The Postcolonial State: Decolonization and After
Interventions International Conference 2005
Nottingham Trent University
26-27 May 2005

Key Speakers:                       
Leela Gandhi
Achille Mbembe
Parita Mukta
Sarah Nuttall

The 2005 Interventions conference aims to interrogate the role of the state in 
the contemporary postcolonial world and, in particular, to address issues 
related to continuing underdevelopment.

The conference seeks to draw together recent, pioneering explorations of the 
postcolonial state from a wide range of locations and disciplines. 

Panels will address 

  - the politics of rule
  - the developmental state 
  - disaster and the postcolonial state 
  - postcolonial leaders 
  - scandals of the state (corruption, fundamentalism etc) 
  - women and the state 
  - the role and function of civil society

Call for papers:
Proposals of no more than 250 words relating to the topics listed above (but not 
necessarily confined to them) are invited for twenty-minute papers. The deadline 
for proposals is March 31. Speakers will be notified within 3 weeks of this 
deadline. 
Please send proposals to [log in to unmask], or the address below.

Interventions is planning to publish a special issue of the journal from a 
selection of the conference papers.

Postgraduate bursaries:
Postgraduate students are invited to bid for 3 student bursaries. Each bursary 
includes free registration and lunches, as well as travel and accommodation 
costs of up to £100.

Registration Fees:
Staff - £50 fee only / £60 including lunches
Students / unwaged - £20 fee only / £30 including lunches

Registration form: http://english.ntu.ac.uk/Ints_conf2005/default.htm 

Convenor:
Alison Donnell  ([log in to unmask])  
Centre for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies,
Nottingham Trent University, 
Clifton Lane,  
Nottingham NG11 8NS
UK

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