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This workshop brings together students, scholars, researchers, activists, artists, and readers for a sustained and collective engagement with Said's writings. Drawing on literature, history, politics, and culture, Said's work challenges us to rethink how knowledge, representation, and power have shaped colonial domination and continue to influence contemporary understandings of identity, nation, and the world.  \nWe welcome participants worldwide. If you wish to present in a language other than English, please let us ([thefootnotesociety@gmail.com](thefootnotesociety@gmail.com)) know in advance; we will do our best to support linguistic plurality.  \nA small fee of ₹449 (for Indian participants) and £10 (for international participants) will be requested to support the production of the workshop.  \nWe look forward to your participation.  \nProposed Readings  \n1. Orientalism (Introduction and selected chapters)  \n2. The Question ofPalestine  \n3. Culture and Imperialism  \n4. Representations ofthe Intellectual  \n5. Covering Islam  \n6. Reflections on Exile  \n7. Permission to Narrate  \n8. Selected interviews and lectures on humanism, secular criticism, and decolonization.  \nApply by August 20th, 2026-[https://forms.gle/hnw3jx3H6qGQUFh18](https://forms.gle/hnw3jx3H6qGQUFh18)  \nBook Reading Workshop  \nFigure of Study-Edward Said  \nWorkshop Format  \nThe workshop is structured as a collaborative close-reading group. Readings will be divided among participants, with each person responsible for facilitating one session based on an assigned chapter, essay, or conceptual theme. Each presentation will be followed by an open, interdisciplinary discussion examining the historical conditions of colonialism, the emergence of Orientalism as a mode of knowledge, and the continuing relevance of Said's ideas in understanding contemporary forms of power, representation, and empire. Particular attention will be paid to connections with postcolonial theory, decolonial thought, literary studies, media, and the South Asian context, including questions of nationalism, identity, borders, displacement, and the politics of knowledge.  \nIn keeping with an experimental and critical pedagogy, participants are encouraged to bring cultural or political materials that resonate with the day's readings, such as newspaper articles, films, novels, travel writing, maps, museum exhibits, photographs, advertisements, speeches, or digital media. These materials will be discussed as concrete sites where representations ofthe \"Orient,\" empire, and difference are produced, circulated, or contested, allowing us to think with Said beyond the text and into contemporary cultural and political realities.","cbCaiumLnOwRlc9Z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiumLnOwRlc9Z","pdf",128805,"English","# Call for Participants\n## Proposed Readings\n## Workshop Format","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the workshop on Edward Said?\",\"answer\":\"It provides a sustained, collective engagement with Said’s writings, focused on Orientalism, colonial discourse, representation, culture, exile, and imperialism, and how these ideas shape contemporary understandings of identity, nation, and power.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the workshop organized for participants?\",\"answer\":\"Readings are divided among participants; each person facilitates one session based on an assigned chapter, essay, or conceptual theme, and each presentation is followed by an open, interdisciplinary discussion.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of materials can participants bring to complement the readings?\",\"answer\":\"Participants are encouraged to bring cultural or political materials such as newspaper articles, films, novels, travel writing, maps, museum exhibits, photographs, advertisements, speeches, or digital media that resonate with the day’s readings.\"}]","Book Reading Workshop - Edward Said Figure of Study - Call for Participants | PDF",1789771993]