The UBC History Empires and (P ost-)Colonialisms in the Asia-Pacific Cluster features local non-U BC scholars who have recently published monographs to have informal discuss ions about a chapter or two of their book. We invite all faculty and gradua te students with interests in modern Asia/-Pacific (broadly defined) and th e themes of empire\, colonialism\, or postcolonialism/decolonization to joi n\, regardless of discipline or department.
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The UBC History Empires a nd (Post-)Colonialisms in the Asia-Pacific Cluster is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr. Sherene Seikaly on her upcoming book project\, cente red around her article “Reading in Time” for the World Humanities Report. T his seminar will be held on Tuesday February 6th\, 3:00- 4:00 pm\, in Buchanan Tower 1112. Refreshments will be provided.
Dr. Sherene Seikaly is Associate Professor of History at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. Her book Men of Capital: Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Pale stine (Stanford University Press\, 2016) explores economy\, t erritory\, the home\, and the body. Her forthcoming book\, From Baltimo re to Beirut: On the Question of Palestine tells a global history of c apital\, slavery\, and dispossession. She is the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UCSB\, co-editor of the Stanford Studies Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures Series\, co-editor of Journa l of Palestine Studies\, and co-editor of Jadaliyya.
Interested participants should read the article “Reading in Time” in preparation for the discussion\, a nd are encouraged\, though not required\, to attend Dr Seikaly’s lecture on the same day at 12:00 pm (register here). A PDF version of the article will also be distributed to those subscribed to the cluster mailing list.
If you are interested in joining the cluster\, please contact Quinton Huang (qhuang98@student.ubc.ca) to be added to the mailing list\, and please direct other inquiries to Ryan Su n (rchsun29@student.ubc.ca). CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Buchanan Tower 1112 GEO:49.268580;-123.253452 URL;VALUE=URI:https://history.ubc.ca/events/event/reading-in-time-with-dr-s herene-seikaly/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hist.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2024/02/Seikaly-DS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:20231105T090000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR