*Please share with your networks 📣* Are you a PGR interested in Postcolonial Studies? Are you interested in gaining experience in a director role? We want to hear from you! The NVPoco network will need a new director for the coming academic year. (1/2)

At the @nvpoco.bsky.social American Dreams/Nightmares symposium last week, I linked 'genre sovereignty' in film/TV to other things, incl. music. The Firekeepers Alliance (& this fest moving to Blackfeet country) is metal & 'genre sovereignty' in action: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Last, but certainly not least, the keynote for the in-person conference day will feature Dr Christopher Lloyd (University of Hertfordshire), @elsadevienne.bsky.social (Northumbria University), Dr Mike Collins (KCL)...

Introducing the “American Dream/American Nightmare” conference speakers! Our second roundtable of the in-person day is on the theme “The American Gothic, Weird Fiction, and Bodily Horror” and will feature Dr Jimmy Packham (University of Birmingham), Dr Juha Virtanen (University of Kent)...

Introducing the “American Dream/American Nightmare” conference speakers! Our first panel of the in-person day is on the theme of “Two-Spirit, Trans, and Drag Potentialities in the North American Context” and will feature Albert McLeod (Nisichawayasihk Cree)...

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our first panel of the in-person day is on the theme "Along State Lines: Nation and Nationalism, Borders, and Changing Territories/Landscapes" and will feature Dr Ananya Mishra (QMUL)...

We're excited to introduce the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference online day keynote! Dr Lucy Bond (University of Westminster) will be speaking on "Capitalising on the Past: Heritage, Industry, and the Environmental Racism in the American Gulf States"...

Thanks @claremmulroy @usatoday. In this age of #bookbans and #anti-DEI efforts, it's more important than ever to share our stories. That's how we change America for the better. #writers

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our final event of the day is a Conversation with Curtis Chin (@curtischin.bsky.social), author of "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant" (2023)...

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our third roundtable of the day is on "Indigenous Horror on Turtle Island" and will feature Dr Krista Collier-Jarvis (@lnuonhorror.bsky.social) and Tiffany Morris (@tiffmorris.bsky.social) .

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our second roundtable is on "Perspectives within "New" and "Emerging" Media" and will feature Prof John Wills (@drjohnwills.bsky.social ), Dr Stephen Morgan (@drsmorgan.com ), and Dr Sara Polak (@sarapolak.bsky.social )...

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our third panel of the day is on "The Body" and will feature Carla Abella Rodriquez (Universidad de Salamanca) and Anouk Hreman (University of Silesia)...

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our second panel of the day is on the theme "The American Dream/American Nightmare on Film" and will feature Upasana Sarangi (KIIT), Nick Berbiers (University of Kent) and Tweed (Native Spirit Film Festival)...

In addition to this fantastic conference, a related special issue of European Journal of American Culture has been announced. Presenters & attendees will be invited to submit an expression of interest to have their work featured. Deadline for abstracts: 31st July. More details: buff.ly/C9E66Fn

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our first panel of the day is on the theme "The Dystopia" and will feature Eptisum Laskar, Jacob Moose, Yifei Jing (Peking University), and Brittney Finley (University of Kent)...

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our first roundtable of the day is on the theme "Poetics of Resistane" and will feature Dr Kate Lewis-Hood (QMUL), Dr Rona Cran (University of Birmingham), and Dr Swati Rana (UCSB)....

My creative non-fiction piece, Making/Unmaking, written for @nvpoco.bsky.social is now available to read online for free! Bringing together themes of sustainability, ancestral connection across continents, regional practices, making and unmaking of cultural identity. www.yumpu.com/en/document/...

New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Network x University of Westminster present 'American Dream/American Nightmare' 💭 A two-day, hybrid conference on the fantastical & the horrific in a US context. Online - 3rd July In-person - 4th July

Meet the team behind the American Dream/American Nightmare Conference! ⬇️ 📩 [email protected] We're happy to answer any questions you may have 💫 Huge thank you to our funders! @ciscstudies.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @uniwestminster.bsky.social

Registration is now open to attend the "American Dream/American Nightmare" hybrid conference! 📣 🎟 Head to our website for more information and to secure your free ticket! newvoicespocostudies.wordpress.com/american-dre... 📍3rd July 2025 (Online) 📍4th July 2025 (In person)

It's officially out!!🎉 Yesterday evening we officially launched the New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! (and It's open access: www.yumpu.com/en/document/...)

We are beyond excited to share the official cover of New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! ☀️ ▶︎ The cover of this issue is painted by our talented artist Ángela Sandoval Uhthoff (You've also seen her brilliant work in our latest posts)

Finally, we'd like to introduce ourselves, Soph Harris-Nijmeijer and @juni-kvarving.bsky.social the editors of New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No.2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures" 💛

We're excited to present our 8th and final author in our series of posts on the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! ✨ ▶︎ To frame the magazine issue, we present an Introduction by Dr Matthew Whittle @drmattwhittle.bsky.social

We're happy to present our seventh title and author in our series of posts on the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! 🔆 ▶︎ "Speculative Thinking: Exploring Methodological Possibilities of Resistance" by @sulagnabasu.bsky.social

We're very happy to introduce our sixth titles and author in our series of posts on the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! ⭐ Presenting ▶︎ "Red, White, and Blue" and "How Do the Stars Align This Way" by George Harris

We're very excited to introduce our fifth titles and author in our series of posts on the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! ⚡ ▶︎ Presenting "Carving Oneself Out" and "Dream En Abya Yala" by Alan Palacios

We're very happy to announce our fourth title and author in our series of posts on the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! ☀️ ▶︎ Introducing "Making/Unmaking" by Durre Shahwar @durreshahwar.bsky.social

We're very pleased to announce our third title and co-authors in our series of posts on the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! ✨

We're thrilled to announce the second title and author in a series of posts om the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! 💫

We're excited to announce the first title and author in a series of posts on the contributions to New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine No. 2: "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"! 🌟

The next session in our seminar series "Thinking the (Im)possibility of (Liberatory) Ecological Alternatives" will be at 16:00 GMT on Wednesday 14th May! 🎉 This seminar was rescheduled from the end of 2024 and will be in the form of an interactive workshop!! .....

We're delighted to announce the launch of the latest issue of of New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine edited by Soph Harris-Nijmeijer and Juni Kvarving (@juni-kvarving.bsky.social) on the theme of "Imagining Postcolonial Futures"!

Hello hello! Starting to make our way over here to escape the other place. Follow to keep up with our latest events and publications! Posting some of our ongoing projects above ☝️