The APGRD (University of Oxford) and ReTAGS (University of Cape Town) are co-hosting a two-day hybrid conference: ‘Re-Imagining Tragedy Across Africa and the Global South’, co-organised by Professor Fiona Macintosh (Oxford) and Dr Justine McConnell (KCL), on 26-27 September, in the Classics Centre in Oxford and online.

Speakers include:

• Sam Agbamu (University of Reading)
• poet, novelist, playwright and librettist, Ubah Cristina Ali-Farah
• Rosa Andújar (King’s College London)
• Jayne Batzofin (University of Cape Town)
• Magdalena Bournot (Université Paris Nanterre)
• Lesego Chauke (University of Cape Town)
• Ana María Dopico (New York University)
• Mark Fleishman (University of Cape Town)
• Purav Goswami (University of Cape Town)
• Leo Kershaw (University of Oxford)
• Margherita Laera (University of Kent)
• Adam Lecznar (University College London)
• Mandla Mbothwe (University of Cape Town)
• Madhlozi Moyo (University of the Free State)
• Neo Muyanga (University of Cape Town)

The programme will be confirmed shortly.

Registration

A registration fee of £20 (or £15 for students/concessions) for in-person attendees covers the cost of pastries, refreshments, lunch, and a drinks reception. Please book online via the University Store

NB. The booking page is to register for in-person attendance only; online attendance will be free – check back later for instructions to join them on Zoom.