Sovereignty and Its Discontents (SAID) is an interdisciplinary workshop that centers around emerging critical and historical scholarship in International Relations and Politics. The purpose of the workshop is to promote rich theoretical discussions on the limits and subjectivities of sovereignty through perspectives of political, racial, gendered, and historical ideas and practices.
Our sessions will be on Wednesdays (Week 1,3,5,7) beginning on 29/4/2026 from 4-6PM at Seminar Room B, Manor Road Building. In week 1, Dr. Ajay Parasram from Dalhousie University will present on "Cosmological Sovereignty: Nova Scotian Missionaries, Colonial "Improvement" and Imperial Patriarchy in 19th century Trinidad.”
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Please feel free to reach out to Shubhankar (shubhankar.kashyap@politics.ox.ac.uk) or Malin (malin.bornemann@politics.ox.ac.uk) for any queries.
