African Studies Lecture Series
2021 AY Lecture Series:
All Lecures: Wednesdays, 10-11:15 am PST
Feb 3 | T.J. Tallie | University of San Deigo
“Ukuphazama iNatali: Queer Theory and Indigeneity in Southern Africa”
Feb 17 | Melissa Graboyes | University of Oregon
“Malaria and the Mazingira: Perceptions of Malaria as an Environmental Disease in Contemporary Zanzibar“
Mar 3 | Benjamin Twagira | Williams College
“Precarity and Urban Commitment in Militarized Kampala 1966-86”
Mar 10 | Naminata Diabate | Cornell University
“Naked Agency and the Future of Comparative Literature”
Apr 7 | Laura Fair | Columbia University
“Foodways, Farming and Fat States in Zanzibar, 1820-2020”
Apr 14 | Diana Garvin | University of Oregon
“East African Coffee Palates and Asmarino Caffe Culture”
Apr 28 | Allison McGuffie | University of Oregon
“Wholesome Entertainment: Transnational NGO Films in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1989-2009”
May 19 | Laura Ann Twagira | Wesleyan University
“Embodied Engineering: Women, Technology, and Food Politics in Mali”
