This collection of essays explores some new possibilities for understanding postcolonial traumas. It examines representations of both personal and collective traumas around the globe from Palestinian, Caribbean, African American, South African, Maltese, Algerian, Indian, Australian and British writers, directors and artists.Lucy Brisley, Universit? de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, FranceAlberto Fern?ndez Carbajal, University of Leicester, UKSandra Courtman, University of Sheffield, UKChristopher Davis, University of Warwick, UKPietro Deandrea, University of Torino, ItalyMarie Josephine Diamond, Rutgers University, USAPaulina Grz?da, University of Warsaw, PolandSam Knowles, independent scholar, UKEmily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University, UKLyndsey Moore, Lancaster University, UKAhmad Qabaha, Lancaster University, UKGillian Roberts, University of Nottingham, UKAbigail Ward, University of Nottingham, UK