Sudan: A Case Study in the Varied Meanings of Migration
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EDT/GMT-4Bard College Berlin Lecture Hall, Platanenstr. 98a, Berlin - Pankow
Guest lecture by Fatin Abbas (writer and scholar)
In the guest lecture presented within the framework of Agata Lisiak’s course A Lexicon of Migration, Fatin Abbas will discuss various histories and stories of migration in/from Sudan touching on her short film “Mud Missive” (which she will also show), Tayeb Salih's novel Season of Migration to the North, and Frantz Fanon’s work.
Fatin Abbas is a writer and scholar whose work lies at the intersection of African and Middle Eastern studies, literature, migration, gender and visual studies. She completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at Harvard University and her MFA in Creative Writing at the City University of New York. Her first book, The Interventionists: A Novel, is forthcoming from W. W. Norton & Co.
This event takes place in the frame of and with support from the Mellon-funded Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education.
Date & time: Wednesday, April 24, 2019, from 10:45am
Venue: Bard College Berlin Lecture Hall
Platanenstr. 98a, Berlin - Pankow
The lecture is open to all those interested.
Image: still from "Mud Missive"
Email: [email protected]