Calendar - Department of Historyhttps://calendar.pitt.edu/department/department_of_history/calendarCalendar - Department of HistoryTue, 21 Apr 2026 13:25:37 -040060en-usLocalistMay 4, 2026: Humanities Center Summer Seminar 2026-Dr. Nnedi Okorafor at Cathedral of LearningDr. Okorafor will lead the seminar from 10am-12pm daily in the
Humanities Center for the week

Nnedi’s works include WHO FEARS DEATH (in development at HBO into a TV series), the BINTI novella trilogy (optioned and in development with Media Res), THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, the NSIBIDI SCRIPTS SERIES and LAGOON. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards and her debut novel ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

Nnedi has also written an Africanfuturist comic series LAGUARDIA (winner of the Hugo and Eisner Award); comics for Marvel, including BLACK PANTHER: LONG LIVE THE KING and WAKANDA FOREVER (featuring the Dora Milaje) and the SHURI series; and her short memoir BROKEN PLACES AND OUTER SPACES.

Nnedi holds a PhD (literature) and two MAs (journalism and literature).

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5256794484903940.444422-79.95481Mon, 04 May 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-05-04T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/humanities-center-summer-seminar-2026Lectures, Symposia, Etc.May 5, 2026: Humanities Center Summer Seminar 2026-Dr. Nnedi Okorafor at Cathedral of LearningDr. Okorafor will lead the seminar from 10am-12pm daily in the
Humanities Center for the week

Nnedi’s works include WHO FEARS DEATH (in development at HBO into a TV series), the BINTI novella trilogy (optioned and in development with Media Res), THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, the NSIBIDI SCRIPTS SERIES and LAGOON. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards and her debut novel ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

Nnedi has also written an Africanfuturist comic series LAGUARDIA (winner of the Hugo and Eisner Award); comics for Marvel, including BLACK PANTHER: LONG LIVE THE KING and WAKANDA FOREVER (featuring the Dora Milaje) and the SHURI series; and her short memoir BROKEN PLACES AND OUTER SPACES.

Nnedi holds a PhD (literature) and two MAs (journalism and literature).

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5256794485006440.444422-79.95481Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-05-05T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/humanities-center-summer-seminar-2026Lectures, Symposia, Etc.May 6, 2026: Humanities Center Summer Seminar 2026-Dr. Nnedi Okorafor at Cathedral of LearningDr. Okorafor will lead the seminar from 10am-12pm daily in the
Humanities Center for the week

Nnedi’s works include WHO FEARS DEATH (in development at HBO into a TV series), the BINTI novella trilogy (optioned and in development with Media Res), THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, the NSIBIDI SCRIPTS SERIES and LAGOON. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards and her debut novel ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

Nnedi has also written an Africanfuturist comic series LAGUARDIA (winner of the Hugo and Eisner Award); comics for Marvel, including BLACK PANTHER: LONG LIVE THE KING and WAKANDA FOREVER (featuring the Dora Milaje) and the SHURI series; and her short memoir BROKEN PLACES AND OUTER SPACES.

Nnedi holds a PhD (literature) and two MAs (journalism and literature).

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5256794485108940.444422-79.95481Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-05-06T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/humanities-center-summer-seminar-2026Lectures, Symposia, Etc.May 7, 2026: Humanities Center Summer Seminar 2026-Dr. Nnedi Okorafor at Cathedral of LearningDr. Okorafor will lead the seminar from 10am-12pm daily in the
Humanities Center for the week

Nnedi’s works include WHO FEARS DEATH (in development at HBO into a TV series), the BINTI novella trilogy (optioned and in development with Media Res), THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, the NSIBIDI SCRIPTS SERIES and LAGOON. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards and her debut novel ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

Nnedi has also written an Africanfuturist comic series LAGUARDIA (winner of the Hugo and Eisner Award); comics for Marvel, including BLACK PANTHER: LONG LIVE THE KING and WAKANDA FOREVER (featuring the Dora Milaje) and the SHURI series; and her short memoir BROKEN PLACES AND OUTER SPACES.

Nnedi holds a PhD (literature) and two MAs (journalism and literature).

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5256794485211440.444422-79.95481Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-05-07T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/humanities-center-summer-seminar-2026Lectures, Symposia, Etc.May 8, 2026: Humanities Center Summer Seminar 2026-Dr. Nnedi Okorafor at Cathedral of LearningDr. Okorafor will lead the seminar from 10am-12pm daily in the
Humanities Center for the week

Nnedi’s works include WHO FEARS DEATH (in development at HBO into a TV series), the BINTI novella trilogy (optioned and in development with Media Res), THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, the NSIBIDI SCRIPTS SERIES and LAGOON. She is the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards and her debut novel ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

Nnedi has also written an Africanfuturist comic series LAGUARDIA (winner of the Hugo and Eisner Award); comics for Marvel, including BLACK PANTHER: LONG LIVE THE KING and WAKANDA FOREVER (featuring the Dora Milaje) and the SHURI series; and her short memoir BROKEN PLACES AND OUTER SPACES.

Nnedi holds a PhD (literature) and two MAs (journalism and literature).

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5256794485416340.444422-79.95481Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-05-08T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/humanities-center-summer-seminar-2026Lectures, Symposia, Etc.