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CFP: Postcolonial Mobilities

in the Francophone World 

Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies, in association with
Liverpool University Press, welcome reflections on the following:
Postcolonial Mobilities in the Francophone World

Friday 13 & Saturday 14 November 2015

Institute of Modern Languages Research,
University of London


Afropeans

The large-scale movement of people, objects, capital and
information has radically re-shaped the Francophone world
in the 21st century. However, the same processes that
promote movement and mobility also produce immobility,
exclusion and disconnection. This conference will ask what
potential does mobility beyond territorially fixed societies
hold for the Francophone world. What are the implications
of individualized and/or group mobility? What role does
mobility play in relation to the creation of new transcultural
and transnational identities? And, in turn, what challenges
do new social and cultural practices pose for mobility rights
and questions of ‘access’?
We welcome theoretical reflections
on Francophone Mobilities as well as proposals for papers
and panels on topics including:

  • Colonialism and mobility
  • Dynamics of power
  • Travel and migration
  • Borderlands and crossings
  • Class mobility
  • Social exclusion
  • The body and movement
  • Disability
  • Cultural transmission
  • Digital technologies
  • Forced mobilities

Please send abstracts of 300 words plus 50-100 words of biography to Conference Secretary, Catherine Gilbert (sfpsconference2015@gmail.com). Papers can be in English or French.

The Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies’ website can be found here. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is: 1 June 2015

 

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