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 …
Category: 2018 Panel CFPs
Afrophone Literatures: Reshaping African National Environments
Afrophone Literatures: Reshaping African National Environments Session type: PanelOrganized by: Bojana Coulibaly Send abstracts or inquiries to: bojana.coulibaly@ugb.edu.snWhile the creation of African national literatures in African languages as a decolonial alternative to African Europhone literatures is not a new concept, Read More …
Post-Conflict Environments in African Literature: Reconciliation, Justice, Memory
Post-Conflict Environments in African Literature: Reconciliation, Justice, Memory Session type: PanelOrganized by: Saumya Lal Send abstracts or inquiries to: slal@umass.eduPost-conflict environments are fraught with tensions and paradoxes as they grapple with enduring legacies of past violence and hostilities while imagining Read More …
African Literature and Big Data: A Call for A New Formalism
African Literature and Big Data: A Call for A New Formalism Session type: PanelOrganized by: Tejumola Olaniyan Send abstracts or inquiries to: tolaniyan@wisc.eduPaper abstracts are hereby invited for critical examinations of the potentials and limitations of big data application to Read More …