Description | ASAP/14: Arts of Fugitivity will take place October 4 - October 7, 2023 at UW Seattle and Bothell, as well as at Seattle University. All keynote events are open to UW faculty, students, and staff who register through this form. Once registered, you are encouraged to show up at the keynote event 15m prior to start time as seating is first come, first served. To learn more about the ASAP14 conference, visit linktr.ee…. About the Keynote Speakers: Billy-Ray Belcourt is a writer from the Driftpile Cree Nation. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of four books: This Wound is a World, NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field, A History of My Brief Body, and A Minor Chorus. billy-raybelcourt.com Julietta Singh is a decolonial scholar and nonfiction writer whose work engages the enduring global effects of colonization through attention to ecology, inheritance, and identity. She is the Stephanie Bennett-Smith Chair of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Professor of English at the University of Richmond. Singh is the author of three books: The Breaks, No Archive Will Restore You, and Unthinking Mastery: Dehumanism & Decolonial Entanglements. She is currently at work on The Nest, a feature-length experimental documentary project with Chase Joynt produced by the National Film Board of Canada. www.juliettasingh.com… |
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