American Literature Research Seminar

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Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Thursdays at 5pm - weeks 1, 3, 6 and 7

Talks:

Thursday 25 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora: The Queer Politics of Literariness’
Date: 25 April 2024, 16:45 - 17:45 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Lee Edelman (Tufts University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

‘Black Internationalism's Politics of Land’
Date: 9 May 2024, 16:45 - 17:45 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Christine Okoth (KCL)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Large seminar room, Rothermere American Institute
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

‘The Bookshop of Black Queer Diaspora: Lorraine Hansberry and the Multiplications of Insurgency’
Date: 23 May 2024, 16:45 - 17:45 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Rod Ferguson (Yale)
Venue Details: Large seminar room, Rothermere American Institute
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Teaching Beyond Himself: After Cavell’s Ordinary
Date: 6 June 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Rachel Malkin (Oxford)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Large seminar room, Rothermere American Institute
Organiser: Rothermere American Institute
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Katy Terry, Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu