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This podcast is a recording of a roundtable hosted at the 2020 Annual Conference of Millennium: Journal of International Studies - 'Entanglements and Detachments in World Politics'.

Disordering “The Intimacies of Four Continents”: A Reading Group

Chair: Meera Sabaratnam
Participants: Rahul Rao, Joe Hoover, Paul Kirby, Nivi Manchanda, Charmaine Chua, Srdjan Vucetic

Abstract

This panel brings together members of the collective blog The Disorder of Things to read and comment on Lisa Lowe’s book The Intimacies of Four Continents. Centrally concerned with the nature of historical entanglements, Lowe’s work locates what has been understood as liberal humanism within the matrix of empire, racial hierarchies and interconnectedness that transformed the world in recent centuries. The contributors to this round table will read the book and discuss its general arguments plus the specific contributions of each chapter, as well as reflecting on how the methods, analysis and conclusions of Lowe’s book may contribute to shifting our understanding of the international and future directions for research. Audience members are also encouraged to read and participate in the discussion. The panel aims to record the discussion to publish as a podcast on The Disorder of Things blog.

This is a recording of a keynote address given on March 16th 2017 at the AFK-EUPRA Joint Conference by Meera Sabaratnam, entitled 'Decolonising Peace and Conflict Studies'. The text notes are available at The Disorder of Things.

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