Paul Gilroy

Paul Gilroy is Anthony Giddens Professor of Social Theory at the London School of Economics. He is the author of the recently published Darker than Blue: On the Moral Economies of Black Atlantic Culture (2010). Earlier and influential books include Ain’t no Black in the Union Jack (1987), Small Acts (1993), The Black Atlantic. Modernity and Double Consciousness (1993), Between Camps (2000), After Empire (2004) and Postcolonial Melancholia (2005). Prof. Gilroy’s work has exerted an enormous influence on the bourgeoning field of Transatlantic Studies, as well as contributed to the study of African diasporic intellectuals and political exchange. Moreover, his work on the politics of race, nation, and racism in Britain have been and continue to be of great relevance to academic and public debates on these issues.

Workshop with Professor Gilroy

Prof. Paul Gilroy
Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, University of Bern, Moderator

Registration is required for the Distinguished Lectures Series Workshop featuring the invited speaker (for contact details, please see below). After a short introduction round of the participants, the workshop is structured in three parts. Part 1 allows participants to ask questions related to the speaker’s lecture. Part 2 serves discussing a text by the invited speaker that participants receive as preparatory reading to the workshop. Part 3 offers the opportunity to bring up topics of discussion related to one’s own research or interest.

Date: December 6th, 2011
Time: 9:30 – 12:15
Place: University of Bern, Haus der Universtiät, Schlösslistrasse 5

Organization:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, thomas.claviez@ens.unibe.ch
For all organizational details, please contact dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch

Registration Workshop:                       

dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch