Many pathbreaking concepts and theories have been generated in the Global South since the start of the twenty-first century. In this inaugural July Global Southern Forum, we will revisit and clarify some of them with the aim of how they can and should inform our current and future research, institutional, and activist endeavors.
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Monday, 17 July
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14.30 – 14.45 SAST (8:30- 8:45 AM EDT) |
Introduction: “Beginning the conversation” Sinfree Makoni, Jane Gordon, Chanel van der Merwe & Phoebe Quaynor |
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14.50 – 15.50 SAST (8:50-9:50 AM EDT) |
“Origins, memory, archive, heritage, and the revitalisation of the Humanities” Pamela Maseko |
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16.00 – 18.00 SAST (10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT) |
“The Mandela name and the ideas of early African intellectuals in the Eastern Cape” Nomalanga Mkhize & Pamela Maseko
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Tuesday, 18 July
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14.30 – 17.00 SAST (8:30- 11:30 AM EDT) |
“Global Africa and Global Blackness” Michael West, Rozena Maart & Arthur Spears |
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Wednesday, 19 July
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14.30 – 15.30 SAST (8:30-9:30 AM EDT) |
“Imagining African Futures” Uchenna Okeja |
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15.45 – 17.45 SAST (9:45-11:45 AM EDT) |
“A Conversation on Hauntology” John Joseph & Ana Deumert |
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Thursday, 20 July
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14.30 – 15.45 SAST (8:30-9:45 AM EDT) |
“Migration, language, and economy: Perspectives from the African continent” Cecile Vigouroux |
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16.00 – 17.45 SAST (10:00-11:45 AM EDT)
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“The meanings of Creolization” Salikoko Mufwene and Jane Gordon |
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Friday, 21 July
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14.30 – 17.00 SAST (8:30-11:00 AM EDT) |
“Implications of Africana thought for Linguistic studies”: A conversation. Sinfree Makoni, Lewis Gordon & Lynn Mario Menezes de Souza
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17.15 – 18.00 SAST (11:15 AM- 12:00 PM EDT) |
Discussion: The Inaugural July Global Southern Forum 2024
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You can find a PDF flyer to share here: Virtual July Global Southern Forum 2023