INBETWEENNESSES
DECOLONIAL ANGLES, AFGHANISTAN AND ITS DIASPORAS
2nd Summer School · Leipzig University · 27–29 August 2025
English & Persian/Dari
A space for reflection, resistance, and resonances.
A zone in-translation between memory, critique, storytelling and communication for social change.
A space for critique and dialogue. Texts unfold. Silencing is broken down and critically examined.
Four labs.
One Summer School.
A shared process of listening, writing, and rethinking.
The project continues in spring 2026: A publication with contributions from the Summer School and the labs.
Organized by the Centre for Communication for Social Change (University of Leipzig) and Kefa Hamidi (University of Leipzig) in collaboration with Mariam Popal (General & Comparative Literature – University of Bayreuth) and the platform Othernesses – Towards Humanisms Beyond Border Thinking.
RESEARCH TEAM
Our Summer School is guided by six researchers from the programme MPS – Media System and Public Sphere of Afghanistan at Leipzig University. With professional backgrounds in media, academia, and civil society, they explore questions around identity, language, history, and public discourse in and about Afghanistan.
The team combines critical theory with lived experience and interdisciplinary insight. Throughout the Summer School, they will lead presentations, moderate sessions, and accompany participants through all three days of the program.