Jennifer Hart
@detroittoaccra.bsky.social
Africanist by training; historian by trade; teacher, singer, cook by passion - talking up the new book (Making an African City: Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra), History at Virginia Tech, and Gen Ed at the AAC&U
Friends! It’s here! The 2026 GSA conference CFP! Propose your panels or papers or workshops or film screenings or other creative forms of presentation and join us in Kumasi.
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Friends! It’s here! The 2026 GSA conference CFP! Propose your panels or papers or workshops or film screenings or other creative forms of presentation and join us in Kumasi.
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
Excited for this @hofrench.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Excited for this @hofrench.bsky.social
As I start yet another new academic year in what feels like chaos, I keep remembering to ground myself in things that are real and take time to breathe and think.
August 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As I start yet another new academic year in what feels like chaos, I keep remembering to ground myself in things that are real and take time to breathe and think.
Colleagues at Malmö University are searching for a postdoc working on transport issues. Check it out at this link and share with folks you know who might be interested: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
March 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Colleagues at Malmö University are searching for a postdoc working on transport issues. Check it out at this link and share with folks you know who might be interested: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
I get to be in conversation with @thetattooedprof.bsky.social next month so I spent today re-reading Radical Hope and I highly endorse everyone else doing the same
February 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I get to be in conversation with @thetattooedprof.bsky.social next month so I spent today re-reading Radical Hope and I highly endorse everyone else doing the same
Our African Urban Dynamics Collaborative Research Group - AEGIS is organizing a series of pedagogy workshops that are focused on urban Africa. Check out registration links on the website and plan to join us: teachingafricancities.vt.domains/uncategorize...
February 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Our African Urban Dynamics Collaborative Research Group - AEGIS is organizing a series of pedagogy workshops that are focused on urban Africa. Check out registration links on the website and plan to join us: teachingafricancities.vt.domains/uncategorize...
“Making an African City” might be coming to a conference near you thanks to my awesome editors at IUPress. Grab a copy to support academic publishing, but you can also access it for free here: publish.iupress.indiana.edu/projects/mak...
January 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“Making an African City” might be coming to a conference near you thanks to my awesome editors at IUPress. Grab a copy to support academic publishing, but you can also access it for free here: publish.iupress.indiana.edu/projects/mak...