ABSTRACT |
Each of the panellists on this round table will be looking at the
present state of Postcolonial Studies from their own perspective as
teachers and researchers, then at the different possibilities that could
be opened up in the future within the field and incorporated into the
studies as practised at the moment. Each will put forward their own
experience in the area and the innovations that they have made in their
own work and/or teaching. One point to be examined is the extent to
which Postcolonial studies could be absorbed into Cultural Studies under
the new plan for university degrees in English. The latter will engage
with what it is that makes Postcolonial Studies compatible with, yet
different from, Cultural Studies and thus demands its continuing
presence as a separate field of study. Another point to be discussed is
the need for Postcolonial Studies to become interdisciplinary and to
what degree such horizontal interfaculty/departmental work can be
achieved within the existing system and the new syllabus still to be
implemented. The PhD Candidate on the panel will give an overview of
postcolonial studies as practised in the overseas institutions where she
has studied which will also help to underscore elements which may be
incorporated into our own work in the field.
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