African Studies Workshop Featuring Carolyn Rouse

Date: 

Monday, February 6, 2017, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 

Lower Library, Robinson Hall
Carolyn Rouse is a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology and the Director of the Program in African Studies at Princeton University. Professor Rouse will present "The Practice and Politics of Forgiveness: Theorizing Post-Colonial Pragmatism from Ghana." Nina Sylvanus, an assistant professor of anthropology at Northeastern University, will be the discussant. A week in advance, the presenter’s paper will be circulated through the Harvard African Studies Workshop listserv. It is assumed that everyone has read the paper before the workshop. After presentation and commentary, Workshop attendees are invited to engage in critique and discussion, under the moderation of the Workshop Chairs.