Discussing Decolonisation 2024/25 Summer Finale: Building the Movement

Dedicated to building the decolonising movement in and beyond HE, our 2024/25 summer finale event will take place on campus and online from 10am until 5pm on Wednesday 2nd July (see the event schedule below for hybrid options).

The day will include an in-person workshop, hybrid panel discussion and livestreamed keynote by Dr Leon Moosavi (University of Liverpool), as well as plenty of time for networking, refreshments, and collective thinking and discussion. The event is free and open to all.

Please find the event schedule below, and see our Event Programme (PDF) for more information, including abstracts and bios for all sessions.

Event schedule: 

10.00–10.15: Arrivals and coffee 

10.15–10.30: Opening remarks from series co-conveners, Lucy Potter and Dr Laura Key [IN-PERSON ONLY]

10.30–12.15: Session 1 – ‘To Decolonise or not to Decolonise? Exploring Questions of Anti-colonialism and Anti-racism in Higher Education’: In-person workshop with Dr Sunita Abraham (Lancaster) and Dr Leon Moosavi (Liverpool) [IN-PERSON ONLY]

12.15–13.00: Lunch (provided)

13.00–15.00: Session 2 – ‘Discussing Decolonisation with PGR Collectives’: Hybrid panel discussion on building inclusive, anti-racist, decolonial collectives as postgraduate researchers (PGRs) [HYBRID]

15.00–15.15: Comfort break 

15.15–16.45: Session 3 – ‘Decolonisation Under Attack: Pushback and Potential within Higher Education’: Livestreamed keynote from Dr Leon Moosavi (Liverpool) [HYBRID]

16.45–17.00: Refreshments and networking 

Bookings:

This event is free and open to all to attend, but bookings are required. Please book via Eventbrite as soon as possible, so that we can confirm numbers for catering. 

If you have any questions or requirements that we should know about in advance, please contact Dr Laura Key (l.key@yorksj.ac.uk) and/or Lucy Potter (l.potter@yorksj.ac.uk), co-conveners of the YSJ Discussing Decolonisation series.

Please note this event takes in person, in York, with hybrid sessions after lunch. Please book either for ‘in person’ or ‘online’ attendance, and let us know in advance if you need to change your ticket so that we can manage numbers for catering.

Photo credit: RMF Statue Removal, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2015 – Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 – Desmond Bowles