Desiree Lewis at Round Table on Inclusion in the Network Society, Bengaluru, India, 2014
Channel: IT for Change
Date: 2014-10-30

Desiree is a professor of literary studies at the Universities of the Witwatersrand, Cape Town, Kwazulu Natal and the Western Cape. Has also lectured on Women's and Gender Studies at universities in and beyond South Africa. Former Fulbright scholar-in-residence, research associate at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala Sweden, and a visiting researcher and lecturer in the United States and Sweden. Currently serves on the editorial boards of four academic journals and is a Council Member of the National English Literary Museum

Has been actively contributing to the development of feminist intellectual activist networks throughout Africa; within South Africa, and in the Western Cape. Undertook research and editorial work on feminist networking and knowledge production at the African Gender Institute between 2001 and 2003; taught courses on feminist theory and epistemology for postgraduate students in the Zimbabwean-based network, SAPES between 1993 and 2005; has participated in webinars, workshops and seminars on gender, race and sexualities in South Africa and produces accessible writings on and mentors new writers’ work on feminism and gender.