Unhinging the National Framework:  Perspectives on Transnational Life-Writing

On Friday, 8 December, 2017, the symposium Unhinging the National Framework:  Perspectives on Transnational Life-Writing will be held at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Keynote speakers:
Prof. dr. Ciraj Rassool (University of Western Cape): Rethinking Biography from South Africa: Implications for Transnational Life-Writing
Prof. dr. Anthony Bogues (Brown University): CLR James: A Radical 20th Century Life.

Lectures:
Dr. Barbara Henkes (Groningen University): Doing and Un-doing European-ness in Transnational Life-Writing
Dr. Marijke Huisman (Utrecht University): Booker T. Washington and Up from Slavery: Afterlife in a Dutch Colonial Context.

In addition there will be a panel discussion about the state of the art in the field of transnational life-writing. Members of the panel: Prof. dr. Mineke Bosch (Groningen University) (chair), Prof. dr. Elisabeth Bekers (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Prof. dr. Gabriele Linke (Rostock University), Dr. Floris Meens (Radboud University Nijmegen). Members of the expert group on transnational life-writing will present their work in pitches and poster presentations

Time and place: 09.30 – 15.00, VU main building, 4A33

Registration is free of charge. Please register by sending a message to b.boter@vu.nl.