HUMANITIES: Voices and Visions: Humanities in the Third World

Radford University

Radford, Virginia, USA

Post-colonial literature, liberation theology, people’s history, indigenous culture studies, native wisdoms -- much of the energy and innovation in the Humanities disciplines over the past half century has originated in or focused on the nations and cultures referred to collectively as the Third World or the Global South. Perhaps better designated the “two-thirds world,” this realm is inhabited by some 80% of the earth’s population. Third World nations now constitute the majority of the member states in the United Nations and are the homeland of the majority of recipients of the Nobel peace and literature prizes over the past two decades. This diverse geographical and cultural space is the birthplace of many new genres of music and literature, modes of spirituality and knowledge, conceptions of history, society, and culture. This conference is devoted to hearing the voices and exploring the visions of the poets, philosophers, historians, novelists, linguists, anthropologists, artists, theorists . . . who have contributed to the vitality and new directions in the Humanities in recent decades.

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