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
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: …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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) …
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
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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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' …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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: …
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) …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Center for African Studies 2021 Annual Fall Party
Austin Cary Forest Campus 10625 NE Waldo Rd, Gainesville, FLJoin 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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Baraza
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 …
Digital | Africa
ZoomSibel Kusimba, University of South Florida. Predators on the Silicon Savanna? Financing Care in Nairobi. 12:45pm
Baraza
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Baraza
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 …
Baraza
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?
Baraza
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 …
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.
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
Baraza
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: …
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’ …
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, …
Baraza
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 …
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 …
Baraza
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 …
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 …
Baraza
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 …
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.
Baraza
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 …
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 …
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.
Baraza
404 GrinterThe Center for African Studies presents: A Baraza with Moren Tibabo Stone, University of Botswana Impacts of Conservation and Tourism on Indigenous Communities: the Case of the San in the …
China | Africa Working Group
China | Africa: Aid, Knowledge, and Innovation Transfer Post Covid-19. Time: 10am Location: TBA
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
471 GrinterSASA: Kimberley Williams, University of Florida. Death and Grieving Studies in Ghana. Time: 11:45am Location: 471 Grinter
Baraza
404 GrinterThe Center for African Studies presents: A Baraza with Fatimah Tuggar, University of Florida Hybrid Encounters: West African Expertise and Digital Expressions Fatimah Tuggar is an associate professor in the …
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!
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
471 GrinterSASA: Joshua Benjamin, University of Florida. Influence of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Aquatic Biodiversity and Trace Element Distribution in the Mara River Basin. Time: 11:45 Location: 471 …
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 …
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404 GrinterJoseph Bisesi, University of Florida. Examining the Potential Implications of Insecticide-treated Net Fishing in sub-Saharan Africa. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER
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
All Africa Faculty Meeting
404 Grinter
African Research sharing & Networking Event Series
UF International Center Large Conference RoomJoin the Center for African Studies and the International Center for the first of two African Research Sharing & Networking Event Series--- 1st Event October 18th, 4-6 pm. Light refreshments …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
471 GrinterSASA: Chris Fuglestad, University of Florida. Impact of Internationalization Policy on Language Use and Attitudes among University Students in Senegal. Time: 11:45am 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 …
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404 GrinterBaraza: Jean-Frédéric de Hasque, Université Catholique de Louvain. Westernized Governance? The Fight in Johannesburg, the Slingshot in Lusaka. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER
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
Baraza
404 GrinterBaraza: Christopher Richards, Brooklyn College. Saris, Qipaos and Jaguars: The Historical Fashion Culture of Accra. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER
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
Complex Journey- Eugene Agyei
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World Music Ensembles: Celebrating Diversity, Community + Inclusion
Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E University Ave, Gainesville, FLYou are invited to attend and enjoy the musical diversity of the UF World Music Ensembles, free of charge! This year's World Music Fest will take place on November 5, 2022, …
Students In African Studies Association (SASA)
471 GrinterThe Center for African Studies presents: SASA@ Lunch with Kimberley Williams, University of Florida Death and Grieving Studies in Ghana Wednesday 9 November @ 11:45 in 471 Grinter Pizza and …
Natural Resource Management | Africa
471 GrinterPOSTPONED NRM | Africa: How Can We Feed Africa while Conserving Biodiversity? Date/Time/Location: TBD
POSTPONED: One Health Day Event 2022
Facebook: https://fb.me/e/342a3dHoh Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-health-day-global-and-interdisciplinary-research-why-it-matters-tickets-444679196447?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
International Education Week 2022: World Flag Display
Plaza of The Americas FLVolunteer to carry the flag of your country of preference! For more information and to sign up to carry a flag, visit https://tinyurl.com/4rj8xj3y The IEW Trivia Competition Register your team …
Islam | Africa Working Group
471 GrinterIslam | Africa: Brahim Afrit, University of Florida. Reforming Islam from Above: The Algerian Experience. Time: 2pm Location: 471 GRINTER
“AU NOM DE TOUS LES TIENS ” A Discussion with Aya Cissoko
Library West 1545 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL
Baraza
404 GrinterBaraza: Tatiana Smirnova. Université de Québec. Russia and Africa: Strategy in the Making. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER
Agbedidi 2022
The University of Florida School of Theatre + Dance invites you to Agbedidi, an invigorating dance experience that merges African and modern dance styles into one high-energy performance. Friday, December 02, …
Students in African Studies Association (SASA)
471 GrinterSASA: Mosunmola Ogunmolaji, University of Florida. West African Health Workers on the Move: Nigerian Nurses in the UK, 1948-2010. Time: 11:45 Location: 471 Grinter
Holiday Party Celebration!!
427 Grinter Hall 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL
African Research Sharing & Networking Event Series
404 GrinterJoin the Center for African Studies and the International Center for the last of two African Research Sharing & Networking Event Series— 2nd Event December 8th, 4-6 pm. Light refreshments …
Dist. Lecture in African Archaeology
404 GrinterDist. Lecture in African Archaeology: Jeffrey Fleisher, Rice University. Speaking with Substance: A Collaborative Approach to the Zambian Past, AD700-1400. Time: 3:30pm Location: 404 GRINTER HALL
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
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404 GrinterProviding Quality of Care in Fragile and Vulnerable Settings: Lessons from South Sudan. Jacob Atem, Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization. 3:30pm in 404 GRINTER
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404 GrinterThe Center for African Studies presents: A Baraza with Anna Kapambwe Mwaba, Smith College Elections without Observers? Malawi 2019 vs. 2020 Dr. Mwaba is assistant professor in the department of …
The Ethiopian Peace Agreement: Challenges of implementation
471 GrinterKjetil Tronvoll is a Peace and Conflict studies professor and Vice-Rector of Research at Oslo New University College. He holds a Ph.D. in political anthropology from LSE, and has carried …
Baraza
Providing Quality of Care in Fragile and Vulnerable Settings: Lessons from South Sudan. Jacob Atem, Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization. 3:30pm in 404 GRINTER
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404 GrinterHuman Response to Climate Change in the Horn of Africa: A Case Study of Ethiopia's Afar Rift during the Holocene. Lamya Khalidi, CNRS/Université Côte d'Azur. 3:30pm in 404 GRINTER
FLAS Deadline
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Africa Everywhere
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