Please use this link to register for in-person or online participation. Members of the public are invited to join the Opening session of the Nobel Symposium in Literature. The 204th Nobel Symposium on Retrieving Pasts, Imagining Futures: Creative Forms in African Writing will be the fifth symposium in the Nobel in Africa series at STIAS. Nobel in Africa - NOBEL SYMPOSIA Series is a STIAS initiative in partnership with Stellenbosch University, under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with funding from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Marcus & Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.
Programme:
MC: Africa Melane 09:00 – OPENING REMARKS: • STIAS Director, Edward K. Kirumira • Nobel Foundation, Astrid Söderbergh Widding • Stellenbosch University Rector & Vice-Chancellor, Deresh Ramjugernath • Symposium Co-convenor, University of Gothenburg, Maria Olaussen 09:45 – PUBLIC PANEL: Retrieving pasts | CHAIR: Sarah Nuttall • Aminatta Forna, Georgetown University • Jamal Mahjoub, Writer • Petina Gappah, Writer • Njabulo Ndebele, Nelson Mandela Foundation 11:00 – Refreshments and end of public session Members of the media are requested to liaise with: Noloyiso Mtembu at noloyisom@sun.ac.za or 082 389 3370.
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