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Nelson Maldonado-Torres: “Decoloniality and Decolonial Thinking: From Theory to Praxis”

Nelson Maldonado-Torres: “Decoloniality and Decolonial Thinking: From Theory to Praxis”

Feb 7, 2024
2:00PM
– 3:30PM
226 Burrowes

Nelson Maldonado-Torres is professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, Professor Extraordinarious at the University of South Africa, and Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. A former president of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, he cochairs the Frantz Fanon Foundation with its founder, Mireille Fanon Mendès France, and is a senior associate of the Sowetobased Blackhouse Kollective. His recent publications include the co-edited book Decolonial Feminism in Abya Yala: Caribbean, Meso, and South-American Contributions and Challenges (2022).

A pre-talk meet and greet will begin at 2:00 p.m. and will include snacks and refreshments.

The talk, ‘Decoloniality and Decolonial Thinking: From Theory to Praxis,’ will begin at 2:30 p.m. and will be a 20-25 presentation followed by a Q&A session.

This visit to PSU is jointly organized with the Department of African Studies.

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