Working Group
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) …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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’ …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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