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Saturday, February 4, 2023

Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland - Interdisciplinary conference on Africa in Ireland: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (April 2023)

Title:
CFP Africa in Ireland: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 
 
Hosted by: 
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
 
Focus:
This conference aims to address the historical presence of Africans and the Black diaspora in the past, present, and future on the island of Ireland. It will critically engage with this presence and the convergences of Irish-African cultural, political and religious relationships and connections. How does the presence of African-descended people in Ireland disrupt the notion of Irish monoraciality? How should we theoretically address issues of race in the defining of Irish national identity in light of historical and contemporary Black Irish identities? What is the nature of the relationship between Africa and the African Diaspora in Ireland? What remains of Ireland’s soft religious colonialism and the mission project? How did Ireland’s postcoloniality align with pre- and post-independence subjugated African nations?
 
Location:
Queen's University Belfast
 
Date(s):
28-29 April 2023
 
Time:
09:00 - 16:00
 
Price:
Free 
 
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