Join us for an afternoon where we hear from student colleagues examining themes ranging from migration and belonging to coloniality and compassion in the context of decolonising knowledge, theories and practices.

Tuesday 11 March, 1-2 pm, ONLINE on Microsoft Teams, LINK HERE
 Free but requires registration! Please promote in your networks.

1. Nafisa Baba- Ahmed:- Collaborating Over Power: My Decolonising Journey in Writing and Research

Nafisa will be reflecting on her journey toward becoming a more compassionate researcher through her work on the Awarding Gap project, and the process of completing her PhD. Her approach to decolonising and development initiatives has shifted more towards collaboration over power—recognising and valuing the work already being done at the grassroots level rather than imposing external frameworks. Her talk will explore how this shift in perspective has shaped her understanding of decolonisation in institutional settings and the responsibilities researchers hold in ensuring their work is not extractive but genuinely transformative.

2. Jack Shiers:- Decolonising Theory: Internal Coloniality

Jack’s paper relates to ‘internal coloniality’, a theoretical revision of ‘internal colonialism’. Applied by social scientists to diverse international contexts, internal colonialism refers to the domination – political, economic, cultural, linguistic – of peripheral regions by the central political power of the nation-state. However, in implicating semantics of colonialism proper, the theory exposes inherent tensions when applied to western European contexts, as the traditional roles of ‘coloniser’ and ‘colonised’ become increasingly fluid.

3. Perline Walsh and Ashley Pfeifer: What is LU STAR (Student Action for Refugees)?

We are a group of students at Lancaster University, and we look forward to talking to you about what we do to support issues relating asylum seekers and refugees. This includes the volunteering we do in town, our weekly events on campus, fundraising events, opportunities for you to join upcoming events, and highlighting the importance of getting involved with this community.

 Tuesday 11 March, 1-2 pm, ONLINE on Microsoft Teams, LINK HERE