Ours to Tell: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Uchechukwu Umezurike
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Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Dr Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is an inaugural recipient of the University of Calgary Provost's Postdoctoral Awards for Indigenous and Black Scholars. He is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary.
His teaching and research interests include African and African Diaspora literatures, postcolonial literatures, gender and sexuality, cultural studies, and creative writing. Umezurike is the author of Double Wahala, Double Trouble (2021), Wish Maker (2021), and there’s more, a poetry collection forthcoming from the University of Alberta Press in 2023.
Join us for a discussion entitled: “Home is what the tortoise bears on its back: Be/longing and Un/settling".
We will explore what it means for a Black African Canadian to claim a home on Indigenous lands.