Cluster participants are sitting at a round table in the light-filled Place of Many Trees. There is screen projection with the UBC Global History of Anticolonial Thought website on it.
September 28, 2024

On 16th September 2024 at the Place of Many Trees, our cluster kick-off meeting and lunch offered an opportunity for members and collaborators to meet and hear about research and ongoing projects. 

The image depicts cluster members and collaborators sitting around a table. From left to right are Jeffrey Byrne, Hasan Siddiqui, Anna Jurkevics, Shoufu Yin, Renisa Mawani and Bruce Baum.
Left to right: Jeffrey Byrne, Hasan Siddiqui, Anna Jurkevics, Shoufu Yin, Renisa Mawani and Bruce Baum.

The event began with introductory notes by Barbara Arneil on the "colonial" followed by Nazmul Sultan on the "global" — two conceptions that animate the cluster's focus and that remain of interdisciplinary relevance to the cluster leads and participants. These notes were followed by a robust dialogue on the tensions and future directions of the current conceptions of these capacious terms. 

Barbara Arneil is offering her introductory remarks on the "colonial." She is sitting at the table and wearing a pink scarf.
Barbara Arneil offering introductory remarks on the "colonial."
From left to right, John Roosa, Jeffrey Byrne, and Hasan Siddiqui are standing and smiling. They are eating lunch and talking to each other.
Left to right: John Roosa, Jeffrey Byrne, and Hasan Siddiqui.

The event ended with administrative updates and the launch of the Cluster website which will serve as a hub to coordinate events, support future collaborations, and develop research resources.

Photo credits: Julia Greening

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that our research cluster and the University of British Columbia's Point Grey campus are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

Global History of Anticolonial Thought

The University of British Columbia
2329 West Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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