“Work-in-progress” gatherings were created by the African Cultural Studies department to give grad students and faculty the opportunity to share their work with listeners and receive feedback. These meetings are open to all students interested in learning about diverse topics and perspectives within the African Cultural Studies field. Any student or faculty of any major or background can feel free to come by and listen.
2023-24 Schedule
“Remembering Bodies: The (Im)materiality of the Memory of Violence in Mt. Elgon, Kenya”
1418 Van Hise Hall
September 21, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Speaker: Kevin W. Wamalwa ⎻ Joint Ph.D. candidate, Anthropology and African Cultural Studies
“Three Vignettes Looking For Their Story: The Luanda Trial of 1976”
1418 Van Hise Hall
October 5, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Speaker: Marissa Moorman ⎻ Program Faculty Director, African Studies; Professor, African Cultural Studies
“An Eastern Gaze: Seeing ‘Africa’ and Reconsidering ‘African Art’ from a Chinese Perspective”
1418 Van Hise Hall
November 2, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Speaker: Xi Jin (Titi) ⎻ Graduate Student, African Cultural Studies
“Listening to the Road: A Tour through Modernity in Nigerian Letters”
1418 Van Hise Hall
December 7, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Speaker: Matthew H. Brown ⎻ Associate Professor, African Cultural Studies
“From Pre-Production to Post-Production: Making the African Subject in Nigerian Animation Studios”
1418 Van Hise Hall
February 1, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Speaker: Michael Oshindoro ⎻ Ph.D. candidate, African Cultural Studies
Faculty Work-in-Progress
1418 Van Hise Hall
March 21, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Speaker: TBA
Graduate Student Work-in-Progress
1418 Van Hise Hall
April 25, 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm