Recent activities

+ Isiro, DR-Congo, September 2022 : Lecture: ‘L’actualité des contes: repenser les littératures orales comme histoire d'épistémologie’. Université de l’Uélé and Institut Supérieur Pédagogique

+ Isiro, DR-Congo, September 2022: Moderator & participation in workshops ‘La valorisation du patrimoine de Haut-Uélé’, organised by Dr. Vicky van Bockhaven and Félix Fufulafu.

Papers and Conferences in 2021/2022:

1. Kongo Academy, 54 June 2022, online, Paper presentation: ‘Formal Education Policies in the Kongo Kingdom of the 16th Century.’

2. Support International Workshop: ‘Rethinking Time and Gender in African History’ & chair for Keynote. Organisation Dr. Jonna Katto (Ghent  24-25 March 2022).

3. Lecture: Monster: Other/Alternative (Ghent, 1 March 2022).

4. Organisation guest lectures Prof. Mossisa: ‘Local and global concerns: Hachalu Hundessa, international media and the Oromo Arts’ & Prof. Wasamba: ‘Fieldwork in the COVID19–era: experiences from the University of Nairobi.’  Ghent, 26 November 2021.

Papers and Conferences in 2020/2021:

1. Paper for the Valedictory of Lilyan Kesteloot,  Académie des Sciences d'outre-mer, Title of the paper: ‘Monsters and bodies in oral narratives from Lilyan Kesteloot’s collections’, on-line, 25 June 2021.

2. Paper for UGent Narmesh-research group, Title of the presentation: ‘Who is at the centre? Gikuyu ogre narratives and posthuman thinking’, on-line,, 5 May 2021.

3. Project: ‘Academic Performance’, 3-C project between University of the Western Cape, University of Missouri and Ghent University, on-line, February/March 2021.

Organisation of 5 online activities on the potential role of performance in academic teaching and research. Partners: Suzanne Burgoyne (Missouri); Jane Taylor (UWC), Christel Stalpaert (UGent).

4. Lecture for Basis – Student union of International Studies, Leiden University, ‘Book Club- Special Edition Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, The perfect nine, online, 11 November 2020. Including conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ.

5. Paper for Conference: ‘Eastern African literatures in the 21^st century: achievements, challenges, perspectives’, Department of Literature, University of Nairobi. 12-14 October 2020, online.

https://uonresearch.org/current-events/rw-lgw2020/ 

Title of the presentation: ‘Ogres and sociability. Monsters and their relations with humans in Gikuyu oral narratives (early colonial period)’.

6. Keynote for Conference: ‘Women, Climate Change , Environment and Development’, African Women Studies Centre, University of Nairobi, 14-16 October 2020, online. 

https://uonresearch.org/current-events/rw-saw2020/

Keynote Address: ‘Reflections on ogres and their environment in Gikuyu oral narratives from a gendered perspective’.

For a full list of papers and presentations, do not hesitate to contact me.