Researchers from the UK, Italy and the USA come to Debrecen

The Department of British Studies, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen cordially invites all students, faculty, and staff to their symposium.

The Crises of Memory: Post-colonial, Post-socialist, and Post-historical Cultural Narratives symposium will be from 10 am to 4 pm on the 17^th of May in Studio 111.

Program:

10.00 am-10.45 am.

Hijra Representations in Postcolonial India: The Impacts of British Colonialism

Rukhsar Hussain, PhD (independent researcher, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom)

10.45 am-11.30 am.

Thinking History at the End of the World

Augusto Petter, PhD (Democracy Institute, CEU, Budapest; European University Institute in Florence, Italy)

11.30 am-12.15 pm.

Remains of Socialism: Memory and the Futures of the Past in Postsocialist Hungary

Maya Nadkarni, PhD (Swarthmore College, Unites States of America, CEU Institute for Advanced Study)

12.15 pm-1.00 pm

Discussion

1:00 pm-2.00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm-3.30 pm

Workshop with Maya Nadkarni:

Career Paths, Research Methods, and Writing Tips for Young Researchers in Cultural Studies

The public lectures are open to all.

You can register for the workshop via email until the 15^th of May at ureczky.eszter@arts.unideb.hu.