ZEF Public Lecture: Conflicts over antisemitism in Germany - a postcolonial perspective

September 19, 2024 | 13:30 h - 14:30 h

We'd like to invite you to our upcoming Public Lecture!

Topic: Conflicts over antisemitism in Germany - a postcolonial perspective

Speaker: Prof. Aram Ziai, Professor of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel

How to join

The lecture will be held in hybrid mode (zoom and in-person at ZEF). 
You can join us in-person at ZEF, ground floor, Conference Room, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn,
or online via Zoom: https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5Apf-irrT8oE9JJeeSbZazMd6yj9-yZoTTf

Abstract

Postcolonial perspectives have gained ground during the last decade, but have recently been confronted with accusations of antisemitism. Examples are the political theorist Achille Mbembe, the genocide scholar Dirk Moses or the art exhibition documenta 15. Especially after the Hamas attack on October 7, there have been calls to stop funding postcolonial studies in general. The talk will look at some of these conflicts and shed light on the reasons for these accusations, also using a theory of hegemony and postcolonial theory to make sense of them.

Biography

Prof. Aram Ziai is Professor of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel. He studied Sociology, History and English Literature in Aachen and Dublin, did his PhD in Political Science in Hamburg and his habilitation in Kassel. He has taught (among others) at the universities of Vienna, Amsterdam, Accra and Tehran.