Dear EPSA, Would you be able to forward the email below to your email list? A Decolonial Moment in European & EU Studies Wednesday 31 May 2023 10:00am to 5.00pm European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science The Marshall Building, MAR.1.08 IN-PERSON PUBLIC EVENT Today’s Europe is a result of the imperial projects of its colonial past. Yet, the acknowledgement of its colonial conquests, dispossession, and enslavement rarely finds a place in contemporary European and European Union (EU) Studies. Subsequent legacies of colonialism continue to permeate European societies, economies and Europe’s relations with the world. They are often overlooked by the European history, philosophy, politics, economy, law, and EU integration studies. Featuring Professor Gurminder K Bhambra’s keynote address on ‘Towards a Decolonial Europe,’ this all-day event will explore the connections between decolonial thinking and Europe. It will discuss the varieties of colonialisms that need to be addressed in European studies. For decolonial thinkers, European modernity is grounded in colonial domination that has been part of European history for more than half a millennium. It cannot be fully understood without the perspectives of those ignored and unrecognised by historiography and theory. The decolonial moment in European & EU Studies places the silenced histories of colonialism, racialisation, hierarchies, and exclusions at the centre of our understanding of the European present. The event will consider how European Studies can look beyond Europe historically and geographically, and to look beyond Eurocentrism philosophically, materially, politically, and culturally to produce a more accurate and inclusive social science. More about this event Here are the links to the main event page<https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/BE/BE-Events/A-Decolonial-Moment/A-Decolonial-Moment-in-European-and-EU-Studies>, here is the event programme<https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/BE/BE-Events/A-Decolonial-Moment/Programme>, and registration page<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-decolonial-moment-in-european-eu-studies-tickets-629453039987> This event is part of the European Institute's Beyond Eurocentrism Programme<https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/BE/Beyond-Eurocentrism-Programme>. The Beyond Eurocentrism programme aims to explore how the shape and shaping of Europe – its political-economy, its political policy making, or its political culture – needs to be rethought in a time of the exhaustion of Eurocentrism. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEEurocentrism If you would like to attend this event via Zoom, please email c.e.ennis@lse.ac.uk We look forward to seeing you at the LSE European Institute on Wednesday 31 May. Best regards, Eva -- Dr Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi LSE Fellow in European Politics | European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street | London WC2A 2AE E: e.polonska-kimunguyi@lse.ac.uk www.lse.ac.uk/ei<http://www.lse.ac.uk/ei> [cid:56b98b46-ed67-4059-8df7-73a9dc403176] [cid:76413e4d-86d1-48b1-99c7-8e152676b144][cid:4b7b92af-8dfc-40c5-a1fc-25eebc68a746][cid:a5634cce-eee1-48b6-94ec-e75b601b9c50][cid:08eaac40-b921-4d95-8092-f562b653c956][cid:00dd0fe0-6b6a-4c47-b0bd-68081c969c03] <https://www.instagram.com/lseeuropeaninstitute/><https://www.flickr.com/photos/lseinpictures/>