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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)
