Journée d’étude accueillie au CEFRES et co-organisée par Dilnur REYHAN, Shaivya MISHRA et Zbyněk MUCHA (Institut d’études orientales, Académie tchèque des sciences).
Dates et lieux : 17 septembre au CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
18 septembre à l’Institut des études orientales, AV ČR,Pod Vodárenskou věží 4, Prague 8
Langue : anglais
Veuillez noter que l’inscription est obligatoire pour participer à la conférence.
Pour le 17 septembre, merci de vous inscrire via : cefres@cefres.cz
Pour le 18 septembre, merci d’écrire à : reyhan@orient.cas.cz ; mucha@orient.cas.cz
Résumé
The workshop explores the plurality of colonial legacies in contemporary societies by bringing into dialogue perspectives on postcoloniality, decolonisation, and anticolonialism from non-Western contexts. It aims to foster comparative and interdisciplinary discussion on colonial continuities, transformations, and resistances across regions and historical settings.
The event builds on the organisers’ research on anti-colonial movements in British India, postcolonial migration governance in Bangladesh, and Chinese colonialism in East Turkestan and decolonial movements in Eurasia. It is envisioned as a focused, discussion-oriented workshop.
Voir l’appel à contributions ouvert à vos propositions jusqu’au 31 juillet 2026.
Programme le 17 septembre
CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
9 h – 9h30 Inscription
9h30–9h45 Mot d’accueil
Session 1
Chair: Zbynek Mucha (Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences) Q&A included
9h45 – 10h30 Shaivya MISHRA, Senior Researcher at the Oriental Institute
The Case of Exploding Coconuts: Anti-colonial Violence, and Technology in Twentieth Century British India
10h30 – 11h10 Dilnur REYHAN, Senior Researcher at the Oriental Institute
“YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW”: Where is colonization, there is resistance : Uyghur Anticolonial Resistance
11h10 – 11h20 Pause café
11h20 – 12h00 Gavin HERBERTSON, Assistant professor at the SWPS University
Polycoloniality: Envisioning Plurality for a Second-Wave Postcolonialism
12 h – 14 h Déjeuner
Session 2
Chair: Dilnur Reyhan / Shaivya Mishra (Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences) Q&A included
14 h – 14h40 Zbynek MUCHA, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Oriental Institute
Emotional, Irrational and Helpless Migrants? Discourses on Irregular and Low-Skilled Migration from Bangladesh
14h40 – 15h10 Aizhamal MURATALIEVA, Corvinus University of Budapest
Authentic “Kyrgyz” vs. Russified “Kirghiz”: The Postcolonial Identities of Female Migrants from Kyrgyzstan to Russia
15h10 – 15h20 Pause café
15h20 – 16 h Aung KYAW MIN, PhD Candidate-Charles University The Asian Socialist Conference and the Idea of Anti-Colonialism
16 h Conclusion
Programme le 18 septembre
Salle 44, Oriental Institute, Prague (Pod Vodárenskou věží 1143, 182 00 Praha 8-Libeň)
9 h – 9h30 Inscription
9h30–9h45 Mot d’accueil
Session 1 Decolonizing Arts in Central Asia
Chair: TBA (Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences) Q&A incluses
9h45 – 10h30 Botagoz KOILYBAYEVA, PhD candidate, Charles University
Towards Decolonial World-making: The Poetics and Politics of Saodat Ismailova’s Worlds
10h30 – 11h10 Karina GAIBULINA, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Politics of the Visibilities Postcolonial Art from Central Asia
11h10 – 11h20 Pause café
Session 2 – Contested Memories and Decolonization of the Past
Chair: Zbynek Mucha (Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences) Q&A incluses
11h20 – 12 h Emina ZOLETIĆ, PhD candidate, University of Warsaw
Intergenerational Memory, Moral Obligation, and Politics of Silences: From Bosnian Diaspora to Palestine
12 h – 12h40 Azim MALIKOV, Assistant professor, Palacky University
The Curse of Timur: Decolonising Soviet Historical Memory in Contemporary Uzbekistan
12h40 – 14 h Déjeuner
Session 3 – Russia and China – Postcolonial or Colonial Nation States ?
Chair: Dilnur Reyhan (Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
14 h – 14h40 Rinat MUKHAMETOV, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki
“Russian Jihad” and National Islamism: Muslim Communities of the North Caucasus during the Russian-Ukrainian War
14h40 – 15h10 Vadim SIDOROV, PhD candidate, Charles University
Beyond Overseas Colonialism: Russian and Chinese State-Nation Models in Comparative Postcolonial Perspective
15h10 Conclusion