Philosophy lecturer at University of the Western Cape and PhD at Stellenbosch University. Thinks about race, ontology, neoliberalism and black consciousness.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined October 2011
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Article out in Social Dynamics @_SocDynamics, entitled, "between racial madness and neoliberal reason: metonymic contagion in apartheid biopower" as part of a special issue on apartheid and the unconscious.
Looking forward to hearing thoughts on it!
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Excited to share that our project on Black Radical Thought and Neoliberalism is coming to fruition at the @chr_flagship. Follow the link to see a call for abstracts for the workshop! chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/worksh…
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This year‘s Critical Theory Summer School is about to start. We are looking forward to a week full of interesting and thought-provoking debates on radical social transformation!
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/su…
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Issue 49.1 has just been published! Thank you to Ross Truscott, Maurits van Bever Donker, Derek Hook, @jbarnardnaude, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, John Mowitt, @musicsafrica, @kiashaaaa, Laura Moutinho, @AhmedVeriava, Rafael Verbuyst, and Bernard Dubbeld. tandfonline.com/toc/rsdy20/c…
Very excited for this!
The Other Universals consortium will be hosting a webinar, "Reconsidering Reparations" with Dr @OlufemiOTaiwo on 28 October 2022.
15:30 – 17:00 SAST
Register for the webinar: buff.ly/3MG1WdR
bit.ly/reconsideringreparati…
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Hi #writerscommunity! I write book and film reviews on my blog, amongst other things. Am just starting out on twitter now, it’s a little intimidating and I would love love love some support! Will follow for follow 🧚♀️💖#ShamelessSelfpromoSunday #writerslift a-lived-experience.com
It was a wonderful privilege to work as a research assistant to Prof Lalu on this book project in its final months. It's a fantastic read and extremely important, keep an eye out for publication in November!
The CHR warmly congratulates Premesh Lalu on the publication of his forthcoming book, Undoing Apartheid.
Premesh Lalu is Founding Director of the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape.
bit.ly/undoing_apartheid
Excited to be the Next gen keynote at the South African Society for Critical Theory in November! We'll be talking about Culture Industry 2.0: Africa, Global South, World.
Submit an abstract!
Back home in Cape Town after a wonderful research stint in Frankfurt am Main at @goetheuni and @NormativeOrders! I'm lucky to have been able to be supervised there by Prof Christoph Menke and to be able to experience current critical theory in the flesh. Danke schön!
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That bewildered look of the Belgian train conductor, who patiently listened to all the problems accumulated in our 5h delay underway to Brussels — broken down trains, blocked stations, no busses — and then said: “I’m hearing that a lot about the German rail company:
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Many things are surprisingly about being away from home. It's strange to be away from home on Youth Day.
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Speaking about anti-racism work in Stellenbosch. Pull through to AVReQ - between the Education and BA buildings.
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The CHR is delighted to announce the film screening of Founding Director Premesh Lalu’s documentary film The Double Futures of Athlone at the annual Encounters South African International Film Festival.
#humanities #athlone #film #encounters #CapeTown
I think being 23 is pretty well encapsulated by me asking me my bf on MS teams whether the wine I'm drinking goes better with nutella straight from the jar OR nutella mixed with muesli
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You're kidding me. Have you ever flown on an African passport? We need to talk about passport privilege and casual racism. spectator.co.uk/article/why-…
