Radio and Decolonization Around the Globe, 1920-Present

FAIN: RZ-292607-23

University of Denver (Denver, CO 80210-4711)
Andrea L. Stanton (Project Director: November 2022 to present)

Planning and holding a conference on the roles of radio and listening in processes of decolonization in subaltern communities. (12 months)

This collaborative research convening project on radio and decolonization brings together an international cohort of scholars to produce and publish scholarship that will help radio archivists and producers, as well as scholars and students in a range of academic disciplines, to better understand and communicate the roles of radio broadcasting and listening in processes of decolonization. Its primary activity is to organize and host an interdisciplinary conference, which will include scholars with different points of view working in diverse fields including literary studies, music, history, sociology, anthropology, and media studies. The conference will be advertised to the public with attendance free of charge. Final outcomes include disseminating the conference via live streamed video, which will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube and linked to the conference website; paper abstracts; and short videos of the participants discussing the primary sources and material objects.

Media Coverage

Senior Associate Dean, Islamic Studies Professor Receives NEH Award to Host Global Conference (Media Coverage)
Publication: University of Denver Website
Date: 8/22/2023
URL: http://https://liberalarts.du.edu/news-events/all-articles/senior-associate-dean-islamic-studies-professor-receives-neh-award-host-global-conference

Metro Broadcast 7.9.2024 (Media Coverage)
Publication: KGNU website
Date: 1/9/2025
Abstract: Today's guest is Dr. Gloria Khamkar, Principle Academic in Journalism at Bournemouth University, UK. Dr. Khamkar is in Denver to attend a conference on 'Radio and Decolonization' at Denver University, where she is presenting her book "The Evolution of British Asian Radio in England" and the accompanying short film.
URL: https://kgnu.org/shows/metro/07-09-2024/

Scales and team receive grant for radio and decolonization conference (Media Coverage)
Publication: RIT website
Date: 8/29/2023
Abstract: Rebecca Scales, associate professor of history, is a co-PI with Andrea Stanton of the University of Denver and Alejandra Bronfman of SUNY Albany on a $50,000 National Endowment for the Humanities collaborative research grant titled “Radio & Decolonization Around the Globe, 1920-Present.” The grant will fund a conference next summer at the University of Denver featuring 30 international scholars interested in radio’s contributions to decolonizing processes around the globe.
URL: https://www.rit.edu/news/scales-and-team-receive-grant-radio-and-decolonization-conference