Professor Ghirmai Negash to join the Panel Discussion on Languages and Archives in Knowledge Production About Africa, March 3, 2024
Ghirmai Negash is a Professor of English & African Literature and also serves as the Director of the African Studies Program at Ohio University. He founded and chaired the Department of Eritrean Languages and Literature at the University of Asmara from 2001 to 2005. His research interests include modern African literature from the Horn of Africa and South Africa, critical theory, translation, and orature and literature in indigenous African languages. He has authored and edited eight books, including A History of Tigrinya Literature in Eritrea, 1890-1919 (1999) and The Conscript, which is the first Tigrinya novel translated into English. His articles and essays have been featured in journals such as MLA, Research in African Literatures, Biography, and Imbizo. He is a member of the African Academy of Sciences and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies (STIAS). Negash was a convener of the Annual Conference of the African Literature Association in 2011 and 2022 and served as the African Literature Association President in 2020-2021.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
5 PM Nigeria
10 AM Austin
Register and Watch:
https://www.tfinterviews.com/post/Languages
Join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81714206181
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