International Conference
The Colonial Modern
English and German, with simultaneous translation
Programme
18 h Welcome speech
Susanne Stemmler, Haus der Kulturen der Welt
+ Introduction by the Research Team of IN THE DESERT OF MODERNITY
19 h Lecture
Valentin Y. Mudimbe:
On That Difference Which Might Not Be One
(Moderation: Serhat Karakayali)
Valentin Y. Mudimbe has taught at the Universities of Louvain, Paris-Nanterre, Zeire, Stanford University, and at Haverford College. He is Newman Ivey White Professor of Literature at Duke University. His publications include over one hundred articles, three collections of poetry, four novels, and several books in applied linguistics, philosophy, and social science, e.g. The Invention of Africa (1988), The Idea of Africa (1994), Diaspora and Immigration (1999). He was also for ten years General Secretary of SAPINA (the Society for African Philosophy in North America).
