The 2019 Holberg Masterclass with Paul Gilroy: "Multiculture or Melancholia?"

Five PhD candidates from Nordic universities are invited to participate in a masterclass with the 2019 Holberg Laureate Paul Gilroy. From a historical perspective, this class will consider the complex patterns of interaction and interdependency evident in urban centres that have accommodated postcolonial incomers and other settler populations. Against the assumptions of civilisationism and ethnic absolutism, we will explore examples that reveal the inter- and trans-cultural character of everyday life. Social and Human sciences seldom give those fluid patterns either the status or the attention that they merit. Related theoretical discussions nested around the key concept of “conviviality” will also be taken into account. – Paul Gilroy The PhD candidates are: Tora Djúrhuus, University of Copenhagen Anders Westerström, University of Gothenburg Lotte Danielsen, University of Oslo Branislav Bédi, University of Iceland Ella Alin, University of Helsinki Holberg Laureate Paul Gilroy is Professor of American and English Literature at King’s College London. Venue: Auditorium A, Ulrike Pihl House, University of Bergen, Norway Time: 02:00 P.M. – 04:00 P.M. (CET +1) Image: Mural in Philadelphia. Photo: Susan Sermoneta (via Flickr CC 2.0)