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Politics of Criticism, Criticism of Politics ⎻ On Being an Academic and an Intellectual in the Postcolony

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023

Politics of Criticism, Criticism of PoliticsOn Being an Academic and an Intellectual in the Postcolony International conference in honor of Professor Ambroise Kom Yaoundé, June 11-13, 2024  “Should we remain silent, at the risk of self-censoring marginal speech? Or, on Read More …

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Politique de la critique, critique de la politique ⎻ Être universitaire et intellectuel en postcolonie

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023

Politique de la critique, critique de la politique  Être universitaire et intellectuel en postcolonie  Colloque international en hommage au Professeur Ambroise Kom Yaoundé, 11-13 juin 2024  « Faut-il s’enfermer dans le silence au risque d’autocensurer la parole marginale ? Ou Read More …

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Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies ⎻ Ohio State University

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

Position Overview  The Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts is seeking to hire a scholar in Film and Media Studies for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Scholars are encouraged to apply whose research on the Read More …

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2023-24 Lecture Series Schedule

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Click here to view the full lecture series lineup for 2023-24.

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2023-24 Lecture Series Schedule

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Click here to view the full lecture series lineup for 2023-24.

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Assistant Professor ⎻ African / African Diasporic Literature ⎻ University of Missouri

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

The English department at the University of Missouri, a public land-grant research university in the state of Missouri, seeks to hire an Assistant Professor in African / African Diasporic Literature. The English department consists of 35 faculty members working in Read More …

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Assistant Professor – African and African Diaspora Literatures and Culture – University of California, Berkeley

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

The Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of English at the University of California, Berkeley seek applications for an Africanist position with a comparative component, at the level of Assistant Professor, tenure track (50% in Comparative Literature, 50% in English).

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14th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Interdisciplinary Conference: “Reckoning”

August 28, 2023October 20, 2023

This year’s theme is “Reckoning,” a term that evokes the multitudinous ways responsibility and accountability may be linked to forms of measurement, methodology, and knowledge-constitution.

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Assistant Professor ⎻ African Literatures and Cultures in English ⎻ Department of English, University of California, Berkeley

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023

The Department of English at the University of California, Berkeley is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in African literatures and cultures in English. The successful candidate will have training in African literary/cultural studies; grounding in one or more African Read More …

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Of freedom and the problem of the future in contemporary diasporic African speculative fiction

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023

By Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra Reading Deji Bryce Olukotun’s After the Flare (2017) and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky” (2017) alongside Emmanuel Dongala’s “Jazz et vin de palme” (“Jazz and Palm Wine,” 1970), this essay begins Read More …

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