International research network on postcolonial print cultures

The network brings together postcolonial print culture scholars working in the fields of postcolonial studies, book history, print cultures and digital humanities – who are interested in the production, circulation, and consumption of print as an agent in social, cultural, and political life. Postcolonial print cultures and the multifaceted, multilingual (and long neglected) archives explored by scholars in the field are fascinating to examine because they have been instrumental to the development of literary cultures in the Global South, often represented sites of North-South and South-South cultural transfers and transnational exchanges, acted as testing grounds for political and aesthetical radicalism, and help us rethink the notions of genre, and the frontiers of the literary field itself.

Supporting mechanism: International Research Network

Active dates: 2023-2027

Full listing of partner institutions:

Centre for Studies in Social Sciences

CNRS

Jadavpur University

New York University

Newcastle University

NYU-Abu Dhabi

University of Chicago

University of the Witwatersrand