Working Group
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Islam in Africa: Ahmed Garba, Bayero University
"The Regulation of Religious Speech in a Democratic Society: Preaching Board Laws in the Sharia States of northern Nigeria"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Health in Africa: Alyson Young, University of Florida
"Food Security, Household Consumption, and Child Nutrition among Tanzanian Pastoralist"
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Islam in Africa: Abdoulaye Kane, University of Florida
"Drinking at the Source of Tijani Baraka: The Centrality of Fez in the Senegalese Transnational Circuits of Tijaniyya." The purpose of the Islam in Africa Working Group (IAWG) is to generate interest and to facilitate enhanced understanding of Islam in African contexts. IAWG pays attention to the inherent complexity of Islam in Africa; its …
Health in Africa: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University
FGM: A Medical or Human Rights Issue in Tanzania?
Health in Africa: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University
FGM: A Medical or Human Rights Issue in Tanzania?
Health in Africa: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University
FGM: A Medical or Human Rights Issue in Tanzania?
Health in Africa: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University
FGM: A Medical or Human Rights Issue in Tanzania?
Health in Africa: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University
FGM: A Medical or Human Rights Issue in Tanzania?
Health in Africa: Dorothy Hodgson, Rutgers University
FGM: A Medical or Human Rights Issue in Tanzania?
Health in Africa: Mark Hunter, University of Toronto
"Aids in South Africa"
Islam in Africa Symposium
"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."
Islam in Africa Symposium
"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."
Islam in Africa Symposium
"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."
Islam in Africa Symposium
"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."
Islam in Africa Symposium
"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."
Islam | Africa
Mediating Bamba: Qasida Exegesis in the Age of New Media Tuesday September 15 @ 11:45am Attend through Zoom Webinar: Register Here Abstract: The Mouride Sufi order, which was founded by Amadou Bamba at the end of the nineteenth century, has played an important role in the construction of religious identities in post-colonial Senegal. Although scholars have long studied …
Mixing Disciplines
Title: Concepts and Careers | Conversation with Apollo Amoko and Nancy Hunt Date: Tuesday, 22nd September 2020 Time : 7-9pm Contact dengzheyuan@ufl.edu for Zoom meeting details. During this workshop, Prof. Amoko (English) and Prof. Hunt (History) will discuss academic careers (mostly their own, though also in general?) and how they have used concepts (and which ones) in their …
Social Change | Development
The Social Change and Development (SCAD) Working Group invites you to the first meeting of the year on Monday, September 28th from 12:50-1:45pm! Talk: Artemisia annua and COVID-19 Speaker: Sarah Staub, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida Zoom webinar registration link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vqs1Izp9S72MYCC-FpAA0w To kick off this year's emphasis on health, Sarah will share on-going research on …
Health | Africa
Abebe Bekele, University of Global Health Equity. Surgical Education and Evaluation in SubSaharan Africa. Time TBA
Institutions | State
Renata Serra, UF. Do Stakeholder Meetings Make a Difference? Preliminary Findings from a Pilot Project in Rwanda. 3:00pm
Islam | Africa
Terje Ostebo, UF. Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia: Between Proximity and Distance. 11:45am Link to the meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92484216980?pwd=Z0Z5ZzJWd05RczJyL0JIb2J2T3ptQT09 Abstract: Geographical proximity has enabled deep connections between peoples on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Horn of Africa. While this enabled important ethnic, cultural, and religious points of contacts between Muslims on the Peninsula and in …
Mixing Disciplines
Roundtable – “Fieldwork” across Disciplines. 7:00pm
Health | Africa
Innovations – Creative Responses to Public Health Problems. 3:00pm
Natural Resource Management | Africa
Seminar - Food Production and Sustainable Savannas. 11:45am
Social Change | Development
Marit Ostebo, UF. Stumbling over Artificial Intelligence while Tracing COVID-19 in Ethiopia. 12:50pm
Mixing Disciplines
Workshop – Writing Dissertation Grant Proposals. 7:00pm
Social Change | Development
Social Change | Development Opioid Scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Project Directions. Dr. Adrienne Strong, Assistant Professor and Megan Cogburn, Ph.D. Candidate UF Department of Anthropology. October 26 | 12:50pm EST In the United States we often hear about the overuse and abuse of opioids, not their absence but a parallel challenge, long in the making, has …
Institutions | State
Institutions | State Sebastian Elischer, UF. Post-military Coup Protest and its Consequences. Findings from Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire. November 2 | 3:00pm EST. Join Via Zoom. Recent scholarship argues that post-Cold War military coups do not necessarily result in military dictatorship. In some countries the armed forces have paved the way for competitive elections between civilian-led political parties, …
Health | Africa
Partnership and Leadership – Building Successful Teams. 3:00pm
Mixing Disciplines
Mixing Disciplines Post-election Results: Perspectives via Africa, USA, and Black Lives Everywhere. November 4 | 7:00pm EST Our panelists will share their perspectives on the impact of the U.S Elections and our intention is to have a great dialogue with Dr. David A. Canton and Dr. Leonardo A. Villalón. We have a form to send questions …
Islam | Africa
Deng Zheyuan, UF. November 10 | 11:45am EST "Islam and Education: Nigerians in Malaysia" African students in China or Middle East has attracted much scholarly attention. The presence of Nigerian students in Malaysia, however, is still an understudied topic. Why do Nigerians come to Malaysia seeking educational opportunities? Based on interviews with Nigerian students studying in …
Natural Resource Management | Africa
Natural Resource Management | Africa Wildlife, Livestock, and Sustainable Savannas With Guest Speakers Dr. Richard Fynn (Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana) & Dr. Chris Brown (CEO, Namibian Chamber of Environment) Thursday, November 12th, 12-1:45pm Join the meeting via Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/96507888609 Meeting ID: 965 0788 8609 Passcode: 509805
Social Change | Development
Eric Coker, UF 12:50pm-1:45pm EST Dr. Eric Coker, Assistant Professor, UF Department of Environmental and Global Health. "Advancing environmental health research innovations in Africa through application of data science" Join us via Zoom. Meeting ID: 918 2411 3464. Passcode: 314802
Mixing Disciplines
Please join us for a special Fall Lecture, hosted by the Mixing Africa's Disciplines workshop: With renowned South African psychologist Kopano Ratele titled "Orienting Frames: New Thoughts on (African) Psychologies" which will be taking place on November 17th, 2020 at 11am Zoom : https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92086487960?pwd=cUJsbmRGZzBPY2Nsb2xFbGppb3VYdz09 Meeting ID: 920 8648 7960 Passcode: 996421
Islam | Africa
Ousseina Alidou, Rutgers University. COVID-19 Pandemic, Hausa Muslim Poetic Narratives, Compassion and Resistance. December 1 | 11:45am EST Attend through Zoom Meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/91735731699 While the world scientific communities are racing to find a biomedical cure and vaccine against COVID-19, governments throughout the world are struggling to limit the spread of the virus. Throughout the world, artists have …
Mixing Disciplines
Workshop - Critiquing and Revising Dissertation Chapters and Articles. December 1 | 7:00pm EST The workshop will be an interactive learning opportunity for students wishing to gain and improve dissertation writing skills. Two chapters will be distributed to participants upon request. During the session, two faculty members will provide constructive critique of the chapters and impart tips and answer questions. An open discussion will …
Social Change | Development
Social Change | Development Megan Cogburn, UF. Forgeries, firings, and indicator-drive care: questions and reflections from a working dissertation chapter. December 7 | 12:50pm EST This talk introduces some of my questions and reflections on what counts as care by focusing on the suspicions and accusations surrounding health card forgeries and the firing of two community …
Health | Africa
Health | Africa Careers –Networking, Planning, Publishing. December 9 | 3:00pm EST The Health in Africa Working Group will host a spring planning meeting Wednesday, 12/9 at 3pm Via Zoom. Everyone is encouraged to bring ideas for potential speakers or workshops in the spring semester. If you are unable to attend, please feel free to submit …
Mixing Disciplines
Roundtable – Methods (Used) and Monies (Sought). 7:00pm
Natural Resource Management | Africa Working Group
Meet and Greet. January 28 | 12:00pm EST Attend on Zoom. Meeting ID: 951 6917 9383 Passcode: NRM-SSI
Africa | China Working Group Seminar
The China–Africa Working Group invites you to their spring workshop consisting of 4 panels, starting this week on Thursday and the Baraza on Friday. All panels are via zoom on Thursday @ 10 AM EST. Open invitation. Baraza is on Friday, 3:30 via webinar and requires registration. PANEL 1: BROAD CONTOURS OF CHINA-AFRICA RELATIONS IN THE …
Africa | China Working Group Symposium
Please join the China Africa Working Group for our second week of China Africa Relations presentations, with a focus on the COVID Pandemic. Panel II: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Africa and COVID-19 Wednesday, February 17 | 10 am-12 pm EST "China, Africa, and the Pandemic Reset? The Case of the East African Community," Abdou …
Natural Resource Management | Africa Working Group Seminar
People & Parks: Who Controls Protected Areas in Africa? February 18 | 12:00pm EST Attend on Zoom. Meeting ID: 998 1409 3954 Passcode: 171633
Social Change | Development Working Group
Frances Vavrus, University of Minnesota. Schooling as Uncertainty: An Ethnographic Memoir in Tanzania. March 8 | 12:50pm EST Attend on Zoom. Meeting ID: 718 504 3986
Institutions | State Working Group
Nicholas N. Kerr, UF. "Election Commissions & Opposition Behavior in Africa’s Multiparty Regimes: Does Institutional Performance Matter for Election Boycotts and Losers’ Compliance?" March 15 | 3:00pm EST Register to attend on Zoom. As the second wave of democratization swept through Africa in the early 1990s, scholars and policymakers heralded independent election commissions (ECs) as …
Health | Africa Working Group
Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, Komfo Ankoye Teaching Hospital. The Emergency Medicine Response to COVID in Ghana. March 18 | 3:00pm EST Attend via Zoom. With Dr Maxwell Osei-Ampofo Emergency Physician Deputy CEO, Ghana National Ambulance Service Former Head of Emergency Department, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi
Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Savanna Initiative in Africa Seminar
Pastoralism into a Resilient Future. March 25 | 12:00pm -1:30 PM EDT Attend on Zoom. With guest speakers Dr. Jessica Fanzo (John Hopkins University) & Dr. Andrea Apolloni (CIRAD). The titles of the speakers' talks are as follow: Equitable and sustainable food systems: A case of pastoralists in northern Kenya (Dr. Fanzo) Livestock mobility in North and West Africa (Dr. Apolloni) …
Health | Africa Working Group Seminar
Post-COVID opportunities and needs: exploring potential collaboration March 26 | 9a-12p EDT Attend on Zoom. Please join the Health | Africa Working Group next Friday for the first of 2 Health in Africa working seminars. These seminars will facilitate the exploration of synergies for research, practice, or education with members of the group and faculty …
Social Change | Development Working Group
Noemi Tousignant, University College London. Carcinogenic Residues of Global Biomedicine in Senegal. March 29 | 12:50pm EST Attend on Zoom. Meeting ID: 978 1029 8256 Passcode: 196535
Africa | China Working Group Roundtable
Chinese - African Encounters during the COVID-19 Pandemic. March 31 | 10:00am EST Attend on Zoom. Meeting ID: 941 5221 8913 Passcode: 003254
Islam | Africa Working Group Symposium
The Shifting Terrain of Christian-Muslim Encounters in Africa. April 9-10, 2021 Friday: 3:30-5:00 (Baraza) Saturday: 8:45-2:00 Presented by the Islam in Africa Workgroup – along with the Center for Global Islamic Studies and the Department of Religion – at the University of Florida. Description This symposium will examine the intricate dynamics, multifaceted entanglements, and ambivalences …
Institutions | State Working Group
Margaret Ariotti, Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia. Beyond the Big Man: Executive-Legislative Politics in African Democracies. April 12 | 3:00pm EDT Attend on Zoom. Description What explains the formation of coalition governments in African democracies? Despite the vast literature on government formation in Europe and Latin America, very little is known about …
Mixing Disciplines Working Group Symposium
Africa | COVID Time: Lockdown, Disquiet, Waiting, Masking. April 22 | 9:30am-12:00pm EDT April 23 | 10:30am-4:30pm EDT (with midday intermission) Our reflections will be about COVID, but also about time and the pulse of events and the everyday, troubles and worries (minds, health, care), policing powers, masking practices (carceral and affective), the arts, …
Health | Africa Working Group
As a follow-up to the March Health in Africa Retreat, we will convene a Zoom meeting with colleagues from South Africa and Rwanda to further explore opportunities to develop mutual projects particularly related to the experience of health science students and faculty during COVID constraints and interprofessional education in general on Wednesday, April 28 from 8-10 am …
Africa | China Working Group
ZoomAfrica | China: Impact of the Pandemic on Africa’s Health and China’s Response. 10:00am Papers and discussions investigate China’s economic slowdown in relation to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) due to Covid-19 and increased debt burdens. It considers how Chinese lending and project types have been affected in scope and loan amounts. African countries, …
State | Africa Working Group
ZoomThe Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa and the Center for African Studies are pleased to invite all interested faculty and graduate students to attend to our upcoming virtual research presentation: Speaker Dr. Rebecca Tapscott, Fellow Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Graduate Institute in Geneva Talk Title Arbitrary States: Social …
Africa | China
ZoomAfrica | China Working Group Focus on Post-COVID Relations Fall Panel 2: Re-Thinking the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Marina Rudyak, Heidelberg University China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa and the SDGs: Taking Stock of Promises and Implementation Gaps. Under What Conditions Do African Countries Benefit Most? Marina Rudyak is a sinologist working …
Digital | Africa
ZoomDigital | Africa with Michael Crawley, Durham University. “Today We Have No Kilometers” - Tracking, Testing and Data amongst Elite Ethiopian Athletes. Attend on Zoom
Africans in Europe Working Group First Meeting
404 GrinterPlease join us for our first session of the AFRICANS IN EUROPE working group this Tuesday October 12, 3.30-5, in Grinter 404. At that time, we will do two things 1) introductions: why are you interested in the Africans in Europe theme?? 2) begin to discuss how to organize two ZOOM WORKSHOPS with guests from …
Health | Africa
ZoomHealth | Africa with Dr. Nuhu Assuman, University of Rwanda. Prevention of Soccer Injuries in Rwanda. Dr Assuman is the Deputy Dean of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Rwanda. He has worked as the physiotherapist for the Rwanda Soccer National team for the past 10 years. He will present findings from a …
Islam | Africa
ZoomIslam | Africa: Issouf Binate, UF. Turkey's Religious Soft Power in Cote d'Ivoire. 11:45am
Digital | Africa
ZoomSibel Kusimba, University of South Florida. Predators on the Silicon Savanna? Financing Care in Nairobi. 12:45pm
Islam | Africa
ZoomIslam | Africa Working Group November 9 | 11:45am Islam | Africa with Benjamin Soares, UF. Roman Catholic – Muslim Encounters in Colonial Mali. This paper considers the complex history of Muslim-Christian encounters in colonial Mali. The frequently contentious encounters between African colonial subjects and the White Fathers, the Roman Catholic missionary order, help to …
Health | Africa
ZoomHealth | Africa with Dr. Afsar Ali and Dr. Félicien Masanga Maisha Cholera in DRC: Epidemiology, Ecology and Anthropology In this presentation, we will provide the epidemiology, ecology and anthropologic aspects of the disease in Goma, DRC. We will also discuss the cholera mitigation processes, including purification of household water with chlorine tablets, WASH (Water, sanitation, and hygiene), …
Africa | China
ZoomAfrica | China: African Debt Rescheduling and Management. 10:00am CAWG will explore the presence of China in East Africa, especially BRI and debt rescheduling. China is expanding its role in the Indian Ocean (South & East Asia regions) to be a gateway to Africa. The transit route along the Maritime Silk Road, is poised to …
State | Africa
ZoomThe Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa and the Center for African Studies are pleased to invite all interested faculty and graduate students to attend our upcoming virtual panel: The Current Conflict in Ethiopia: Internal/Domestic & Regional Dimensions November 15 @ 3:00 PM With Panelists Michael Woldemariam & Tobias Hagmann Moderated by …
Natural Resource Management & Sustainable Savannas Initiative in Africa (NRM-SSI) working group
471 GrinterFrom Local to Continental: Modeling Landscapes for Natural Resource Management in Africa. Virtual Seminar with Guest Speakers & Discussants: Randall Boone (Colorado State University) Join Zoom Meeting. https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94633217204 Meeting ID: 946 3321 7204 Passcode: 570370
Africa | China
ZoomAfrica | China: Rethinking the Belt-Road Initiative (BRI). 10:00am CAWG will explore Africa-Asian maritime encounters and origins going back hundreds of years. They manifest in today’s discourses on China’s Maritime Silk Road and China’s current strategic African partners. These presentations explore historical early encounters to contemporary dimensions of strategic infrastructure construction and cultural exchanges that …
Health | Africa Working Group
Health | Africa March 16 @ 8:00am Samsun Lampotang, UF. Prostate Cancer in Africa and Exploring the Use of Simulators in Prostate Biopsy.
Digital | Africa Working Group
Digital | Africa January 17 @ 12:45pm Siri Lamoureaux, University of Siegen. The View of the ‘Southern Sky’ from the Global South: The Square Kilometer Array and the Datafication of Radio Astronomy in Africa.
Africa | China Working Group
Africa | China January 20 @ 10:00am FOCAC 2021 and the Future of Sino-African Relations. Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94152218913?pwd=QWhkNk12QWVJVytCYi9tZ1Y3dndNUT09
Africans | Europe Working Group
Africans | Europe February 7 @ 4:00pm European “Poaching” of African Nurses.
Natural Resource Management-SSI | Africa Working Group
POSTPONED : NRM | Africa February 10 @ 12:00pm How Can We Feed Africa While Conserving Biodiversity?
Digital | Africa Working Group
Digital | Africa February 14 @ 12:45pm Frederick Madore, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient & Perry Collins, UF. Publishing the Islam Burkina Faso Collection: Collaboration for Digital Scholarship. Link to the Zoom Meeting https://ufl.zoom.us/j/7185043986 Meeting ID: 718 504 3986 The Digital Africa working group aims to facilitate discussions of a critical and informed character on a …
Islam | Africa Working Group
Islam | Africa February 15 @ 11:45am Brahim Afrit, UF. The Paradox of the Two Ummas: the Predicament of the Algerian Ulama between Tradition and Modernity. This talk will draw on the specific case of the current reform of Islamic schooling in Algeria to examine the implications of the political ambivalence of the notion …
Health | Africa Working Group
Health | Africa February 16 @ 8:00am Jean-Baptiste Sagahutu, University of Rwanda. Community Participatory Intervention Training and Interprofessional Training in District Hospitals.
Africans | Europe Working Group
Africans | Europe February 21 @ 4:00pm Michela Wrong. Exporting Opposition: Europe as a Stage for African Dissent. Michela Wrong is a writer and journalist with nearly 30 years’ experience covering Africa. She joined Reuters in the early 1980s and served as foreign correspondent in Italy, France and Ivory Coast. She became a freelance …
Africa | China Working Group
Africa | China February 24 @ 10:00am Re-Visiting African Agency in China-East Africa Relations. Rethinking African Agency within China-Africa Relations Through the Lens of Policy Transfer: A Framework for Analysis, Dr. Oscar Otele (University of Nairobi) African Agency in Tight Corners? Determinants of African Governments' Contracting of Chinese Enterprises in Infrastructure Development: Evidence from Ethiopia, …
State | Africa Working Group
State | Africa February 28 @ 3:00pm Anne Mette Kjaer, Aarhus University. When ‘Pockets of effectiveness’ matter politically: Extractive industry regulation and taxation in Uganda and Tanzania Abstract It is a common view that states in the developing world with substantial extractive natural resource discoveries may not have the capacity to tax and regulate multinational …
Architecture | Africa Initiative
Architecture | Africa March 11 @ 10:00am Patti Anahory, xu:collective. Her(e) - Cartographies of Otherwise.
Islam | Africa Working Group
Islam | Africa *Postponed* March 15 @ 11:45am Baba Adou, UF. Race, Ethnicity and Religious Change in Mauritania.
Health | Africa Working Group
Health | Africa March 16 @ 8:00am Samsun Lampotang, UF. Prostate Cancer in Africa and Exploring the Use of Simulators in Prostate Biopsy.
Natural Resource Management-SSI | Africa Working Group
NRM | Africa March 17 @ 12:00pm NRM-SSI Working Group Techniques Workshop with Dr. Di Yang (Univ. Of Wyoming & UF alumni): Working with Satellite Imagery in Google Earth Engine for African Conservation When: Thursday, March 17th, 12:00-1:30PM EST Where: Grinter 471 & virtual via Zoom Join via Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/93889780884 Meeting ID: 938 8978 0884 Passcode: 684556 For more information …
State | Institutions in Africa Working Group
State | Africa March 21 @ 3:00pm Mai Hassan, University of Michigan. Regime Threats and State Solutions: Bureaucratic Loyalty and Embeddedness in Kenya.
Africa | China Working Group
Africa | China March 24 @ 10:00am African Union’s Agenda 2063 in the Context of China’s BRI.
Natural Resource Management-SSI | Africa Working Group
NRM | Africa *To Be Rescheduled* March 31 @ 12:00pm The "30x30" Biodiversity Conservation Plan: Can it Protect Nature and People in Africa?
Islam | Africa Working Group
Islam | Africa April 2 @ 9:00am Muslim Africa's Changing Global Interconnections.
Africans | Europe Working Group
Africans | Europe April 4 @ 4:00pm Rethinking African Experiences in Europe.
Architecture | Africa Initiative
Architecture | Africa April 20 @ 8:30am Dawit Benti, Addis Ababa University. Contemporary Architecture in Ethiopia.
Africa | China Working Group
Africa | China April 21 @ 10:00am Historical Links as Context for Contemporary Strategic and Cultural Exchanges.
China | Africa Working Group
China | Africa: Aid, Knowledge, and Innovation Transfer Post Covid-19. Time: 10am Location: TBA
State and Institutions in Africa Working Group
The Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa and the Center for African Studies are pleased to invite all interested faculty and graduate students to attend our upcoming virtual roundtable panel on the 2022 Kenyan elections. Talk Title Kenya’s 2022 Elections: Exploring the Processes, Outcomes, and Implications for Democracy and Governance. Panelists Dr. …
National Resource Management Working Group
'Meet-and-Greet' Social First Magnitude Brewery: Time: 4:30-7:30pm Location: First Magnitude Brewing Company Come meet & mingle with NRM-SSI students and faculty members to network and learn how to get more involved!
Natural Resource Management | Africa Working Group
471 GrinterNRM | Africa: Natural Resource Management in Africa Research and UF: The Who, Where and What. Time: 12:30-1:30pm Location: 471 GRINTER HALL or join via Zoom Join Zoom Meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92858221258 Meeting ID: 928 5822 1258 Passcode: 390055
Islam | Africa Working Group
471 GrinterIslam | Africa: Deng Zheyuan, University of Florida. Making Muslim Space in Nigeria: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and its Infrastructure. Time: 2pm Location: 471 GRINTER
Islam | Africa Working Group
471 GrinterIslam | Africa: Macodou Fall, University of Florida. Routes to Sainthood among Mourides in Senegal. Time: 2pm Location: 471 GRINTER
China | Africa Working Group
China | Africa: Evolving Relations: Changing Perspectives Post Covid-19. Time: 10am Location TBA
National Resource Management Working Group
471 GrinterNRM | Africa: Duan Biggs, Northern Arizona University & Resilient Conservation Organization Towards more equitable and inclusive conservation in Africa in a post-COVID world Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm Location: 471 GRINTER or join via Zoom Join Zoom Meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/9100316552 Meeting ID: 910 0316 5520 Passcode: 936215
Islam | Africa Working Group
471 GrinterIslam | Africa: Michael Schuster, University of Florida. Preaching ‘True’ Islam in Tunisia. Time: 2pm Location: 471 GRINTER
Arts | Africa Working Group
ZoomCharting Individual Paths through the Post-Covid Art World with Michael Dela Dika (Ghana/USA) Wednesday, Oct. 26, 3:00 - 5:00 pm (EDT): Zoom registration is free and required: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudemoqDwvGtxIzQWVhq7W_11jsERnpCv7 At this fragile moment in the history of contemporary artmaking, the Arts/Africa working group has mobilized to bring attention to emergent creatives whose works and ideas seed the future. You are invited to meet Michael …
China Africa Working Group
ZoomZoom link: Launch Meeting - Zoom
Institutions and the State in Africa Working Group
471 GrinterInstitutions | State: Graduate Research Forum. Time: 3pm Location: 471 GRINTER HALL/ ZOOM Speaker Richard Kweitsu Talk Title Social Democrats or Property-Owning Democrats? Contending Political Ideologies in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Attend on Zoom
Arts | Africa Working Group
ZoomArts | Africa: Art and Building a Future with/without Women? with Textile Sculptor Beatrice Opokua Atencah and multidisciplinary visual artist Theresah Ankomah Time: 3pm Location: Zoom- Registration Required Zoom Link: https://lnkd.in/ge-58MEZ All sessions are free and open to the public.
China Africa Working Group
ZoomFALL 2022 Panel 2: CASES OF EVOLVING CHINA–AFRICA RELATIONS November 3, 2022 (Thursday) 10 AM–12 PM (EST) Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94152218913?pwd=QWhkNk12QWVJVytCYi9tZ1Y3dndNUT09
Natural Resource Management | Africa
471 GrinterPOSTPONED NRM | Africa: How Can We Feed Africa while Conserving Biodiversity? Date/Time/Location: TBD
Islam | Africa Working Group
471 GrinterIslam | Africa: Brahim Afrit, University of Florida. Reforming Islam from Above: The Algerian Experience. Time: 2pm Location: 471 GRINTER
Arts | Africa Working Group
ZoomArts | Africa: Harnessing the Power of Dreams: Fragilities and Strengths inside the creative process with choreographer: Agathe Djokam Time: 3pm Eastern Time (US and Canada) Location: Zoom Zoom Registration is required for each session here: Register in advance for this meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqdu2srDgsH93jGtnK-jMAYrQAO7nnBqb4 For further information, please contact jfrosch@arts.ufl.edu (+1-352-514-1100)
State and the Institutions in Africa Working Group
471 GrinterDoes Election Quality Shape Voter Confidence? Evidence from Kenya's 2022 General Election. Date & Time Tuesday, January 10, 3-4:30PM How to Attend This is a hybrid event. Attend on Zoom (link below) or attend in person (Grinter 471). Participation in person is strongly encouraged. The Working Group on Institutions and the State in Africa is pleased to …
China | Africa Working Group
ZoomAfrica, China, and Cyber-Security Time: 10am Zoom: TBA
Natural Resource Management | Africa (Postponed)
471 GrinterHow Can We Feed Africa While Conserving Biodiversity? Time: 12:30 Location: 471 GRINTER
China | Africa
ZoomAfrica, China, Public Opinion and Soft Power. Time: 10am Location: Zoom
Institutions | State (Postponed)
471 GrinterElizabeth Wellman, Williams College. When Voters cross Borders: The Global Dimensions of National Elections. Elizabeth Wellman, Williams College. Time: 3pm Location: 471 GRINTER Postponed
Natural Resource Management | Africa (Postponed)
471 GrinterThe "30x30" Biodiversity Conservation Plan: Can it Protect Nature and People in Africa? Time: 12:30pm Location: 471 GRINTER Postponed
China | Africa Working Group
ZoomChina | Africa: The Russia-Ukraine War and Implications for China-Africa Relations.
Institutions | State
471 GrinterEmpowerment as Power Within: Women Self-assess the Status of their Rights in Malawi. Emily Maiden, University of North Florida. Emily Maiden is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Florida. Her research focuses on local governance in sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a dual PhD in Peace Studies and Political Science from the …
Islam | Africa Symposium
404 GrinterNew Actors in Muslim Africa. 404 GRI
Institutions | State Roundtable
ZoomNigeria’s 2023 Elections. 3pm online
Natural Resource Management | Africa
471 GrinterNRM | Africa: Research Techniques workshop on G-Range and SAVANNA. 12:30 in 471 GRI