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Public Seminar Series Trinity term 2022

Resistance, Justice, Liberation: Critical Approaches to Knowledge Production on War, Violence and Colonization

Convened by Dr Dilar Dirik (Joyce Pearce Junior Research Fellow)

About the seminar

Women were at the heart, and continue to be at the forefront, of decolonisation and the struggle for self-determination. The promise for self-determination often came hand in hand with a commitment by national liberation movements to uproot and overthrow patriarchy. Yet, just as neocolonialism re-entrenches itself in the post-colonial state, so too did the domination of women remain a fundamental pillar of so-called post-colonial sovereignty. This lecture will seek to explain how the structural necessity of patriarchy has not been overcome by decolonisation.

About the speaker

Mohammed Elnaiem is currently finishing his PhD in Sociology at the University of Cambridge, a work investigating the relationship between Colonialism, Capitalism & Patriarchy. Mohammed is an activist with experience in the Black Lives Matter Movement, an activist supporting the Kurdish cause, and an activist fighting for civil democracy in Sudan. He worked with the Walter Rodney Program at the Pluto Educational Trust to help co-organise the first Walter Rodney Conference. He is the director of The Decolonial Centre, another project of PET. He also helped co-found the media agencies The Region and The Black Radical. Mohammed was a participant in the Sudanese revolution and was a columnist for Jstor Daily, where his column Black Radicals, ran for two years and exposed thousands of readers to the Black Radical tradition. His writings have appeared on various news agencies including Al-Jazeera English, ROAR Magazine, and Toward Freedom.

Video

The video of this seminar is available to watch on YouTube.

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture

The Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture is named in honour of Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond, the founding Director of the Refugee Studies Centre. It is held each year in Michaelmas term.

Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture

The Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture is held in Trinity term. It is named after Professor Elizabeth Colson, a renowned anthropologist.

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Forthcoming events

Humanitarian extractivism: the digital transformation past, present, future

Wednesday, 08 May 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

Film screening and discussion: Missing in Brooks County

Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 5pm to 7pm @ Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

Forced Migration on Film: A Conversation with Marc Isaacs | Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture 2024

Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 5pm to 6.30pm @ Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College, 56 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS

Book launch: The Politics of Crisis-Making: Forced Displacement and Cultures of Assistance in Lebanon

Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

Skilled worker visas for refugees – a qualitative evaluation of the UK’s Displaced Talent Mobility Pilot

Wednesday, 05 June 2024, 5pm to 6pm @ Seminar Room 1, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

A celebration of the life of David Turton

Saturday, 20 July 2024, 2pm to 3pm @ The Crypt Cafe, St Peters Church, Northchurch Terrace, London N1 4DA