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1997
Scholar for a Day:
Professor V.Y. Mudimbe
(Stanford Univesity)
Friday, April 11, 1997
Stiteler Hall Lounge
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8:30-9:00: Coffee
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9:00-10:30 Panel 1: African
Philosophy and its Antecedents
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1) The Invention of Africa (Ch.
5 and Conclusion), 1988
2) "African Philosophy as
an Ideological Practice"
African Studies Review, vol. 26(3-4):
133-154, 1983
3) "The Impact of African
Studies on Philosophy" in
Africa and the Disciplines (Ch.
4), 1993
Chair: Steven Feierman
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Discussants:
Elisa Forgey
Ellen Amster
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10:30-11:40 Panel 2: African
Religion and Conversion
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1)
The Invention of Africa (Ch. 3),
1988
2) Parables and Fables (Chs. 1 and
3), 1991
3) Between Tides (novel), 1991[1973]
Chair: Wyatt MacGaffey |
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Discussants:
Douglas Falen
Catherine Bogosian
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12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
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1:00-2:20 Panel 3: Representations
of Africa
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1) The Idea of Africa (Ch. 1),
1994
2) The Invention of Africa (Ch.
1), 1988
3) "From Primitive Art to
Memoriae Loci," Human Studies,
vol. 16:101-110, 1993
4) Shaba Deux (novel; pending
receipt of English manuscript)
Chair: Time Burke
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Discussants:
Cati Coe
Edda Fields |
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2:30-3:50 Panel 4: Surreptitious
Speech
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1) The Surreptitious Speech (Introduction
and Finale), 1992
2) Before the Birth of the Moon
(novel), 1989[1976]
3) "African Theology as a
Political Praxis," Presence
Africaine, vol. 145:86-103, 1988
Chair: Lydie Moudileno
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Discussants:
Guiliana Lund
TBA |
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4:00-4:45 Summation
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More about:
Valentin
Y Mudimbe
Note: Readings will be available
in the African Studies Office,
6th Floor Williams Hall. They
may be borrowed to photocopy them.
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