2011 Archive

  •   Bassam Haddad is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Middle East Studies Program at George Mason University.   His talk […] 0

    Bassam Haddad

      Bassam Haddad is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Middle East Studies Program at George Mason University.   His talk […]

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  •   Reading and Dance Performance with Teju Cole and Nora Chipaumire   Dancer Nora Chipaumire presented “Dark Swan” and an excerpt from her Bessie Award-winning “Chimurenga” proceeded by a reading […] 0

    Nora Chipaumire and Teju Cole

      Reading and Dance Performance with Teju Cole and Nora Chipaumire   Dancer Nora Chipaumire presented “Dark Swan” and an excerpt from her Bessie Award-winning “Chimurenga” proceeded by a reading […]

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  •   “Queer Subjects and Human Rights in East Africa”   Keguro Macharia is a Kenyan literary critic and theorist, and an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the […] 0

    Keguro Macharia

      “Queer Subjects and Human Rights in East Africa”   Keguro Macharia is a Kenyan literary critic and theorist, and an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the […]

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  •   “The Matatu in the 1960s: Nairobi Entrepreneurs”   Kenda Mutongi is a Professor of History at Williams College. She was born and raised in Maragoli, western Kenya, and attended […] 0

    Kenda Mutongi

      “The Matatu in the 1960s: Nairobi Entrepreneurs”   Kenda Mutongi is a Professor of History at Williams College. She was born and raised in Maragoli, western Kenya, and attended […]

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  •   “Is It Sweet: Tales of an African Superstar in New York”   Jesse Weaver Shipley is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and artist who is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and coordinator […] 0

    Jesse Shipley’s “Is It Sweet?”

      “Is It Sweet: Tales of an African Superstar in New York”   Jesse Weaver Shipley is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and artist who is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and coordinator […]

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  •   Fiction and Poetry Reading   Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He is currently Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon’s […] 0

    Emmanuel Dongala, Billy Kahora, and Nnedi Okorafor

      Fiction and Poetry Reading   Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He is currently Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon’s […]

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  •   Reading and Book Signing with Nnedi Okorafor   Nnedi Okorafor is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Who Fears Death (a Nebula Award Nominee and Tiptree Honor Book). […] 0

    Nnedi Okorafor

      Reading and Book Signing with Nnedi Okorafor   Nnedi Okorafor is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Who Fears Death (a Nebula Award Nominee and Tiptree Honor Book). […]

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  •   “Comics and Journalism”   Joe Sacco is an extraordinary comic artist and journalist, who has traveled to many parts of the world to do his research. In the early […] 0

    Joe Sacco

      “Comics and Journalism”   Joe Sacco is an extraordinary comic artist and journalist, who has traveled to many parts of the world to do his research. In the early […]

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  •   Francine Masiello works on topics related to Latin American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, gender theory, and comparative North/South literatures. Her books include Lenguaje e ideología: los […] 0

    Francine Masiello

      Francine Masiello works on topics related to Latin American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, gender theory, and comparative North/South literatures. Her books include Lenguaje e ideología: los […]

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  •   Jennifer Bajorek writes and does research on diverse topics in literature and philosophy and in the history and theory of photography. Her publications include Counterfeit Capital (Stanford, 2009), an […] 0

    Jennifer Bajorek

      Jennifer Bajorek writes and does research on diverse topics in literature and philosophy and in the history and theory of photography. Her publications include Counterfeit Capital (Stanford, 2009), an […]

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