Come and join the conversation about Modern Languages at Newcastle and decolonising the curriculum. How have we all got here? What work is already going on, and what do we need to do next? Help shape the future of what and how we learn and teach.
Catherine Gilbert works on postcolonial African literatures and cultures, with a particular focus on cultural memory, trauma and narrative. She has recently joined Newcastle from the University of Ghent, where she worked as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow on Genocide Commemoration in the Rwandan Diaspora.
Patricia Oliart is particularly interested in urban youth cultures and activism. Her current research integrates the analysis of cultural production and practices among youth collectives with theories of social change and political subjectivities, performance studies and youth studies.
Michael Tsang works on postcolonial and world literatures, especially in China, Hong Kong and Japan. His current project, 'World Literature and 20th Century East Asia' investigates how political, economic and cultural contact with the West helped revolutionise a literary culture in 20th-century Japan and China. He is also a steering group member for the Postcolonial Research Group.
