Editor's Column: The End of Postcolonial Theory? A Roundtable with Sunil Agnani, Fernando Coronil, Gaurav Desai, Mamadou Diouf, Simon Gikandi, Susie Tharu, and Jennifer Wenzel

Abstract

A roundtable discussion investigating the status of postcolonial studies in the geopolitical present, featuring Sunil Agnani, Fernando Coronil, and Guarav Desai, and with moderation by Sidonie Smith, is presented. Among other things, Smith asked the panelists to investigate a range of topics, including the potential exhaustion of postcolonialism as a paradigm; the importance of international, interdisciplinary conversations in considering histories of colonization and decolonization; and the absence of new paradigms for tackling fresh and continuing imperialisms.