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OPENING SESSION: Nobel Symposium in Literature

Nobel Symposium, Public Event

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Members of the public are invited to join the Opening session of the Nobel Symposium in Literature. The 204th Nobel Symposium on Retrieving Pasts, Imagining Futures: Creative Forms in African Writing will be the fifth symposium in the Nobel in Africa series at STIAS.

Nobel in Africa – NOBEL SYMPOSIA Series is a STIAS initiative in partnership with Stellenbosch University, under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with funding from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Marcus & Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.

Programme:

MC: Africa Melane

09:00 – OPENING REMARKS:

• STIAS Director, Edward K. Kirumira
• Stellenbosch University Rector & Vice-Chancellor, Deresh Ramjugernath
• Symposium Co-convenor, University of Gothenburg, Maria Olaussen

09:30 – PUBLIC PANEL: Retrieving pasts | CHAIR: Sarah Nuttall

• Aminatta Forna, Georgetown University
• Petina Gappah, Writer
• Njabulo Ndebele, Nelson Mandela Foundation

11:00 – Refreshments and end of public session

 

Members of the media are requested to liaise with:
Noloyiso Mtembu at [email protected] or 082 389 3370.

Date and time

Monday, 3 November 2025

09:00 – 11:00​

All times are in SAST (UTC+2)

Location

STIAS Wallenberg Research Centre

10 Marais Road, Mostertsdrift
Stellenbosch

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