New Publication OUT. Postcolonial Theory and Crisis. Paulo de Medeiros and Sandra Ponzanesi (eds). De Gruyter, 2024. Available Open access:degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

We invite graduate students, early career historians, and scholars in adjacent fields to submit an abstract for our annual conference, "Colonialism, Conflict & Commemoration." 🚨 Tell your friends and colleagues 🚨 📷 More information on our website: oxfordtghs.com/conference

Just a few days left for submitting to the third APT symposium pocothought.com/desireandcolle…

Please see, and share, our CFP for a special issue of Modern Fiction Studies on “Planetary Fiction: African Literature and Climate Change.” Guest Editors: Nedine Moonsamy (Johannesburg) and David Shackleton (Cardiff) press.jhu.edu/journals/mfs-m…

On April 4th, the Centre for the Less Good Idea organized an amazing event featuring Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka in conversation with South African artist William Kentridge and musician Neo Muyanga. buff.ly/3Ug8RQx

And the pen, of course, is mightier than the knife. Out now. Salman Rushdie

A research project, funded by the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), has helped realise the long-held dream of South Africa’s ǂKhomani community to share their proud history with the rest of the world. Full story: bit.ly/4aMkmFj

"Indigenous Feminisms across the World, Part 1," an issue of Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, is now available. The articles in this special issue expose, challenge, and resist contemporary colonial realities. View the full TOC and read the intro, freely available: ow.ly/tyjp50RzQsE

I'm editing a special issue of Literature, Critique, and Empire Today (formerly JCL) on Genre Fiction in a Global Frame. CFP below! Deadline for abstracts 15 July.

Discover the journey behind the transformation of JCL 🌟📰 Written by ex-editors Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social/ & Rachael Gilmour, the article explores the journal's present and future avenues. Don't miss this thought-provoking read! #PostcolonialStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Read about the changing valences of the terms 'Commonwealth' and 'empire' through the lens of South Asian studies in this fascinating article by Shameem Black, co-editor of South Asia: JSAS 🌏#SouthAsianStudies #TransnationalPower #Commonwealth #Empire journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

✌️OUT NOW✌️my new book w/ South African Modernism 1880-2020 Routledge Literature explores how literature contextualises the climate crisis within a history of capitalist-imperialism & helps us imagine a habitable and just world for all forms of life 🧵1/7