In the second session of this semester's research colloquium, Madina Tlostanova (Linköping) explores decolonial thought in post-socialist and post-colonial spaces. The research colloquium is organized in cooperation with the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies.

6 May - 10:00-13:00, 7 May - 10:00-16:00

Register by 6 April at graduiertenschule@ur.de

Anna Steigemann (Regensburg) explores how the twenty-first-century city, a symbol of globality, mobility and inequalities, can be more effectively conceptualized and theorized when viewed through the lens of "the South".

Ciraj Rassool (Cape Town) explores how efforts to rethink citizenship and personhood in late-apartheid and early democratic South Africa were linked to the work of museums and public history.

The new blog-journal frictions launches with essays on EU migration policy and Brexit literature, notes from Berkeley on protest movements and Bucharest on post-socialist housing estates, plus critical reflections on doing a master’s degree and life after it. You can also learn more about a recent workshop on migration, media and liminality held at the Campus.