The inadequacy of political orthodoxy to chart a course away from climate catastrophe has never been clearer, and the failures of our political hegemonies stop far from there. Since the financial crash of 2008, the Global North has seen an illiberal turn that suggests rather than moving beyond the antagonisms of racism, bigotry, and class society, these divisions will be doubled down upon to the misery and destitution of the great majority of people.

This day-long event will showcase how the theme and practice of resistance (resistance to socio-political injustice, hegemony, inertia, oppression and exclusion) is explored across the Arts and Humanities. The day will be divided into two parts with an intervening lunch/networking break, and attendees are welcome to stay for as long as they want or are able.

The day will kick off at 10:00 with a lecture and Q+A delivered by renowned essayist and poet Cynthia Cruz, whose most recent book The Melancholia of Class cemented her as one of the most insightful voices on the topic of ‘Resistance Today’. We will then have a series of 10-15 minute presentations delivered by researchers from across the College of Arts, with a networking break.

To round off the day, the SRC's Postgraduate College Convenor (Arts) Kevin Leomo will present on decolonisation in the context of the academy and PGR work, before we have a roundtable discussion on the question of how we should practice political resistance as PGRs at Glasgow, especially within the context of the recent strikes in higher education.

Since the event is designed to give researchers from across the College of Arts the chance to become acquainted, attendees are more than welcome to participate in a potluck and contribute food for the lunch break, as long as they are mindful of potential allergies.

PROGRAMME

10:00-11:30

Talk and Q+A with Cynthia Cruz

11:30-12:30

Misha Campello Gramelius – Feminist Translation Studies: Clarice Lispector’s [Dis]Placement in English

Ailbhe Nic Thoirealaigh – Revoicing lost narratives – Reconceptualising archaeological practice from a multitemporal perspective

Jonas Alexander Thoreson - Culture of Resistance: The Scottish Proletarian Public Sphere of Red Clydeside

12:30-13:30

Networking break

13:30-14:30

Alyssa Terese Osiecki – Hear Us Now: Reimagining the Survivor Narrative Through Documentary Theatre Methods.

Ana Mazza – The Fourth World: Resisting Poverty in Urban Nigeria

Shruti Shukla - TBC

14:30-15:30

William Taylor - 'Hyperplastic': Bio-symbolic Reprogramming and Xenophilia as a Practice of Resistance in David Roden's Snuff Memories

Huw Williams – Clash of the Hyperobjects: Exploring scale and resisting anthropocentrism in McCarthy's Blood Meridian

Laura Scott – The Role of Voice in the Fiction of Leila Aboulela

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-17:00

Kevin Leomo on decolonisation, and closing roundtable discussion