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ANNUAL NATIONAL FRENCH TEACHERS' WORKSHOP 2024

The Annual National French Workshop convened by the Kenya Association of  Teachers of French (K.A.T.F) in conjunction with the French Embassy in Kenya, was held on 28th-29th February 2024 at the University of Nairobi Towers. The event brought together officials from the French Embassy in Kenya, teachers from both primary and  secondary schools as well as public and private universities.

University of Nairobi Open Day

The purpose of the The Open Day is to enable members of the public to interact with the University Community. These interactions include ; career guidance and counselling, alumni networking, showcasing the various programs that Department has to offer among other things. 

The career options for those students who wish to join the Department of Literature include : Acting, Movies, Films, Drama, Television, Teaching, Publishing, Story Telling , writing of novels among others

Team Integrity, the new Faculty leaders

The University of Nairobi held its Faculty and Campus Students Association (FCSA) annual elections. The elections were held virtually on Friday March 25th, 2022.

There were three teams competing for FCSA office in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences FOASS; Team Success, Team Okuz and Team Integrity.

Team Integrity took the lead with a total of 1361 votes followed closely by Team Okuz with 1179 votes. The incoming Chairperson representing FOASS in FCSA is Peter Nguka.

A Visit by Italian Author

On the 10th of March, 2020 the department got a visit from Stephano an Italian author who had come to share his experiences and also motivate the students. He has written a book about marathoners in Spain and a marathon that happened in Athens. He is also in works of writing another book about marathoners in Kenya and Ethiopia.

 

 

Conference on the Value-Creating Education and Critical Thinking in a Global Word

The literature department successfully held it's conference on 23 -25 October, 2019 on the Value-Creating Education and Critical Thinking in a Global Word , the focus was on the literature, Literature is broader than written works with superior or lasting artistic merit. It has a deductive role to play in society.