The Future of Du Bois
41st Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture
Location
University Center : Ballroom
Date & Time
November 13, 2019, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Description
Social Sciences Forum
41st Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture
Nimi Wariboko
Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics in the School of Theology and Chair of the Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics Department, Boston University
"The Future of Du Bois: Consciousness, Citizenship, and Epistemology in Africa"
This lecture aims to bring Du Bois’s rich and complex concept of consciousness to the study of citizenship and epistemology in Africa.
Book signing to follow.
Sponsored by: Department of Africana Studies, Office of the Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Dresher Center for the Humanities; Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation; the Department of Philosophy.
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