African Languages, Cultures and Literatures Section
Professor Alena Rettová
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Key information
- Roles
- African Languages, Cultures and Literatures Section Professorial Research Associate Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies Member World Languages Institute Member Centre of African Studies Member
- Qualifications
- PhD (Charles University, Prague)
- Building
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office
- 413
- Email address
- ar42@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone number
- +44(0) 20 7898 4372
- Support hours
- Tuesdays 14.30-16.30
Biography
PhD Supervision Completed so far
- Ida Hadjivayanis, “Norms of Swahili Translations in Tanzania: An Analysis of Selected Translated Prose”, 2006-2011 second supervisor
- Benedetta Lanfranchi, “Judging crimes against humanity in Acholi: a philosophical interpretation of the use of Acholi traditional justice mechanisms in the aftermath of the war in northern Uganda”, 2011-2015, lead supervisor
- Sara Marzagora, “Alterity, coloniality and modernity in Ethiopian political thought: the first three generations of 20th century Amharic-language intellectuals”, 2014-2015, lead supervisor
- Joshua McNamara, “Small scale audiovisual production and its relationship with the development and aid sector in Nairobi: an approach toward Kenya’s media environment, from the perspective of practice-based research”, 2011-2015, second supervisor
- Katriina Ranne, “The image of water in the poetry of Euphrase Kezilahabi”, 2006-2010, lead supervisor
- Aïsha Schmitt, “Beyond praising the prophet: making new meanings in Zanzibari Qasida”, 2008-2012, second supervisor
PhD Supervision
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michelle Louise Clarke | Eco-criticism in African Literature: New Interpretations |
| Mr Jinjian Li | Nyerere and Post-Colonial Swahili Literature (working title) |
| Cristina Nicolini | The evolution of communications in HIV / AIDS prevention – Research in South-East Tanzania |
| Ms Miriam Pahl | Precarious Lives in the Postcolony – The Concept of the Human in Contemporary African Genre Fiction in English |
Publications
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