Book release event
Join us for a free public event to celebrate the publication of Global Decolonisation and Non-Sovereignty: Small Island States in the Caribbean by Grace Carrington.
Non-sovereign territories today account for more than half the states in the Caribbean, but regional and global histories of the twentieth century tend to exclude them from narratives of protest and change. In this book, Grace Carrington argues that our current understanding of global decolonisation is partial. We need a fuller picture which includes both independent and non-independent states, and moves beyond a focus on political independence, instead conceptualising decolonisation as a process of challenging and dismantling colonial structures and legacies.
Decolonisation is neither an inevitable nor a linear process, but one which can ebb and flow as the colonial grip is weakened and sometimes restrengthened, often in new forms. Using the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Martinique and Guadeloupe as case studies, Grace Carrington demonstrates that a focus on the processes of decolonisation in these non-sovereign states enriches our understanding of the global experience of twentieth century decolonisation.
About our speaker:
Grace Carrington is a Research Fellow at both the UCL Institute of the Americas and the Department of International Politics at City St George’s, University of London. She is the author of Global Decolonisation and Non-Sovereignty: Small Island States in the Caribbean and has also published articles on colonialism and grassroots protest movements in Guadeloupe and the Cayman Islands. She is currently working on a monograph exploring republicanism and monarchy during decolonisation in the Caribbean.
About our chair:
Joanna Lewis is a Professor of International History, at the Department of International History (LSE). She is a historian of Africa, empire, and world history explored through imperialism, colonialism and inequality. Timewise, she covers the precolonial to the contemporary. Her last book Women of the Somali Diaspora: Refugees, Rebuilding and Resilience (Hurst, 2021) was inspired by her brilliant Somali undergraduate women students. Currently I am also hugely honoured to be Director for the Centre for Women, Peace and Security.
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