Postcolonial and Global Studies Research Group (PGSRG)

Description

The Postcolonial and Global Studies Research Group (PGSRG) at NTU builds on the work of our Postcolonial Studies Centre (established in 2000) and is a leading international hub for critical thought around the legacies of social disenfranchisement, global inequalities, colonialism, and neo-colonialism. Researchers address the potential for global, postcolonial and decolonial thought and practice to contest marginality and social exclusion. The PGSRG founded the Changing Wor(l)ds Partnership which works with publishers, writers’ agencies, activist groups, and literary and cultural organisations to create a platform for dissenting and disenfranchised voices. The underpinning research of all members contributes to the shape of this network, which actively seeks collaboration between scholars, cultural activists, and practitioners.

The Research Group aims to lead and support work on global justice and decolonisation, and is committed to engaging with diverse public audiences; its Changing Wor(l)ds Partnership, its Formations programme in collaboration with the Bonington Gallery, and literary events and festivals have been a forum for this in recent years. Activities have included writing events, workshops, conferences, film screenings and directors in conversation series, festivals, and events with artists. Guest speakers and workshop facilitators for events led by the research group have included the novelists Bernardine Evaristo (Booker Prize winner), Abdulrazak Gurnah, Kamila Shamsie, Sharankumar Limbale, Ajay Navaria, Urmila Pawar, Des Raj Kali, Cho. Dharman, Shamim Sarif, Okechukwu Nzelu, Pete Kalu; poets Kalyani Thakur Charal, Jacinta Kerketta, Jameela Nishat and Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy; filmmakers Destiny Ekaragha, Cass Pennant, Perivi Katjavivi, Jayan K. Cherian and Seral Murmu; and the artists Osheen Siva and Subash Thebe Limbu.

The PGSRG is led by the NTU English department and has staff members and doctoral candidates working across all NTU departments in the Arts and Humanities, as well as Arts and Design, and Architecture, Design and the Built Environment. Many of its postgraduate researcher members are supported by AHRC M4C (Midlands Four Cities) doctoral research funding, by NTU PhD Studentship bursaries, or by international funding. The Research Group runs interdisciplinary research and literary events, makes available online materials through its website and researchers’ project sites, and welcomes associate members including those outside academia seeking a research support network. The Research Group is defined by a community of scholars who work across a range of disciplinary and cultural contexts to extend the fields of Postcolonial and Global Studies.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2000

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University affiliation(s)

Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham

Additional Partnerships

The Group is part of the newly created larger centre: Centre for Research in Literature Linguistics and Culture https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/centres/centre-for-research-in-literature,-linguistics-and-culture