CHCI in Africa
In 2016, CHCI undertook a new collaborative and international research project in the humanities with a regional focus on Africa. That ongoing initiative is comprised of two projects: a mapping of the Humanities in Africa and the creation of CHCI Africa Humanities Workshops involving scholars from throughout the African continent and around the world. The whole project is conceived simultaneously as both regional and as a fundamental element of engagement in a globalizing world. Articles and interviews within this series highlight the people and events that have contributed to this initiative as well as its legacies.
Graduate Teaching with Achille Mbembe
In this interview, Achille Mbembe, co-founder of CHCI member organization Ateliers de la Pensée, discusses the significance of the CHCI-sponsored Doctoral School, a workshop for graduate students from throughout Africa attending the Ateliers de la pensée. In his comments, Mbembe addresses intellectual legacies, the day-to-day life of graduate students, and the immediate future of Africa.
I Am Because You Are: An interview with James Ogude
James Ogude, Professor of African Literature and Culture, is interviewed by journalists Steve Paulson and Anne Strainchamps about his life, studies, and ubuntu: a Bantu epistemological concept in which existence is created through recognition.