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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Apr 28

Join us this Thursday for a screening of Isaac Julien’s ‘Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask’, and a tour of The Black Archives.

📍 Screening + discussion (14:00-16:00) REC A1.07
📍 Tour of The Black Archives (17:00-18:00) Bijlmerplein 140
🔗 Info & registr.: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Apr 9

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Apr 9

🚨 Ahmed Memon's masterclass has been postponed to next week due to the walkout organized by UvA Staff for Palestine🍉 happening tomorrow (April 10) at 12:30! 🚨

📅 New date: 17 April 2025
🕐 Same time: 13:00-15:00
📍 New room: A2.15!
🔗 Sign up: tinyurl.com/34h3hc6t

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Apr 9

🚨 Ahmed Memon's masterclass has been postponed to next week due to the walkout organized by UvA Staff for Palestine🍉 happening tomorrow (April 10) at 12:30! 🚨

📅 New date: 17 April 2025
🕐 Same time: 13:00-15:00
📍 New room: A2.15!
🔗 Sign up: tinyurl.com/34h3hc6t

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · Mar 29

The “Reproductive Horizons of Abolition” conference over the past 2 days was absolutely amazing. I know being in academia and working in this space can be a bit isolating, but there are so many incredible people all over the world working toward the same thing. There is so much to be hopeful for.

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Framer Framed @framerframed.nl · Apr 2

Join the book launch of 𝐴𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛: 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑎’𝑠 𝑂𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎, 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 (OSPAAAL) 16 April at Framer Framed. Co-editor Lani Hanna will engage in conversation with Sanjukta Sunderason (Associate Professor, UvA) and (1/3)

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Jan Mendes @janmendes.bsky.social · Mar 19

I’m co-hosting a workshop on Black death and mourning via Black family narratives @framerframed.bsky.social on April 9 (17-20:00). In discussion with @julianisenia.bsky.social, Nawal Mustafa, and Camille Sapara Barton. Please join and circulate!

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 27

Join us today at 16:00!

Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 11

Join us on Thursday, March 27th for a keynote lecture by University of Houston (@uh.edu) Professor Alan J. Dettlaff (@alandettlaff.bsky.social).

📅 Thursday, 27 March
🕓 16:00 – 18:00
📍 Doelenzaal, University Library | Singel 425, Amsterdam
🔗 Sign up here: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨 FUNDING AVAILABLE 🚨

Decolonial Futures opens a call for applications for seed grants up to €15.000, as wel as renewals for research teams that have received a seed grant in 2024.

📅 Applications close on March 31st, 2025.

🔗 More info: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 18

Join us for a keynote lecture by Layal Ftouni, Assist. Prof. at Utrecht University, in conversation with Hala Shoman, PhD from Newcastle University.

📅 Friday, 28 March
🕓 16:00 – 18:00
📍 Doelenzaal, University Library | Singel 425, Amsterdam
🔗 Sign up here: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 11

Join us on Thursday, March 27th for a keynote lecture by University of Houston (@uh.edu) Professor Alan J. Dettlaff (@alandettlaff.bsky.social).

📅 Thursday, 27 March
🕓 16:00 – 18:00
📍 Doelenzaal, University Library | Singel 425, Amsterdam
🔗 Sign up here: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/even...

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 11

💡 As we close this chapter at EYE, we want to give a huge THANK YOU to all our guests and participants for their incredible insights and discussions. Stay tuned for more updates on the research project!

Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 11

Schuppli left us with the question: What new ways of remembering can emerge through the study of ice memory? She urged us to consider a future of “just-ice to come” (a play on justice and ice 🤓).

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 11

Building on themes from the series (film heritage and audiovisual archives), this session explored how ice memory challenges us to think beyond human-centered perspectives. As glaciers disappear, we not only lose parts of our environment but also the memories they hold.

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 11

Schuppli’s talk highlighted the links between environmental history, film preservation, and geopolitical structures. She discussed how ice, as a chemically neutral storage medium like film, can store historical traces — including those of (neo)colonial violence, pollution, and climate catastrophe.

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Mar 11

✨ Recap: The final session of Decolonial Futures of Audiovisual Archives and Archiving at EYE Filmmuseum!

🎥 To close the series, we welcomed artist-researcher Susan Schuppli, who presented her ongoing work on ice memory, and ice as both an archival and audiovisual medium.

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 6

We're proud to announce the first event in our Masterclass Series, featuring our visiting scholar @drqv.bsky.social. 🥳

The class is aimed at UvA PhDs and postdocs, building a community of visiting researchers and emerging talents in the field.

🔗More info & registration: tinyurl.com/bdd9drhb

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Kevin Pham @kdpham.bsky.social · Feb 14

Very honored to have received this great review of my new book:

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Kevin Pham: The architects of dignity: Vietnamese visions of decolonization - Contemporary Political Theory

Contemporary Political Theory -

link.springer.com

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 14

3️⃣ Ecology, sustainability & climate change (e.g., how to establish a just system of climate reparations?)

🔗Please read the full call on decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...

Call for New Seed Grants and Seed Grant Renewals from the Research Priority Area Decolonial Futures - Decolonial Futures

Call for New Seed Grants and Seed Grant Renewals from the Research Priority Area Decolonial Futures

decolonialfutures.uva.nl

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 14

2️⃣ Migrations, mobility & borders (e.g., how to account for the role of colonial histories
and neocolonial exploits in motivating and directing migratory movements and border control policies?)

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 14

1️⃣ Museums, archives & cultural practices (e.g., how to deal with demands to restitute art
objects acquired through colonial exploits and with contentious monuments?)

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 14

The call is open in terms of Decolonial research themes, but we particularly encourage submissions
which substantively speak to two of the three themes of the RPA ⬇️

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨 FUNDING AVAILABLE 🚨

Decolonial Futures opens a call for applications for seed grants up to €15.000, as wel as renewals for research teams that have received a seed grant in 2024.

📅 Applications close on March 31st, 2025.

🔗 More info: decolonialfutures.uva.nl/funding-call...

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Feb 6

We're proud to announce the first event in our Masterclass Series, featuring our visiting scholar @drqv.bsky.social. 🥳

The class is aimed at UvA PhDs and postdocs, building a community of visiting researchers and emerging talents in the field.

🔗More info & registration: tinyurl.com/bdd9drhb

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Decolonial Futures @decolonialfutures.bsky.social · Jan 23

📚 We welcome you to join our accompanying reading group, held on Monday, January 27th, from 15:00-18:00 at BuzzHouse (OMHP Humanities Venture Lab).

Please email @asliozgenh.bsky.social ([email protected]) / Jamil ([email protected]) to access the readings and to register for the seminar.

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