Homi Bhabha

Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language, and the Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University. Prof. Bhabha’s work has significantly formed and influenced postcolonial studies. By introducing concepts of poststructuralism and Lacanian psychoanalysis into postcolonial thought, and coining key concepts in postcolonial studies such as hybridity, mimicry, ambivalence, difference and the Third Space, Prof. Bhabha has established himself as one of the leading theoreticians in postcolonial studies. he Has written numerous works exploring postcolonial theory, cultural change and power, and cosmopolitanism, among other themes. Relevant titles of his work include Nation and Narration (1990), The Location of Culture (1994), and Edward Said. Continuing the Conversation, which he co-edited with W.J.T. Mitchell in 2005.

Workshop with Professor Bhabha

Prof. David Damrosch
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: October 9th, 2012
Time: 9:30 – 12:15
Place: University of Bern, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A-119

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