On June 17th and 18th, Northwestern will be hosting an international conference on decolonial universality and decolonizing the university, featuring presentations and a roundtable discussion with Nadia Yala Kisukidi (Paris 8); Paulin J. Hountondji (National University Benin) and Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia University). Bringing together three highly distinguished researchers within the field of Africana philosophy, the presentations and discussion will focus on the themes of a decolonial reclamation of universality and the associated decolonization of academia.
Register for the conference here.
Conference Schedule:
Thursday, June 17th
10am-11am:
Souleymane Bachir Diagne’s presentation, chaired by Prof. Rachel Zuckert (Philosophy)
Graduate respondents: Gorgui I. Tall (French and Italian) and Yuan-Chih (Sreddy) Yen (English)
11am-12pm:
Paulin J. Hountondji’s presentation, chaired by Prof. Doris Garraway (French and Italian)
Graduate respondents: Alan Chavoya (Philosophy) and Carmen De Schryver (Philosophy)
2pm-3pm:
Register here for the Undergraduate workshop with Souleymane Bachir Diagne and participants in the “Critical Theory Workshop”.
Friday, June 18th
10am-11am:
Nadia Yala Kisukidi’s presentation, chaired by Prof. Evan Mwangi (English)
Graduate respondents: Ashley Ferrell (Rhetoric and Public Culture) and Noran Mohamed (French and Italian)
11am-12pm:
Roundtable discussion and general Q&A, chaired by Prof. Dilip Gaonkar (Rhetoric and Public Culture)