greetings and warm wishes for the spring,

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Will Stroebel

Assistant Professor

Modern Greek and Comparative Literature

University of Michigan

Literature's Refuge

Princeton University Press