Does Colonialism Ever End?

What does it mean to describe colonialism as past when its borders, hierarchies, violence, and silences continue to shape the present—and even imagined futures? Bringing together Karim Kattan’s Eden at Dawn, and Mahmud El Sayed’s The Republic of Memory,  the authors examine literature’s power to expose the enduring structures of domination dating back to the colonial era and into the imaginary future. These books explore resistance, complicity, memory, and survival. Together, the authors question whether a genuine rupture is possible with the past, or whether enduring structures and institutions continue to control and determine the future. Moderated by writer and translator Jeremy Tiang.