When:
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM CT
Where: 620 Library Place, 1st Floor Conference Room, 620 Library Place , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Program of African Studies
(847) 491-7323
Group: Program of African Studies
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Come join PAS for our weekly lunch and lecture. Lunch provided by PAS.
Speaker: Ainehi Edoro, Assistant Professor of English, Marquette University
Title: African Literature and Social Media
Abstract: The talk looks at how social media is laying the groundwork for what might be a shift in the conditions of producing African literature and how we assign meaning and value to African literary objects. The objective is to theorize social media as a new calculus of value that has considerable impact in the production of literary knowledge within the African context.
Bio: Ainehi Edoro is an Assistant Professor of English at Marquette University. She holds a doctorate degree from Duke University. She is the founder and editor of the African literary site called Brittle Paper.