Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Philosophy in Africa
Description or Abstract
Saturday, November 5, 2016 Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square English and Comparative Literature presents the annual Memorial Lecuter to honor Edward Said on his birthday. This year's lecture is delivered by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, professor of French and Romance Philology at Columbia University, titled "Reflections on Philosophy in Africa." Diagne's research and teaching interests include the history of philosophy, philosophy and Sufism in the Islamic world, African philosophy and literature, and twentieth-century French philosophy.
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