Postcolonial Space

This is an adapted version of my YouTube webinar on Postcolonialism and postmodernism.

This episodes offers a discussion of Chandra Mohanty's book Introduction.

Adapted from my YouTube channel, this episode provides a discussion of Postcolonialism as explained by Robert Young.

This episode has been adapted from a live Youtube webinar and includes my discussion of the novel as well a question answer session at the end.

Abeng (A Novel) | Michelle Cliff | Postcolonialism | Jamaican Writers Description from Wikipedia: Abeng (Ä běng) is a novel related to Maroons, published in 1984 by Michelle Cliff. It is a semi-fictional autobiographical novel about a mixed-race Jamaican girl named Clare Savage growing up in the 1950s. It explores the historical repression resulting from British imperialism in Jamaica. Facts regar...

Amos Tutuola: The Palm-Wine Drinkard | Nigerian Writers | Postcolonialism This is abrief introduction to the first English Language African novel to be published outside of Africa: Amos Tutuola's The Palm Wine Drinkard (1952). I mostly talk about the plot structure and the sue of Yoruba folktales by the author.  Amos Tutuola. "The Palm-Wine Drinkard." https://amzn.to/2VYzk6A Description on Amazon:...

How to Choose a Dissertation Topic?| Humanities Research| Dissertation Writing| Literary Studies In this video I briefly explain the process along with a few practical tips to choose a dissertation topic in humanities and literary studies.

6 Ways of Thinking about Publishing in Humanities| Academic Publishing| Scholarly Writing In this video i briefly discuss six things to keep in mind in deciding your personal philosophy of publishing in the humanities.  Full Pamphlet on Publishing on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HQMYEy

What are Microaggressions and How to Avoid them?| Workplace Microaggressions|Fix Your Office Climate In this video I briefly discuss workplace microaggressions within the context of academia and try to answer the question as to what are microaggressions and how to avoid them. This knwoledge is necessary to fix your office climate and to make it more humane and just and safe. I rely on the research...

This is a brief introduction to Fatima Mernissi's book "Women and Islam: An Historical and Theological Enquiry." I find this book to be one of the most significant works about women's rights in the Muslim world. View a talk by Fatima Mernissi here: https://youtu.be/eyZ1HlX1lxkNadvi, Akram. "Al-Muhaddithat.: (https://archive.org/details/AlMuhaddi...)

This is a brief discussion of Marxism as an ultimate cure for all forms of religious fundamentalisms.

This is a brief reading of the beginning of Tilism Hoshruba in Urdu.

This is my brief introduction to the 8000 page Urdu epic from 19th century India.

Summary and Analysis: The Dragon Can't Dance By Earl Lovelace| Caribbean Writers| Postcolonialism Earl Lovelace’s The Dragon Can’t Dance is one of the finest Postcolonial novels set in the postcolonial Trinidad. Lovelace, in my opinion, is a chronicler of the Afro-Trinidadian culture and traditions, just as V. S. Naipual, another Trinidadian author, mostly represents the Indo-Trinidadian aspects o...

In this episode I discuss the struggle against oppressive and ideological systems, especially in trying not to become part of the system. I use my experience as a military officer and as an academic to explore these issues.   Further Reading: James C. Scott. "Anarchist Calisthenics" https://harpers.org/archive/2012/12/anarchist-calisthenics/

Some Takeaways from Online Teaching During COVID 19  In this episode  I share some of the lessons learned while teaching online during the COVID 19 pandemic. Please feel free to share the teaching strategies that worked for you. In my case my campus closed in march and we had to stay home and teach from home. I used my YouTube channel as a resource and also live-streamed my lectures. I think we al...

This is a brief conversation with Dr. Zia Ahmed,  Professor of literature at Government Emerson College, Multan, Pakistan. Please also check out Dr. Zia's videos at his YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrSS5dXpmxr38dAS4XMWQg

This is included in my series on conversations with various scholars and teaches about their work of teaching during the COVID 19 pandemic.  Dr. Naila Sahar did her PhD as a Fulbright scholar at State University of New York, Buffalo in the department of English. The topic of her PhD dissertation is Reimagining Muslim women: Gendered Religious Life and Resistance in the age of Islamophobia. Her res...

Al Muhaddithat: Women Scholars in Islam by Akram Nadvi| Brief Introduction to the Book This is just a brief introduction to the book so that those interested can read it. I have not tried to explain the book in any way.   Read at archive.org: LINK 

In this episode I discuss the importance of coffeehouses as progressive spiritual places.

In this breif episode I dosucss Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart from a postcolonial perspective.

Althusser: Repressive and Ideological State Apparatuses | Ideology Althusser: Repressive and Ideological State Apparatuses | Ideology This is a brief discussion of  Althusser’s famous essay on ideological and repressive state apparatuses with a detailed discussion of ideology.   Please listen to the lecture  after you have read the essay itself. The Essay is often anthologized and can also be foun...

God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane | Senegalese Writers | Postcolonialism This is brief introduction to Sembene Ousmane's 1960 novel "God's Bits of Wood", which was originally published in French and later translated into English. The novel captures the story of Dakar railway strike of 1947-48 Sembene, Ousmane. "God's Bits of Wood." https://amzn.to/3iQ4IxV  Resources: Dakar Railway Strike: http...

Qurratulain Hyder: River of Fire | Novel Summary | Postcolonialism  This is abrief introduction to Qurratulain Hyder's novel Aag ka Darya, which she published in 1959. She later also translated (She called it a transcreation) it into English with the title "River of Fire." Here I introduce the English version of River of Fire to a general audience of readers. She is also considered an important In...

Efuru (a Novel) | Flora Nwapa | Postcolonialism | Nigerian Writers Published in 1966, Efuru was the first major English novel published by a female Nigerian author. In this brief video I introduce the novel and also share some ideas about the best way of reading, understanding, and teaching it. What is Postcolonialism: Since I claim to be a postcolonialism scholar, I think it is apt to include a b...