Work in Progress Series: "Reading at the Crossroads: Literary Landscapes in Okinawa’s Black Pacific” by Nozomi Saito, April 3 at Pitt.

"Kyoto University possesses remains taken from the Momojyana tomb in Okinawa, Japan, where members of the royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom are believed to be buried." Photo by Dr. Yasukatsu Matushima, in Science

Nozomi Saito, a Ph.D. Candidate in Critical & Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, will present "Reading at the Crossroads: Literary Landscapes in Okinawa’s Black Pacific” on April 3, part of the Department of English's Work in Progress Series.

Nozomi (Nakaganeku) Saito is a PhD Candidate in Critical & Cultural Studies at Pitt with a concentration in Literature. She is currently completing her dissertation “Aftermaths of Empires: Cold War Narratives in the Black Pacific.” In 2024 she will join the faculty of Amherst College as an Assistant Professor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature

The talk runs from 9:30 to 10:30 am in 501 Catheral of Learning.