IPCS invites expressions of interest from independent or partially employed scholars who wish to have a formal affiliation with the Institute. We particularly welcome applications from individuals who are precariously employed or unemployed, or who hover on the edges of universities… Continue Reading →
The Institute of Postcolonial Studies was founded in 1996 as an independent venue for the exploration of postcolonial scholarship, politics and creative practice.
The Institute hosts a wide variety of public events, performances and presentations, often bringing together scholars, artists, activists and larger publics to explore and respond to the legacies of the colonial encounter in Australia and globally.
At the core of the activities and projects we aim to foster and support there is one central guiding concern: how can we best respond to the pressing challenges of coexistence in the present?
The Institute is the home of the scholarly journal, Postcolonial Studies.
Membership is open to all.
Postcolonial Studies is the first journal specifically aimed at publishing work which explores the various facets—textual, figural, spatial, historical, political and economic—of the colonial encounter, and the ways in which this encounter shaped the West and non-West alike. A growing academic… Continue Reading →
The Institute of Postcolonial Studies runs a lively public program where pressing concerns of the present are raised and responded to in critical and creative ways. From 2019 we are embarking on an ambitious new trajectory, with an aim to… Continue Reading →
If you’re an undergraduate student or postgraduate researcher with an active interest in postcolonial politics or theory, there are multiple ways to get involved with the Institute. The Institute of Postcolonial Studies is an independent venue for the exploration of… Continue Reading →
October 23 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Writing to Cross A workshop on migration and multilingualism in writing Ubah Cristina Ali Farah was born in Italy to a Somali father and an Italian mother, grew up in Mogadishu, and currently lives in Brussels. She is a writer, performer,...
October 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Staying with Antigone Disobedience, morality and art in an unjust world Antigone is the protagonist of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, paying with her life the choice of rebelling against an ethically inadmissible law. Her tragedy highlights the question of disobedience when...
October 31 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Creative Disasters What roles for artists in the coming disaster? The number of “natural” disasters are increasing globally. Yet, disaster research is often trapped in a reductive paradigm couched in paternalistic and technocratic language of “solutions”, which are complicit with...
“Power may be globalized, but Westphalian notions of sovereignty continue to determine political and legal arrangements domestically and internationally: global issues–the legacy of colonialism expressed in continuing human displacement and environmental destruction–are thus treated ‘parochially’ and ineffectually. Not designed for… Continue Reading →
2019 Hans Kilian Prize for Ashis Nandy Ashis Nandy, founding fellow of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, was recently awarded the prestigious Hans Kilian Prize for 2019. Ashis had also received the Fukuoka Prize in 2007. The Köhler Foundation in its press… Continue Reading →
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