Please join us in HM 347
for the English and Languages Colloquium
on Postcolonialism and The Global South April 28th & 30 th from 11 am-12:15pm and
May 5th from 11:30 am to 2 pm. The members of the ENG 4553/5983
World Literature Seminar have been working hard developing these original
research projects. Please plan to attend one or all three days of
presentations. Refreshments will be provided. Please contact rnichlsn@ecok.edu for more information.
Tuesday,
April 28
Language,
Mimicry, and Global English
“Say Whatcha Need to Say: How Postcolonial
Literature Utilizes English without Losing Culture” Jaime Worden
“Holding Grudges: The Consequences of
Resistance to English as a Global Language” Devin
Martinez
“A Stiff Dichotomy: Mimics and Apathetics
as Interpreted by V.S. Naipaul” Emily
Davis
The
Past is Always With Us: Contemporary Native Perspectives
“Postcolonialism and Hawaii” Tori Watson
“Perseverance Over Conflict: An Annotated
History of the Chickasaw Nation” Mark
Byers
Thursday,
April 30
Pop
Culture and Postcolonial Representations
“Introductions: Culture through
Documentary” Brittany Schooling
“Feathered Films: The (Miss) Representation of
Peter Pan’s Tiger Lily” Cayla Odom
“The Antihero as Voice of the Subaltern” Jason Lightle
Case
Studies: Missionaries and International Prison Systems
“Misuse of Funds in the Prison Systems &
Recidivism Prevention in America and Nigeria” Tarra Ward
“The Great Commission: Jesus’s Final
Command and its impact on Christian Missions and Native Culture”
Jesse
Wright
Tuesday,
May 5
Case
Studies II: Violence and Famine
“Postcolonialism and the Heritage of
Ethnic Minority Violence” Chris Steer
“Famine and Frustration: The Postcolonial
Origins of Somalia’s Food Crisis” Desarae
Hall
Chimamanda
Adichie
“Read as I say, not as I write: Readings
of Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun” Janne Ruhnke
“The Progression of Feminism” Amanda Lampkin
“Gender is not my only role: How Gender
Stereotypes are a Single Story” Jessica
Russell
“Adichie and Contemporary African Models
of Women in Dating, Marriage, and Family”
Anna Talkington
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