Perspectives on Environmental Consciousness in North African Literature, Film, and Art. Session type: PanelOrganized by: Lamia Benyoussef Send abstracts or inquiries to: lbenyous@bsc.eduOne of the most understudied topics in North African Studies is the issue of environmental deterioration and justice. Read More …
Author: Lamia Benyoussef
CFP: African Literary Criticism Online (MLA 2019)
Summary Call African Literary Criticism Online. Discussions about the emergence of online criticism as a site for understanding knowledge production in/about Africa. Send 250 word abstracts and a one-page CV before March 15 to Naminata Diabate, nd326@cornell.edu with ‘MLA PANEL” Read More …
CFP: ASA-UK stream and panel on autobiography in Africa
Please find below the call for panels and papers for the Thematic Stream on Autobiography in Africa for the ASA-UK to be held in September 2018. We would be most honoured if you could send in a proposal for a Read More …
North African Literatures Beyond the Francophone Maghreb
North African Literatures Beyond the Francophone Maghreb Session type: PanelOrganized by: Ziad Bentahar Send abstracts or inquiries to: zbentahar@towson.eduThe study, research, and teaching of North African Literature has been predominantly rooted in Francophone perspectives, and centered on the Maghreb, the Read More …
Modeling mobilities in the literatures of Islamicate Africa
Modeling mobilities in the literatures of Islamicate Africa Session type: PanelOrganized by: Matthew Brauer Send abstracts or inquiries to: matthewbrauer2017@u.northwestern.eduSelected papers will be considered for publication in Revue CELAAN in 2019. From the Riḥla of Ibn Baṭūṭa (1355) to Naguib Read More …
Teaching African Literature in the American Classroom
Teaching African Literature in the American Classroom Session type: PanelOrganized by: Ernest Cole Send abstracts or inquiries to: colee@hope.eduGiven the significance of encounter with cultures in African literature, instructors typically require (American) students to critically engage, explore, and interpret the Read More …
Aminatta Forna’s Happiness
Aminatta Forna’s Happiness Session type: PanelOrganized by: Ernest Cole Send abstracts or inquiries to: colee@hope.eduAminatta Forna’s Happiness is an epic novel. Ranging from psychiatry to wildlife biology, pop culture to trauma studies, ecological literature to psychology, the novel depicts human Read More …
Lusophone/Hispanophone Caucus (LHCALA) Panels
Lusophone/Hispanophone Caucus (LHCALA) Panels Session type: PanelOrganized by: Joanna Boampong Send abstracts or inquiries to: jboampong@ug.edu.ghIn line with the theme proposed for the 44th annual meeting of the African Literature Association in 2018, “The Environments of African Literature”, the Lusophone/Hispanophone Read More …
Challenging the Visual, Taming the Gaze: African film in the Classroom Environment
Challenging the Visual, Taming the Gaze: African film in the Classroom Environment Session type: PanelOrganized by: P. Julie Papaioannou Send abstracts or inquiries to: julie.papaioannou@rochester.eduAfrican films have become an essential part of classroom experience. Viewed as carriers of cultural meaning, Read More …
Environmental Remediation: Genre, Visibility, and Ecological Crisis in African Literatures
Environmental Remediation: Genre, Visibility, and Ecological Crisis in African Literatures Session type: PanelOrganized by: Katherine Hummel Send abstracts or inquiries to: hummel@umich.eduRemediation has emerged as a keyword in both new media studies and sustainability discourses. While Bolter and Grusin define Read More …