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Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Each year we strive to bring you the leading lights and rising stars in postcolonial studies and postcolonial writing.
Our previous speakers have praised the conference for its welcoming hospitality, and say they appreciate the one-on-one time they have with the knowledgeable, engaged, and curious audiences who attend each year.
Check out the list below.
Previous speakers
Ousseina Alidou
2023
Homi Bhabha
Rey Chow
2009
Edwidge Danticat
2016
Dorothy Figueira
2012
Leela Gandhi
2010
Frank Groome
2025
Romesh Gunesekera
Abdulrazak Gurnah
2006
Barbara Harlow
2015
Bob Harris
2025
Patrick Colm Hogan
2008
Linda Hutcheon
Lyn Innes
Amitava Kumar
2022
Neil Lazarus
Negar Mottahedeh
2011
Rob Nixon
2019
Jennifer O'Mahoney
2025
Caryl Phillips
2018
Jahan Ramazani
2013
Jahan Ramazani
2024
Esra Mirze Santesso
2026
Gayatri Spivak
Sara Suleri-Goodyear
2007
Chris Taylor
2021
Clair Wills
2017
Robert J. C. Young
2020