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Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Gwendolen M. Carter Lectures

In the spirit of the late distinguished Africanist scholar, Gwendolen M. Carter, the annual Carter lectures offer the university community and the greater public the perspectives of Africanist scholars on

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

Islam in Africa Symposium

"The African Madrassa: Transformations of Islamic Education in Contemporary Africa."

Free

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,

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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

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

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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

SASA

Felicien  Maisha,  UF.  Manhood and Masculinity  among  Biboko  Men  during  COVID-­19  Lockdown  in  Goma, Democratic  Republic  of  Congo.  11:45am

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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,

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

Mixing Disciplines

Roundtable  – “Fieldwork” across  Disciplines. 7:00pm

Health | Africa

Innovations  – Creative  Responses  to  Public  Health  Problems.  3:00pm

Luce Foundation Workshop

Islam,  Media,  and  Popular  Culture  in  Africa  and  Elsewhere.  10:00am

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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:

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. 

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SM  Rodriguez,  Hofstra  University. Imagining  Transformative  Justice  in  African  LGBTI  Politics.  3:30pm Register here. 

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

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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

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

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

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

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)

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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

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

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,

SASA

Netty Carey,  UF. Lines  in  the  Sand:  Precarious  Property  on  Ghana's  Eroding Coast.  11:45am

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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.

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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

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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

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

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

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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)

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Nana Osei-Opare, Fordham University. We Became Ghanaian: The Archive, Race, and the USSR. February 19 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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Katherine Luongo, Northeastern University. Border-Crossing Beliefs: African Witchcraft and Global Asylum-Seeking. February 26 | 3:30pm EST Register to attend on Zoom.

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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  

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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