Comprehensive Calendar [.pdf]
Ujamaa Brownbag [.pdf]
African Studies Seminar Series [.pdf]
August 22
"How Many Sudans are there?"
bobbie-frances mcdonald, founder of Sudan in Action
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
1204 Oread, KU Campus
Noon-1pm (11:30 lunch option)
September 5
KASC Fall Welcoming Reception for New Africanist Faculty and African Fulbright Students
Bailey Hall, Rooms 10 & 11
3:30-5:00pm
September 6
"Genocide: What the World Can and Should Do "
Former Abmassadors Robert Beecroft (Bosnia) & Edward Brynn (Burkina Faso and Ghana)
Dole Institute of Politics
2350 Petefish Drive, West Campus
7:30pm
September 12
Ujamaa Brownbag: “South Africa : A Journalistic Perspective”
Laura Larson, Kansas Public Radio
Kansas Union, Alcove C
11:30 – 1:00pm
September 15
Tailgate Party and Family Day
in collaboration with the Kansas University African Drumming and Dancing Ensemble (KUADDE) and the Spencer Museum of Art
Spencer Museum of Art , Lawrence
4:00-5:00pm September 20
African Studies Seminar: “The Lagos-Ibadan 'Theocratic Class” and the Obasanjo Presidency in Nigeria (1999-2007)”
Ebenezer Obadare, KU
Kansas Union, Pine Room
3:30-5:00pm
September 20
"World Hot Spots: What Google Earth and Geography tell us about war, peace and the environment"
Prof. Jeffy Dobson & Google Earth founder Brian McCledon
Dole Institute of Politics
2350 Petefish Drive, West Campus
7:30pm
September 28-29
“Africa in Motion,” the 13th Annual Meeting of the Mid America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS)
Kansas Union - Malott, Pine, and English Rooms
10:00am
October 3
Ujamaa Brownbag: “Arabic Prisms: A Multifaceted View of Language and Culture in Morocco”
Huma Khan and Heather Meiers, KU graduate students
Kansas Union, Alcove C
11:30-1:00pm
October 18-21
"21st Century Africa: Evolving Conceptions of Human Rights"
African Studies Association 50 th Anniversary Annual Meeting
New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers
October 23
The Sudanese Lost Boys, Film Screening and Discussion with Abraham Beny and Manute Bol, in collaboration with the School of Social Welfare
Kansas Union,
Alderson Auditorium
3:30-6:00pm
October 23
The Ha! Man Musical Concert by the South African Musician Francois LeRoux, in collaboration with the Light Center of Baldwin
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
1204 Oread, KU Campus
7:00-9:00pm
October 25
African Studies Seminar: “Rwandan Genocide Leading to Mobutu's Overthrow in the Congo"
Jonathan Quinn, Truman State University
Kansas Union, Pine Room
3:30-5:00pm
November 2
African Studies Seminar: “Women in African Politics: A Continental Shift"
Hannah Britton, Associate Professor, KU
Bailey Hall, Room 109
3:30-5:00pm
November 8
African Studies Seminar: “Leadership: A Cape Verdian Presidential Style”
President Antonio Monteiro, former president of Cape Verde
Kansas Union, Pine Room
3:30-5:00pm
November 8
Student Night at the Spencer Museum of Art, sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board in collaboration with the Kansas University African Drumming and Dancing Ensemble (KUADDE) Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence
6:00-8:00pm
November 9
Chancellor's Reception for Former Cape Verdian President Antonio Monteiro
Chancellor's Residence, The Outlook
1532 Lilac Lane
3:30-4:30pm
November 14
Ujamaa Brownbag: “Drumming for Life: African Styles, Innovations, and Techniques”
Dylan Bassett, Yusufu Kamara, Linda Wiley, KU graduate students
Kansas Union, Alcove C
12:30-2:00pm
November 28
Ujamaa Brownbag: “Tanzania on My Mind and in My Soul” Shaunika Cotton & Scott Gustafson, KU students
Kansas Union, Alcove C
12:30-2:00pm
November 29
African Studies Seminar: “Tribalism and Leadership in Mozambique and Zimbabwe”
Elizabeth MacGonagle, Assistant Professor, KU
Kansas Union, Pine Room
3:30-5:00pm
December 5
Ujamaa Brownbag: “My Peace Corp Experience in Mauritania”
Ben Burgen, KU graduate student
Kansas Union, Alcove C
11:30-1:00pm
|
