Session 3

9.30 ­ 12.45 pm Legacies of Decolonisation
Sarah Demart, Université de Liège (Belgium), Facing Black Belgians and the Ruins of Belgian Imperialism: The Continuity of Institutional Paradigms
Chris Prior, University of Southampton (UK), Britain as the Bringer of Democracy? Postcolonial Africa and Metropolitan Memories of the Imperial Mission
Jean­François Klein , Université du Havre (France), The Langues Orientales from Colonial to Post­colonial Times
10.45 am Break (20 minutes)
9.30 ­ 12.45 pm Legacies of Decolonisation, continued
Michael Collins, University College London (UK), UK Domestic Reactions to the Exile of Freddie Mutesa’ (title tbc)
Diane Jeanblanc, Université Paris I ­ Panthéon Sorbonne (France) The Tumultuous Integration of Postcolonial Immigration in the former French and British Colonial Empires
Britta Schilling, Universiteit Utrecht (The Netherlands), An Awkward Heirloom: Coming to Terms with German Colonialism
Sasha D. Pack, University at Buffalo (The State University of New York, USA), Spain and the End of European Empire: Borderline Responses to a Borderland Conundrum
12.45 ­ 1.45 pm Lunch

2.00 pm Closing plenary
Liz Buettner, Universiteit van Amsterdam (The Netherlands), European Dimensions of Postcolonial Migration: Britain in Comparative Perspective
3.00 pm Concluding remarks
Wm. Roger Louis, University of Texas at Austin (USA)