Our new series of webinars and talks on the theme of “Knowing Africa” start this Fall term. The series will cover a wide range of issues from African theorists, decolonial epistemologies, feminist era in Africa and more.
Some of the speakers lined up for Fall 2020 series are;
Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany
Topic: The Politics of Knowledge and the imperative of decolonization in Africa
Date: September 23, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (EDT)
Zoom Webinar Link
Sylvia Tamale Professor, Faculty of Law, Makerere University Uganda
Topic: Decolonisation and Afro-Feminism
Date: September 30, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (EDT)
Zoom Webinar Link
Simi Dosekun Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE
Topic: Fashioning Postfeminism: Spectacular Femininity and Transnational Culture
Date: October 14, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (EDT)
Zoom Webinar Link
Kamari Clarke Professor, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies and the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
Topic: Affective Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Pan-Africanist Pushback
Date: November 4, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (EDT)
Zoom Webinar Link
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué Assistant Professor, African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Topic: Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon
Date: November 18, 2020 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (EDT)
Zoom Webinar Link
Join us for the exciting series ahead by registering to be a part of these series.
Registration form below.
Registration: Knowing Africa Seminar Series
Complete the form below to obtain the event link. You will be notified of future events in the Series.