University of California, Irvine Presents NGUGI Decolonizing the Mind: a celebration

University of California, Irvine Presents NGUGI Decolonizing the Mind: a celebration

Diverse conference featuring dynamic speakers, presentations, poetry

Thursday, March 10, 2005
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
University of California, Irvine
Humanities Hall
various locations

Irvine, CA

NGUGI
Decolonizing the Mind: a celebration

March 10, 2005, beginning at 1:00 PM
University of California, Irvine
Free and open to the public

PROGRAM

1:00 PM Session I - Reflections: A Panel Discussion
135 Humanities Instructional Building

Welcome: Gabriele Schwab, UC Irvine
Introduction and Chair: David Theo Goldberg, UCHRI & UC Irvine

David Lloyd, University of Southern California
Patricia Penn Hilden, UC Berkeley
Timothy J. Reiss, New York University

2:45 PM - Break - Light Refreshments
137 Humanities Instructional Building

3:15 p.m. Session II - Interventions: Women and Violence in the Postcolony
161 Humanities Hall

Introduction and Chair: Philomena Essed, University of Amsterdam & UC Irvine

Njeeri wa Ngugi, UC Irvine
Mukoma wa Ngugi), University of Wisconsin, Madison
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz

5:00 PM Session III - Declarations: An Evening of Poetry
161 Humanities Hall

Sonia Sanchez
Simon Ortiz
Gabriele Schwab
Fred Moten
Manuel Schwab
Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Further information: Anna Kornbluh at (949) 824-8900

For parking info, campus map, visit http://www.uci.edu/campusmap/

Cost: Free; please check with UCI for parking info and costs.

For more information please contact
Anna Kornbluh
Tel: 949-824-8900


Sponsor(s): UC Humanities Research Institute, Dean of the UCI School of Humanities, UCI Humanities Center, UCI Critical Theory Institute, Chancellor's Professors Research Fund. Information about non-ASC related events is posted at the request of the sender and does not reflect opinions of or endorsements by African Studies Center personnel.