Decolonizing Methodologies and Approaches: The Modern Languages Perspective

Contributors: Prof David Murphy (University of Strathclyde), Prof Edward Welch (University of Aberdeen) and Prof Nadia Kiwan (University of Aberdeen)

This workshop will explore how work in Modern Languages engages with current debates on decolonizing academic research and practice. It will consider the contribution of Modern Languages to date, in terms of the critical and theoretical paradigms developed within its disciplines, and what further questions need to be asked. In particular, it will explore what it might mean to decolonize research methodologies in Modern Languages, from the formulation of research questions to the use and critical interrogation of archives.

Contact for inquiries: sharon.deane-cox@strath.ac.uk