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  • 5/21 Decolonizing Together? Awareness, Theory, Practice

    This one-day virtual symposium brings together scholars, teachers, faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students from UConn and beyond to explore and examine the decolonization of area studies and language education.

    Schedule

    09:00 am - Introduction

    09:30 am - Special Talk: “Refusing Settler Memory” by Kevin Bruyneel

    10:30 am - Coffee Break

    10:45 am - Workshop 1: Setting the Stage

    12:00 pm - Lunch Break

    12:30 pm - Roundtable: Building bridges with special guest Manuel Antonio Ussa Tunubalá

    01:45 pm - Workshop 2: Listening to all Voices

    03:15 pm - Coffee Break

    03:30 pm - Discussion and Next-Steps

    04:00 pm - End of Program

    You can find out more details about the symposium here.

    You can register for the symposium here.

    For more information, contact: Isabell Sluka at isabell.sluka@uconn.edu