The Absent Cause: Postcolonial Thought and the Atlantic Archive

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The Absent Cause: Postcolonial Thought and the Atlantic Archive

In this seminar, Professor Simon Gikandi from Princeton University will explore some of the issues raised in the 2025 Atlantic Slavery and its Aftermaths Lecture which he is delivering on 12 March at 5pm on ‘Between Civilization and Barbarism: The Antinomies of Atlantic Slavery’. All welcome.

Date: 13 March 2025, 14:00
Venue:
All Souls College
High Street OX1 4AL
See location on maps.ox

Details: The Old Library
Speaker: Professor Simon Gikandi (Princeton University)
Organising department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Organisers: Professor Peter Boxall (University of Oxford), Dr Elena Violaris (University of Oxford), Professor Santanu Das (University of Oxford)
Part of: Modern and Contemporary Literature Research Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
This talk features in the following public collections:
- Faculty of English What’s On: events and talks of interest
Editors: Katy Terry, Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu