The Question of Intersectionality
10.00-12.00
Aula D3 Artemisia, third floor Palazzo di Lettere
Via San Francesco, 22 - Verona


PoliTeSse will welcome Professor Sabrina Marchetti for the seminar "The Question of Intersectionality". In this seminar the debate around the notion of intersectionality will be underscored in all its complexity and multifaceted layers. We will first attempt a reconstruction of the genealogy of the concept and of its reach, both inside and outside of the academic environment. We |... ->

Introduction to Postcolonial Studies
16.00-18.00
Aula D3 Artemisia, third floor Palazzo di Lettere
Via San Francesco, 22 - Verona


PoliTeSse will welcome Professor Sandra Ponzanesi (Utrecht University) for the seminar "Introduction to Postcolonial Studies". In this seminar we will make an overview of the field of postcolonial studies, which has been booming since the 1980s. What are the origins, major figures and concepts, debates and disputes of the field and where are we now? Do we still need postcolonial theory? |... ->

Port* Apert* - Open Doors - Talks, conferences and seminars
University of Verona and City of Verona
first semester 2019-2020


The PolitTeSse Research Centre presents Port* Apert* (“Open Doors”), a series of seminars, talks and conferences spread over the course of the 2018-2019 academic session that we hope will be enjoyed by both an academic audience and the wider public.
Experts, authors and researchers will present and discuss research and publications that examine various aspec|... ->