The Transnational and Transcolonial Studies Multicampus Research Group is an interdisciplinary community of scholars in the humanities and the social sciences from throughout the University of California system. Our common purpose is to collaborate on the study of minority discourse across national boundaries (transnational) with attention to colonial and neocolonial processes (transcolonial). Our immediate research goal is to publish a series of books that will reformulate minority discourse from a comparative perspective informed by a consideration of transnational and transcolonial processes (see the definitions of these terms in "Research Program Description" on our website). The core group of 43 members: meets regularly and holds workshops and conferences; mentors graduate students with an aim to help publish their work; invites outside speakers (nationally and internationally known scholars in minority discourse as well as minority cultural producers such as artists and writers) to enrich our comparative approach; and finally, aids in pedagogical transformations in high schools and universities so as to encourage curricular changes that reflect the demographic diversity in California. Ultimately, our institutional goal is to create a Center for Transnational and Transcolonial Studies that provides linages among area studies and ethnic studies centers, as well as humanities and social science departments where the focus is often predominantly mainstream (majority discourse) or bounded by one discipline, one nation, one culture, or one language. The Center will organize research and publication, promote pedagogical development, and coordinate related research efforts at the University of California.
There are 6 publications in this collection, published in 2004.
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