Upcoming Visitors and Speakers
2025 Distinguished Visiting Speaker
Professor Christina Sharpe
Join award winning author and professor, Christina Sharpe from from October 1 - 3 for a series of events.
Wednesday, October 1
"Extraordinary Ordinary Notes": A conversation between Prof Christina Sharpe, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black Studies in the Humanities and Prof Michael Bucknor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs in Black Global Studies and Decolonial Practice
Along with the metaphysical and material import of this superb meditation on Black lives, Sharpe’s creative crafting of this award-winning work will come into critical focus through this lunch-time reading and interview.
Location: Henderson Hall (Rutherford Library South 1-17)
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Registration: This event is open to everyone and no registration is required.
Thursday, October 2
Meet and Greet with Professor Christina Sharpe
An informal meet and greet specifically for undergraduate students to engage with and learn from Professor Sharpe.
Location: Salter Reading Room, Humanities Centre 3-95
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration: This event is open to undergraduate students from all departments. Attendees must register in advance.
Town/Gown Lecture: "Refusing Necrotopia (What Could a Vessel Be?)"
In this talk, Professor Christina Sharpe shares fresh perspectives from her forthcoming book What Could a Vessel Be?.
Location: CCIS L1-140
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Registration: This event is open to everyone. Please register in advance.
Friday, October 3
Graduate Seminar with Professor Christina Sharpe
Location: Will be shared with registered participants
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration: This event is open to graduate students from all departments. Registration is required to attend.
Event Collaborators:
Distinguished Visitor Fund, KIAS, CRC, CLC and the Canadian Society of Continental Philosophy Conference
Additional Support Provided By:
Audreys Books
Edmonton LitFest
Department of English and Film Studies, 海角社区
Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, 海角社区
Department of Philosophy, 海角社区
Department of Political Science, 海角社区
The Feminist Research Speaker Series of the Department of Women and Gender Studies, 海角社区
Professor Kim Q. Hall
Previous visitors & speakers:
Distinguished Visitor Dr. David Chariandy, February 2024
Distinguished Visitors New Red Order, March 2023
Distinguished Visitor Dr. Rebecca Comay, March 2022
Distinguished Visitor Dr. John Borrows, March 2021
Distinguished Visitor Dr. Lisa Gitelman, March 2018
Distinguished Visitor Dr. Julia Reinhard Lupton, October 2016
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