The Institute proudly announces the 28th in our Occasional Papers series. Essays on Decoloniality: Volume 1 is the first collection of essays to emerge from the Institute Project on Decoloniality. The volume includes essays by former Fellows Dr Ali Kassem, Dr Sandeep Bakshi, Dr Rachael Scally, Professor Ted Trost, Dr Bharti Arora and Dr Jayita Sarkar. The book also features a foreword by previous IASH Director Professor Steve Yearley, and an introduction by IASH alumna and series editor Dr Désha Osborne.
Topics range from an exploration of decolonial queerness to the Rohingya people of Myanmar's role in decolonisation, as well as a history of the Edinburgh Medical School and Royal Infirmary, literary entanglements of land, caste and solidarity, and more. As Prof. Yearley notes in his foreword:
This book is a record of the growth of the Institute, to be viewed as part of an intellectual journey across three years and three publications. As a community of practice, we are learning and trying to decentre whiteness. In a spirit of openness and honesty, we acknowledge that we will not get everything right, but we hope that the scholarship featured here helps us to continue conversations around race, decoloniality, inequality and associated issues for many years to come. In this spirit, I hope you enjoy reading and considering these papers as much as we at IASH have benefited from our encounters with the IPD ‘24 Fellows.
You can download the Open Access eBook as a PDF here: https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Essays%20on%20Decoloniality%20Volume%201.pdf
Print copies will be available from 20 June. Please join us for the launch event via Zoom Webinar on Wednesday 19 June at 14:30 BST: https://essaysondecoloniality.eventbrite.co.uk