“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
“Kongo across the Waters” Lecture with Carlee Forbes
Lecture given by Carlee Forbes, Curatorial Assistant at the Harn Musem of Art, and UF Doctoral Student
Health in Africa: Mark Hunter, University of Toronto
"Aids in South Africa"
Baraza: Roman Loimeier, University of Göttingen
"Trajectories of Islamic Education in the 20th Century: Zanzibar and Beyond."
Baraza: Roman Loimeier, University of Göttingen
"Trajectories of Islamic Education in the 20th Century: Zanzibar and Beyond."
Baraza: Roman Loimeier, University of Göttingen
"Trajectories of Islamic Education in the 20th Century: Zanzibar and Beyond."
Baraza: Roman Loimeier, University of Göttingen
"Trajectories of Islamic Education in the 20th Century: Zanzibar and Beyond."
Baraza: Roman Loimeier, University of Göttingen
"Trajectories of Islamic Education in the 20th Century: Zanzibar and Beyond."
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."
SASA: Nasiru Danmowa, University of Florida
"Transport of Phosphorus Fertilizer and Pesticides in a Northern Nigerian Soil"
SASA: Nasiru Danmowa, University of Florida
"Transport of Phosphorus Fertilizer and Pesticides in a Northern Nigerian Soil"
SASA: Nasiru Danmowa, University of Florida
"Transport of Phosphorus Fertilizer and Pesticides in a Northern Nigerian Soil"
SASA: Nasiru Danmowa, University of Florida
"Transport of Phosphorus Fertilizer and Pesticides in a Northern Nigerian Soil"
Baraza: Abena Busia, Rutgers University
"'Beentos' and Afro-politans: Negotiating Africa’s Diasporas in the Works of Contemporary African Women Writers."
Baraza: Abena Busia, Rutgers University
"'Beentos' and Afro-politans: Negotiating Africa’s Diasporas in the Works of Contemporary African Women Writers."
Baraza: Abena Busia, Rutgers University
"'Beentos' and Afro-politans: Negotiating Africa’s Diasporas in the Works of Contemporary African Women Writers."
Baraza: Chau Johnsen Kelly, University of North Florida
"From Sisal Plantation to Port City: Urban Development and Crisis in Mtwara"
Baraza: Chau Johnsen Kelly, University of North Florida
"From Sisal Plantation to Port City: Urban Development and Crisis in Mtwara"
Baraza: Nate Plageman, Wake Forest University
"The African Personality Dances Highlife: Popular Music and Cultural Modernization in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1957-1965"
Baraza: Nate Plageman, Wake Forest University
"The African Personality Dances Highlife: Popular Music and Cultural Modernization in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1957-1965"
Baraza: Joel Hartter, University of Colorado
"Parks in Peril or Conservation Success in East Africa?"
CAS Working Groups Intro Session
An Introduction to CAS Working Groups: Research Opportunities for UF Students and Faculty Representatives from various CAS-sponsored interdisciplinary working groups will provide details about their research directions, current group member areas of expertise, and planned activities for the upcoming year. Featured groups include: Natural Resource Management in Africa; Islam in Africa; Health in Africa; Social Change and Development; Institutions and …
Baraza
Matiangai Sirleaf, University of Maryland. "Africa, COVID-19, and Responsibility" September 11 | 3:30pm Matiangai Sirleaf is the Nathan Patz Professor of Law. She writes and teaches in the areas of global public health law, public international law, international human rights law, international criminal law, post-conflict and transitional justice and criminal law. Her most recent publications in this area include …
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 …
Baraza
Philip Janzen, UF. Reforming, Deforming,Unforming: Poetry and Geography in Atlantic World History. 3:30pm Register for the Zoom Webinar event here.
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 …
SASA
Felicien Maisha, UF. Manhood and Masculinity among Biboko Men during COVID-19 Lockdown in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. 11:45am
Baraza
Susan Cooksey, UF. Agents of Change: Metal Arts and Artists in sub-Saharan Africa. 3:30pm Register here: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cxBLSFuERbmulabN4BRiiA
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
Luce Foundation Workshop
Islam, Media, and Popular Culture in Africa and Elsewhere. 10:00am
Baraza
Abdalla Adamu, Bayero University. "Don’t’ Translate M**r in the Vernacular”: Rap, Hip-Hop and Islamicate Public Culture in Northern Nigeria. October 9 | 3:30pm EST Register in advance for this meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-uurz0oHNUUomD5s6vjJIPjSnYz5oZe
Social Change | Development
Marit Ostebo, UF. Stumbling over Artificial Intelligence while Tracing COVID-19 in Ethiopia. 12:50pm
SASA
Megan Cogburn, UF. Go to Chigonela! Developing Bodies and Care at a Tanzanian Maternity Waiting Home. 11:45am Register here.
Baraza
SM Rodriguez, Hofstra University. Imagining Transformative Justice in African LGBTI Politics. 3:30pm Register here.
Mixing Disciplines
Workshop – Writing Dissertation Grant Proposals. 7:00pm
Achebe | Baldwin @ 40
Interrogate and Commemorate. Schedule TBA
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 …
Baraza
With Paul Landau, University of Maryland. "Operation Mayibuye and the Limits of the Political Imagination." October 30 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Landau is professor of history. His publications include: “The M-Plan: Mandela’s Struggle to Reorient the African National Congress.” Journal of Southern African Studies (2019); Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 (2010); and Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial …
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
Baraza
Adrienne Strong, UF. Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality & the Ethics of Care in Tanzania. November 13 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Strong is assistant professor of anthropology. Her publications include: "Using paired cultural modeling and cultural consensus analysis to maximize program suitability in local contexts." Health Policy and Planning (co-author, 2020); "Causes and effects of occupational risk for healthcare workers on …
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
SASA
Netty Carey, UF. Lines in the Sand: Precarious Property on Ghana's Eroding Coast. 11:45am
Gator Stomp 2020: ASA Annual Meeting Reception for UF Center for African Studies
Colleagues, If you are attending this year's virtual African Studies Association meeting - or even if you are not - we'll be holding a reception via Zoom and would love for you to drop in. If attendance is sufficient then we'll have breakout rooms so you can circulate and chat with current faculty, students, and …
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 …
Baraza
Adib Bencherif, UF. Tuareg Women in the Northern Malian Conflict: Ambivalence and Layers of Symbolic Violence. 3:30pm Dr. Bencherif is a postdoctoral fellow in the Sahel Research Group. His publications include: "Lethal Violence in Civil War: Trends and Micro-dynamics of Violence in the Northern Mali Conflict (2012-2015)." Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (co-author, 2020); "From …
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 …
Gwendolen M. Carter Conference
Gwendolen M. Carter Conference: Shifting Momentum in African Agriculture through Research & Technologies: Improving Resiliency, Livelihoods, and Nutrition. December 10-11 | Schedule TBA
Mixing Disciplines
Roundtable – Methods (Used) and Monies (Sought). 7:00pm
Luce Workshop
The online workshop, “Remapping the Study of Islam & Muslim Cultures in Nigeria,” which Musa Ibrahim (UF) and Ben Soares (UF) have organized as part of the Islam in Africa in Global Context project funded through the Henry Luce Foundation, is next week on Friday, January 22 at 9.00 am EST. Speakers include Adeyemi Balogun …
Baraza
Alex Thurston, University of Cincinnati. Northern Nigerian Intellectuals, Sudan, and the “Eclectic Style” in Contemporary Islamic Thought. January 22 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
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
Baraza
Joel Hartter, University of Colorado. Local People and the Global Conservation Imperative: Perspectives from the Albertine Rift. January 29 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Hartter is associate professor of environmental studies and earned his doctorate from UF. His publications include: "More Robust Local Governance Suggests Positive Effects of Long-term Community Conservation." Conservation Science & Practice (co-author, …
Baraza
Oumar Ba, Morehouse College. "Peace, Democracy, and Prosperity for All: Africa and the International Legal Order." February 5 | 3:30pm EST Dr. Ba is assistant professor of political science and earned his doctorate at UF. His publications include: States of Justice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court (2020); "Who are the Victims of Crimes …
Social Change | Development Working Group
Netty Carey, UF. Wake Up in the Waves: Gallows Humor in Ghana's Natural Resource Bureaucracy. February 8 | 12:50pm EST Attend on Zoom. Meeting ID: 974 2132 4131 Passcode: 233797
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
Ayobami Edun, UF. The 2020 Co-Vent Project: A UF Contribution to the COVID Global Crisis. February 10 | 11:45am EST Register to attend on Zoom.
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 …
Baraza
Folashade Soulé, University of Oxford. African Agency in the Pandemic Time: Reflecting on Africa-China Relations. February 12 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
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
Baraza
Nana Osei-Opare, Fordham University. We Became Ghanaian: The Archive, Race, and the USSR. February 19 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
Baraza
Katherine Luongo, Northeastern University. Border-Crossing Beliefs: African Witchcraft and Global Asylum-Seeking. February 26 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
Baraza
John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations. How Should the Biden Administration Engage with a Rapidly Declining Nigeria—and Does It Matter? March 5 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
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
SEAN/SERSAS Meeting
African Mobilities: the Means and Modalities of Movement(s) Within and Beyond Africa SERSAS/SEAN 2021 Virtual Spring Conference Friday, March 12 – Saturday, March 13, 2021 Register for the Conference Friday, March 12, 2021 2:00-4:30 PM Emerging Scholars Workshop For the second year in a row, the African Studies Quarterly – an online, open-access, fully peer-reviewed …
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 …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
Cady Gonzalez, UF. Parasites All the Way Down: Hospitality and State-building in Addis Ababa. March 17 | 11:45am EST Register to attend on Zoom.
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
Baraza
Cheikh Thiam, School for International Training. COVID-19, Coloniality, and the Limits of Western Arrogance: Thoughts from Africa. March 19 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
Careers in African Affairs
Rebecca Klein Ballard, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Using your African Studies Training beyond Africa. March 23 | 4:30pm EDT Attend on Zoom. Dr. Klein Ballard earned her doctorate in anthropology at UF and conducted fieldwork in Ethiopia funded by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant.
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 …
Baraza
Álvaro Luís Lima, UF. Partners in Crime: The Dog in the Art of Post-apartheid South Africa. March 26 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
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
SASA Lecture
The Students in African Studies Association (SASA) presents: Brenda Lugano, University of Florida Lamu Conservation: A Case Study Understanding Community Participation in Lamu's Spatial Plan Wednesday 7 April @ 11:45 am Register to attend on Zoom.
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 …
Baraza
Todd Cleveland, University of Arkansas. Servers, Safaris, and Social Ascension: African Labor in the Tourism Industry in Colonial Mozambique, c. 1890-1975. April 16 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.
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 …
Collaborative Research Opportunities for UF Students and Faculty
ZoomCAS Working Groups introductory meeting September 1 | 11:45am With funding from a USED National Resource Center grant and from the UF Office of Research, CAS sponsors a variety of collaborative interdisciplinary working groups. These thematic-oriented groups provide a forum for faculty and students to pursue research and funding initiatives that cut across standard academic …
Baraza
ZoomBaraza Wandia Njoya, Daystar University. #IfikieMastude: The Political Vernacular of Education in Kenya. Dr. Njoya is senior lecturer in French and African literature. Her publications include: “Curriculum Reforms in Kenya.” Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies (2018); “Just Act, Don’t Think! Religion, Education and Disciplinary Decadence.” Atlantic Journal of Communication (2011); and “Lark Mirror: African Culture, Masculinity …
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, …
Distinguished Lecture in African Archaeology
ZoomDist. Lecture in African Archaeology: Yonas Beyene, French Center for Ethiopian Studies. Big Tools, Big Brains: Human Evolution and the Acheulian Techno-complex in Pleistocene Africa. 3:30pm
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 …
Baraza
ZoomA Baraza with Danielle Sanchez, Colorado College “African Opinions” at the Brazzaville Conference: Evolué Politics, Representation, and the Future of French Colonialism in Africa Dr. Sanchez is assistant professor of history. Her publications include: African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization (co-editor, 2019); “Bar-Dancing, Palm Wine, and Letters: Alcohol Consumption, Social Life, and Entrepreneurialism …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
ZoomSASA with Matthew Pflaum, UF. Fulani Insecurity in Mali since the 2012 Civil War. Register to Attend on Zoom.
Sahel Research Group Seminar
UF International Center Large Conference RoomOctober 1 | 10:40am A Discussion with Azizou Garba, Associate Director of the Centre Nationale D’Etudes Strategiques et de Securité (CNESS) in Niger. International Coordination and Security in the Sahel. Attend on Zoom (Meeting ID: 958 4594 9215; Passcode: 081471) or in-person at the UF International Center Large Conference Room. The Sahel Research Group is pleased to announce that …
Carter Lectures 21.1
ZoomCarter Lectures 21.1 with Funmi Adewole, De Montfort University. Contemporary Dance as African Cultural Production. ‘Funmi Adewole is lecturer in dance, School of Humanities and Performing Arts, De Montfort University in Leicester. Scholar, storyteller, and dramaturge, Dr. Adewole started out as a media practitioner in Nigeria and moved into performance on relocating to England in 1994. For several …
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 …
Sahel Research Group Seminar
UF International Center Large Conference RoomOctober 15 | 10:40am A Discussion with Azizou Garba, Associate Director of the Centre Nationale D’Etudes Strategiques et de Securité (CNESS) in Niger. The Impact of Security Considerations on State Construction in the Sahel. Attend on Zoom (Meeting ID: 946 3786 1399; Passcode: 613914) or in-person at the UF International Center Large Conference Room. The Sahel Research Group is pleased to …
Baraza
ZoomBaraza with George Bob-Milliar, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. Repetitive Distributive Politics in Northern Ghana: The Case of SADA and NDA. Dr. Bob-Milliar is senior lecturer in the Department of History & Political Studies. His publications include: “Political Transitions and Commissions of Inquiry: The Politicisation of Accountability in Ghana.” Third World Quarterly (co-author, 2020); “We run …
Center for African Studies 2021 Annual Fall Party
Austin Cary Forest Campus 10625 NE Waldo Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin us on Saturday October 16th from 4-7pm for the Center for African Studies 2021 Annual Fall Party at the Austin Cary Forest Campus. The event will comply with UF Covid Protocols and masking indoors will be expected. CAS faculty, staff, students, friends, and family are invited to the Center's Annual Fall Reception. Join us …
Islam | Africa
ZoomIslam | Africa: Issouf Binate, UF. Turkey's Religious Soft Power in Cote d'Ivoire. 11:45am
Sahel Research Group
October 22 | 10:40am Seminar with Oumar Ba, former Head of Office in Gao, Mali and retired UN official Role of the United Nations in the Resolution of Conflict in Mali and Central African Republic. Attend at the UF International Center Large Conference Room or attend on Zoom.
Carter Lectures 21.2
ZoomCarter Lectures 21.2 with Faustin Linyekula Back to the Future: Choreographers Mobilizing Africa-sourced Futures in the (post)COVID Era. Register to attend on Zoom. Faustin Linyekula is known as a dancer, choreographer, but calls himself a storyteller. He tells his stories through writing, theatre, dance, still or moving images. Linyekula lives and works in Kisangani, Democratic Republic …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
ZoomSASA: Adeojo Mosunmola, UF. Of Presence and Absence: A Review of Josiah Jesse Ransome-Kuti’s Influence on Religious Indigeneity and Nigerian Politics. 11:45am Register https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C9F8VJiiQjK81KTKXHfEjg
Sahel Research Group Seminar
UF International Center Large Conference RoomOctober 29 | 10:40am A Discussion with Azizou Garba, Associate Director of the Centre Nationale D’Etudes Strategiques et de Securité (CNESS) in Niger. Causes, Consequences, and Responses to Violent Extremism in the Sahel. Attend on Zoom (Meeting ID: 914 6479 9613; Passcode: 035887) or in-person at the UF International Center Large Conference Room. The Sahel Research Group is …
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ZoomBaraza with Michael Gennaro, Seminole State College One Big Night: Dick Tiger and the Fight over Nigerian Independence Dr. Gennaro is associate professor of history and earned his PhD at UF. His publications include: “The Cause is a Worthy One: Sport in Lagos, Nigeria during WWII.” Journal of African Military History (2020); “Ban this Cruel Sport Boxing: …
Digital | Africa
ZoomSibel Kusimba, University of South Florida. Predators on the Silicon Savanna? Financing Care in Nairobi. 12:45pm
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ZoomBaraza with Julie Archambault, Concordia University Sweaty Motions: Materiality, Meaning and the Emerging Workout Ethic in Mozambique Dr. Archambault is associate professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology. Her publications include: “Urban Precarity and Aspirational Compromise: Feeling Otherwise in a Mozambican Suburb.” City & Society (2021); “Concrete Violence, Indifference and Future-making in Mozambique.” Critique …
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 …
Carter Lectures 21.3
ZoomCarter Lectures 21.3 with Qudus Onikeku, UF. AFRICAN TIME: A New World-Thinking Qudus Onikeku is currently the first “Maker in Residence” at The Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship of the University of Florida – 2019-2022. Qudus Onikeku is a movement artiste made of diversity. Over the decade, he has established himself as one of …
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 …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
ZoomSASA: Karen Coker, UF. In the Midst of COVID-19: Community Perceptions of Extreme Weather Events and Health Outcomes in Kaffrine, Senegal. 11:45am Attend on Zoom.
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
Carter Master Class with Agathe Djokam
Master Class Details Il s’agit d’un atelier libre, ouvert à toutes les disciplines artistiques et toute personne désirant se redécouvrir différemment à travers un nouvel univers. It is a free workshop, open to all artistic disciplines and anyone wishing to rediscover themselves differently through a new universe. Attend on Zoom! This dance workshop will focus …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
ZoomSASA with William Dyer, UF. Multilingualism and Folktales from Central Senegal. December 1 | 11:45am Register to attend on Zoom.
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.
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
January 12 @ 11:45am Diane Ezeh Aruah, UF. Improving Maternal and Child Health in Nigeria through Promoting Family Size Limitation to Men. Register to attend.
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
*POSTPONED* Baraza
Baraza January 21 @ 3:30pm Jean-Frederic de Hasque, Université Louvain. Lions Clubs and the Baster Community in Namibia: The Making of Politics from the Perspective of African Associations. *This event has been postponed
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
SASA January 26 @ 11:45am Deng Zheyuan, UF. Ahmadiyya and the Aroloya Mosque Case in colonial Lagos. Register here.
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Baraza January 28 @ 3:30pm Sarah Politz, UF. Postcolonial Trauma Healing and Afro-Modernity in the Jazz and Brass Band Music of Benin Republic. Register to attend here. Dr. Politz is assistant professor in the School of Music. Her publications include: “Protest, Polyvalence, and Indirection in Benin’s Brass Band Music.” Honk! (2019); “We Don’t Want to …
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POSTPONED : Baraza February 4 @ 3:30pm Fatimah Tuggar, UF. Hybrid Encounters: West African Expertise & Digital Expressions.
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?
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Baraza February 11 @ 3:30pm Amanda Subalusky, UF. Water and Wildlife in the Mara Serengeti.
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.
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
SASA February 16 @ 11:45am Mustapha Mohammed, UF. Community Engagement and Participation in Field Research. Register https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fMI17WKHTuWHQnjWDoMAOw
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Baraza February 18 @ 3:30pm David Rifkind, UF. Architecture and Urbanism in Addis Ababa. Register https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_snNZK2DSR1qASibUVDe0EQ Dr. Rifkind is professor and director of the School of Architecture. His publications include: Modern Ethiopia: Architecture, Urbanism and the Building of a Nation (2022); “Colonial Cities at the Crossroads: Italy and Ethiopia.” In Silva (ed.) Urban Planning in …
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 …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
SASA February 23 @ 11:45am Yekatit Tsehayu, UF. Being Convert and Woman: Negotiating Islamic Religious Authority through Social Media in Ethiopia. Register on Zoom
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, …
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Baraza February 25 @ 3:30pm Marissa Moorman, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Angolan Radio in Five Songs. *This is a hybrid event: Attend on Zoom or in person in 404 GRI Dr. Moorman is professor in the Department of African Cultural Studies. Her publications include: “Luanda Humms and Buzzes: Urban Soundscapes, Club Music, and Dance, 1960-present.” …
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 …
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Baraza March 4 @ 3:30pm Christopher Witulski, Bowling Green State University. Innovation and Authenticity: Diatribes of Gnawa Heritage. Dr. Witulski is assistant professor of ethnomusicology and earned his PhD at UF. His publications include: Focus: Music and Religion of Morocco (2019); The Gnawa Lions: Authenticity and Opportunity in Moroccan Ritual Music (2018); and “Light Rhythms …
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.
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
SASA March 16 @ 11:45am Muzi Sibiya, UF. Understanding the Relative Effects of Mega-herbivores on Vertebrate Communities in a Southern African Savanna. Register to attend on Zoom.
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 …
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Baraza March 18 @ 3:30pm Kim Valenta, UF. Sensory Ecology of Fear: A New Approach to Mitigating Human-Elephant Conflict. Dr. Valenta is assistant professor of anthropology. Her publications include: “The ghost fruits of Madagascar: Identifying dysfunctional seed dispersal in Madagascar’s endemic flora.” Biological Conservation (co-author, 2020); “Research Stations as Conservation Instruments. A Tiered Analysis of …
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.
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
SASA March 23 @ 11:45am Caitlynn Filla, UF. Ecotourism and Antibiotic Resistance in Andasibe, Madagascar. Register: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZF-NHlEFTdSX8zr_OCd9FA
Africa | China Working Group
Africa | China March 24 @ 10:00am African Union’s Agenda 2063 in the Context of China’s BRI.
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Baraza March 25 @ 3:30pm Saida Hodžić, Cornell University. From (In)security to Abolition: African Perspectives on Ruling Imaginaries. Dr. Hodzic is associate professor of anthropology. Her publications include: The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs (2017); “Ascertaining Deadly Harm: Aesthetics and Politics of Global Evidence.” Cultural Anthropology (2013); and “Unsettling Power: Domestic Violence, …
SEAN-SERSAS Meeting
SEAN-SERSAS Meeting March 26 @ 9:00am Beyond Borders: Securing African Futures. SEAN SERSAS Program SEANSERSAS Flyer Grad Fair Program
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?
Baraza
Baraza April 1 @ 3:30pm Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies. Africa, Islam, and the Changing Global Architecture.
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.
Gwendolen M. Carter Conference
Gwendolen M. Carter Conference April 8-9 @ 10:00am Pasts for the Future of Pastoralism. 2022 Conference Program ATTEND CARTER CONFERENCE 2022: PASTS FOR THE FUTURE OF PASTORALISM Join Day 1 Zoom Webinar Here Join Day 2 Zoom Webinar Here
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
SASA April 13 @ 11:45am Michael Schuster, UF. The Future of Islamic Politics in Tunisia.
Getting A Signal Out of the Post-Colony: Reflecting on Data Science in Africa
ZoomSiri Lamoureaux, an anthropologist and assistant professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Siegen in Germany, will speak at this event, organized by the Digital Africa Working Group at the Center for African Studies.
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.
Baraza
Baraza April 22 @ 3:30pm Bennetta Jules-Rosette, UC San Diego & J.R. Osborn, Georgetown University. Reframing African Art & Museum Culture.