Theorizing Settler-Colonialism and Its Decolonization
Theorizing Settler-Colonialism and Its Decolonization
Monday, 7 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: ASJE019 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
RC05 Racism, Nationalism, Indigeneity and Ethnicity (host committee) Language: English
Recent events have impressed upon us the saliency and importance of understanding settler colonialism. Although the field has had important advances in recent years, it remains conceptually and theoretically enmeshed with (non-settler) colonialism. This session invites submissions that theorize settler colonialism from the point of view of the colonized, both historically and contemporarily. Which specific interests drive settler colonialism? How is it executed? How is the genocidal violence intrinsic to settler colonialism justified to the world? How is settler colonialism perceived, interpreted, and rationalized? What is the role and function of the media, social media, and public discourse in this? What are the differences in these aspects between historical and contemporary instances of settler colonization? Finally, what should be the end goal of decolonization of a settler-colonial state? This session warmly invites submissions discussing these or any other topics related to settler colonialism in a wider sense.
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