New Year Lecture 2022 - Prof. Dr. Peter Simatei Tirop
Abstract
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Each year, the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth starts its line of annual activities and events with the New Year Lecture open to the interested public, featuring prominent speakers who address questions and concepts central to the Cluster’s agenda. In 2022 the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Cluster again to move the New Year Lecture to a digital format.
On 13 January 2022 the New Year Lecture was delivered by Prof. Dr. Peter Simatei Tirop, Director of the Moi African Cluster Centre, Professor of Comparative Literature, Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. It was entitled "Ways of Knowing Africa: African Literature and Shifting Imaginaries".
Programme:
Welcome address
Yacouba Banhoro
Director of the Ouaga African Cluster Centre, Professor of History, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Introduction
Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Spokesperson of the Cluster's Advisory Board, Professor of African and Gender Studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra
Lecture
Peter Simatei
Director of the Moi African Cluster Centre, Professor of Comparative Literature, Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de
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Origins & context
- Title
- New Year Lecture 2022 - Prof. Dr. Peter Simatei Tirop
- Language
- English
- YouTube playlist
- New Year Lecture
- Date
- January 31, 2022
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- ladies and gentlemen i would like to welcome you to the new year lecture of the cluster of excellent africa multiple at the university of baird my name is franz kogelmann i'm the managing director of this cluster of excellence and i'm pleased to welcome you to the third new year lecture unfortunately the pandemic will not allow us to hold this important academic event as a live event this year like last year the new year lecture will take place as an online event the choreography of this event is as follows we were able to win professor jacoba banomuro for the welcome address professor akko ado marco for the introduction of the new year lecture and professor peter simatean for the lecture both professor jakuba banoro and professor professor peter cemetery are directors of our african cluster centers at university gizerbo in varga burkina faso and more university in eldorad kenya respectively institute of african studies university of ghana league chairs the advisory board of the cluster of excellence as a special innovation i would like to point out that this event will also be simultaneously translated into international sign language there will also be a panel discussion at the end of the new year lecture it will be chaired by professors please do not run away after the lecture but participate actively please note that this discussion will be recorded a special thanks goes to our student assistants miss lily geisler and miss stephanie yasser and our team assistant mrs constance herrera well i wish you a happy new year a happy new year lecture good afternoon jay colleagues ng students welcome to this third annual lecture of the cluster of excellence africa malta i am doctor yakuba van gaal professor of history and director of the african cluster center at the university joseph kiser in burkina faso i am very delighted on behalf of the administration and all the members of the cluster to welcome you to this third annual lecture which will be delivered by dr peter… Read the full text about 9,826 words
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