The discussion of Brooklyn Heights by Miral Al-Tahawy was held on Tuesday, July 21th, 2015 at 7 pm with Professor Benjamin Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College.
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This session, focusing on Cutting for Stone, was hosted on May 7th, 2014 by the Committee on African Studies. It featured Wendy Belcher, Assistant Professor in the Princeton University department of Comparative Literature.
Christian Tryon, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University Lecture. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, May 8, 7:00 pm.
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Free event parking available in the 52 Oxford Street Garage Sponsored by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Join the Committee on African Studies for a discussion of Cutting for Stone by Abraham Varghese.
- Please note this change of book selection. Join the Committee on African Studies for a discussion about this novel which moves from India to Ethiopia to an inner-city hospital in New York through generations. This session will feature a presentation by Professor Wendy Laura Belcher, who will be joining us from Princeton University's Department of Comparative Literature! Register today!
This session on Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was hosted by the Committee on African Studies on June 5, 2013. It featured Professor Akua Sarr of Boston College and Kristen Robinson, Ph.D. Candidate in Harvard's English Department.
Book description: From the outside, fifteen-year-old Kambili has the perfect life. She lives in a beautiful house, has a caring family, and attends an exclusive missionary school. She's completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less than...
This session, focusing on Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb, was hosted on October 15, 2012 by the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program. It featured both author Camilla Gibb and Professor William Granara of Harvard's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures.
Jeff Griffiths, Director, USAID Innovation Laboratory and Nutrition Eunjee Lee, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Harvard University