Event overview
Goldsmiths Literature Seminar
Two 20 minute papers with discussion afterwards
Jaya Madhvani (SOAS)
'The inherent complexities of multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, and post-ethnicity as theoretical frameworks for the work of Hanif Kureishi'
Repeatedly hailed by critics as the quintessence of recent and contemporary multicultural British society, the works of Hanif Kureishi have gestured to contemporary metropolitan space as an arena of ethno-cultural diversity and differentiation. My paper seeks to address some of the issues intrinsic to the application of the frameworks of 'multiculturalism,' 'cosmopolitanism' and 'post-ethnicity' to the writings of Hanif Kureishi. I will interrogate multiculturalism both as a political project and as a social state of being, before juxtaposing it with cosmopolitanism and some of the latter's critiques. Lastly I will look at the notions of 'post-ethnicity' and 'post-raciality' before drawing some brief conclusions and suggesting some research trajectories.
Lucia Llano Puertas
'No comparison? The Holocaust and African slavery in the Caribbean'
In the closing lines of La Mulatresse Solitude, André Schwarz-Bart draws a clear parallel between the Holocaust and slavery in the Caribbean, and invites his readers to go on the same journey. In this paper the parallels and differences between the Holocaust and slavery will be explored and examined in the light of Paul Gilroy's analysis in The Black Atlantic. Marianne Hirsch's ideas will be explored to ascertain if "connectivity" is a useful concept to use to understand these differences and similarities, and the ideas of André and Simone Schwarz-Bart will be reviewed in order to walk a path back to Egypt and slavery.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2016 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
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