#  African Studies Workshop Featuring Danai Mupotsa 

 



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 **April 19, 2021** 

 02:00PM - 04:00PM EDT 

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 **Virtual Event - Details Below**  



 

 



 

 **Presenting***:* *Breathing Grief*

 **Danai S. Mupotsa** is a Senior Lecturer in African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She specialises in gender and sexualities, black intellectual traditions and histories, intimacy and affect and feminist pedagogies. She is a member of the editorial collective of *Agenda*, sits on the editorial board of the Brill series in youth cultures and serves on the executive board of the International Girlhood Studies Association. In 2018, she published her first collection of poetry entitled *feeling and ugly*. The Portuguese translation, *feio e ugly* was published in 2020 by Editora Trinta Zero (Maputo). Danai is a 2020 Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equality.

 Discussant: George Paul Meiu (Harvard University)

 A week in advance, the presenter’s paper will be circulated through the [Harvard African Studies Workshop listserv.](https://harvard.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=67898885d6e13eb08265a97f7&id=979b2664d1) 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.

 **View workshop recordings here: <https://vimeo.com/showcase/2369529>**

 **ORGANIZER(S):** Harvard University Center for African Studies   
**EVENT WEBSITE: <https://africa.harvard.edu/african-studies-workshop-0>**



 

 



 

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