Feb 5-8: English and Film Studies Distinguished Visitor Series featuring David Chariandy
5 February 2024
Award winning creative writer and thinker, David Chariandy, joins the UofA for a week-long visit during Black History Month. A member of the Royal Society of Canada, Chariandy is the foremost thinker on Black Canadian and Black Global Studies.
His beautifully written books include, I Have Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to my Daughter (2018), Soucouyant (2007) and Brother (2017), recently made into a full-length feature film.
Schedule of Events
Monday, Feb. 5
Conversation with Michael Bucknor:
“The Writing Life: Black Artistic Vulnerability and Resilience”
1:00–2:00 PM
Henderson Hall (1-17 Rutherford Library South)
Tuesday, Feb. 6
Edmonton Public Library
Evening Reading
7–8:30 PM
Muttart Theatre, Stanley A. Milner Library
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Lunch Hour Reading
12:30–1:30 PM
Henderson Hall (1-17 Rutherford Library South)
Thursday Feb. 8
"da Costa, notes towards a novel, or Black lives across time"
5:30–8 PM
2-115 Education Centre North
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