Africa at Noon

UW African Studies lecture series: "Torture Testimonials of the Algerian War of Independence: Framing the Unseeable," by St. Olaf College assistant professor Maria Vendetti.

Maria Vendetti is an Assistant Professor of French in the Romance Languages Department of St Olaf College, in Northfield, Minnesota. She is particularly interested in 20th- and 21st-century narratives of torture, trauma, and memory theory, the relationship between fiction and ethics, and the literary, social, and political legacies of colonial and postcolonial violence in the Maghreb and France. In this AFRICA AT NOON, Dr. Vendetti will discuss her research on representations of torture in fiction about the Algerian War of Independence.

A weekly Wednes­day event since 1973. Bring your lunch and enjoy com­pli­men­tary tea, and cof­fee from Madison's local roaster Just Cof­fee.

All events start at 12:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive

This series is free and open to the public.