Decolonizing the University

vii-Editor's Note: To Be of But Not in the University Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, University of Massachusetts Boston 1-Introduction: From University to Pluriversity: A Decolonial Approach to the Present Crisis of Western Universities Issue Co-Editors: Capucine Boidin, Universit© Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France; James Cohen, Universit© de Paris VIII, France; and Ram³n Grosfoguel, University of California at Berkeley 7-The University at A Crossroads Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal 17-Catching Up with the (New) West: The German "Excellence Initiative," Area Studies, and the Re-Production of Inequality Manuela Boatc£, Freie Universit¤t Berlin, Germany 31-'Epistemic Coyotismo' and Transnational Collaboration: Decolonizing the Danish University Julia Su¡rez-Krabbe, Roskilde University, Denmark 45-About Them, But Without Them: Race and Ethnic Relations Studies in Dutch Universities Kwame Nimako, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 53-Decolonizing the Mind: The Case of the Netherlands Sandew Hira, International Institute of Scientific Research, the Netherlands 69-Slavery, Colonialism and their Legacy in the Eurocentric University: The Case of Britain and the Netherlands Stephen Small, University of California at Berkeley 81-The Dilemmas of Ethnic Studies in the United States: Between Liberal Multiculturalism, Identity Politics, Disciplinary Colonization, and Decolonial Epistemologies Ram³n Grosfoguel, University of California at Berkeley 91-The Crisis of the University in the Context of Neoapartheid: A View from Ethnic Studies Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Rutgers University 101-Places To Think With, Books To Think About: Words, Experience and the Decolonization of Knowledge in the Bolivian Andes Anders Burman, University of California at Berkeley 121-Images Outside the Mirror?: Mozambique and Portugal in World History Maria Paula Meneses , Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal