English 891LD - S- Decolonial Reconstellations

This interdisciplinary seminar serves as a core course of the Decolonial Global Studies Certificate (DGS). Students from all disciplines are welcome whether or not you are pursuing the Certificate. Focusing on non-eurocentric, non-androcentric analyses of world political economy and culture, we will engage with diverse emancipatory and critical approaches, including decolonial, postcolonial, Indigenous, intersectional, queer, Marxist, speculative, transnational, and inter-imperial. We will particularly tackle the Eurocentric paradigm of "modernity," which has severely distorted historical legacies and narrowed conceptions of past, present, and future. Several readings will address long-historical data, deep time perspectives, and pluriversal epistemologies. The course will also emphasize decolonial and relational practices. Co-taught by a Humanities and a Social Science professor, the seminar aims to model decolonial interdisciplinary methods while widening the horizons within which students conceive their research and their aspirations. The course will likewise encourage collaborative thinking and invite experimental or creative projects, including some that complement students' projects in teaching, research, activism, art, or other engagements. We anticipate that the interdisciplinary mix of students in the class will enable you to widen your campus community and enhance your understanding of decolonial practice.

Open to Graduate students only.