Event overview
Walter Mignolo, a leading figure in Latin American and Postcolonial Studies, is the William H. Wannamaker Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, where he is also Director of the Center for Global Studies and the Humanities.
Mignolo’s earlier work, published in Spanish, focuses on semiotics, discourse analysis and literary theory. Since the 1980s he has written extensively, both in English and Spanish, on the invention of the Americas, the coloniality of knowledge, and the political, ethical and epistemological imperative to decolonize knowledge and knowledge production. His work, which has been translated to Portuguese, French and Russian, includes The Darker Side of the Renaissance (1994 and 2003; awarded the Katherine Kovacs Singer Prize from the MLA), Local Histories/Global Designs (2000) and The Idea of Latin America (2005; awarded the Frantz Fanon Prize from the Caribbean Philosophical Association.)
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 2009 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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