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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series | “Postcolonial Theory” with Speaker Julian Go

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Location
Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Date
Nov 11, 2025   5:15 - 6:45 pm  
Speaker
Julian Go (Sociology, University of Chicago)
Contact
D. F. Ruggles
E-Mail
dfr1@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

Julian Go (Sociology, University of Chicago)  

  • Edward Said. 1978. Orientalism, pp. 1-28, 31-49, 53-68, 76-81, 86-87, 92-110, 149-157, 201-209, 221-225, 284-296, 320-328
  • Leela Gandhi. 1998. Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction, pp. 1-22 (Ch. 1 “After Colonialism”)
  • Dipesh Chakrabarty. 2000. Provincializing Europe, pp. 3-26 (“Introduction”)
  • Julian Go. 2023. “Thinking against empire: Anticolonial thought as social theory,” British Journal of Sociology (open access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.12993)
  • Julian Go. 2024. Policing Empires: Militarization, Race, and the Imperial Boomerang in Britain and the United States pp. 1-30 (“Introduction”)
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