Comprehensive Calendar
African Studies Seminar Series "Changing the World: The Meaning of Revolution"
Ujamaa Brownbag Series
January 20, 3:30-5:00 PM:
KASC Welcoming Reception
Food & refreshments!
Bailey Hall basement, Room 9 & 10
March 3, 3:00-4:30 PM:
"Change in Afghanistan"
Presentation by: Ronald E. Neumann, Ambassador to Afghanistan 2005-2007
Room 110, Smith Hall
Co-Sponsored with International Programs
March 18-21
Title VI 50th Anniversary, Washington DC
June 9-19
Teacher Summer Institute
Ujamaa Brownbags
(Study abroad in Africa)
February 11, 11:30-1:00 PM:
Traditional Music in Modern Senegal
Presentation by Dylan Basset
Alcove K, Kansas Union
March 4, 11:30-1:00 PM:
"Kenyan Kinship: Make a Difference Abroad, Starting in Lawrence"
Presentation by Shanxi Upsdell, Undergraduate student
Alcove G, Kansas Union
April 22, 11:30-1:00 PM:
"Niamey, Niger: Water in a Sahelian City"
Presentation by Hilary Hungerford, Graduate student in Geography and FLAS Fellow
Alocve G, Kansas Union
African Studies Seminar Series
Revolution Semester
February 27, 3:00-5:30 PM:
"What does 'Revolution' Mean in Our Time? Society, Science/Environment, and the Arts"
The Commons, Spooner Hall, KU
Presentations by:
Vitaly Komar, Russian Artist
Kris Ercums, Spencer Museum, KU
Diane Fourny, French, European Studies, KU
Garth Myers, Geography, AAAS and KASC Director
March 9 TBD
April 16, 3:00-5:30 PM:
"Changing the World: Revolutionary Thinking about the Environment"
Presentations by:
Pro. Tom Newlin, Oberlin College
Pro. Jimmy Adegoke UMKC
Pro. Chris Brown, KU
Venue: The Commons, Spooner Hall, KU
Workshops
February 28, 8:30-4:00 PM:
"Art, Music, and Revolution"
K-16 Workshop
Spencer Art Museum, Reception Room (Rm 307)
KUADDE
March4, 7:00 PM:
KU Percussion Ensemble
Murphy Hall, Rm 130
Contact: Dylan Bassett
May 2, 1:00-4:00 PM:
2nd Annual Arts & Culture Festival
Spencer Museum of Art
Other events of interest
Medical Anthropology Position
Candidate visits & lectures
January 19-21, 2009 - Dr. Adam Mohr, from U of Pennsylvania
Lecture: 1/20, 3:30pm, in 547 FR, reception to follow
"School of Deliverance: Healing, Exorcism and Male Spirit Possession in the Ghanaian Presbyterian Diaspora."
January 25-27, 2009 - Dr. Toni Copeland, from U of Alabama
Lecture: 1/26, 3:30pm, in Alderson room of the KS Union, reception to follow
“Cultural Knowledge, Behavior, and Health among HIV-Positive Women in Nairobi, Kenya”
January 28-30, 2009 - Dr. Katherine Rhine, from Brown University
Lecture: 1/29, 3:30pm, in Malott room of the KS Union, reception to follow
"Support Groups, Marriage, and the Management of Ambiguity among HIV-positive Women in Northern Nigeria."
February 13, 6:30 p.m, Lawrence Public Library
Moderator, Ken Lohrentz, Former Librarian for African Studies, KU
Still Lifes from a Genocide: A Documentary about Dafur
March 30, 2009 KU Department of Geography Spring Colloquim Series
Following publication: The life and times of tropical fruit stories by Dr. Ian Cook, Department of Geography University of Exester, UK.
4:00 pm, Lindley 317
