Program Schedule
June 13th - 24th, 2005
Room 109 Bailey Hall
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Week I
Monday, June 13
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:40 Opening session: institute goals, participant introductions/
announcements: Ann Schofield, Associate Dean, College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, John Janzen, Director, KASC, and
Khalid El-Hassan, Institute Director
9:40 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 - 12:00 Western media and stereotypes of African culture, Malcolm
Gibson
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:45 Africa's physical environment, Garth Myers
2:45 - 3:00 Coffee Break
3: 00 - 4:00 Admission and class enrollment, Khalid El-Hassan
Tuesday, June 14
9:00 - 10:00 Contemporary Africa: the historical context, Mohamed Adam Dosi
10:00 - 12:00 Wars, hot spots, and reasons behind ethnic conflicts in Africa,
John Janzen
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:45 Africa: the human geography, Garth Myers
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:00 Orientation to KU-Lawrence Campus, Khalid El-Hassan
Wednesday, June 15
9:00 - 11:00 Islam in Africa, Beverly Mack
11:00 - 12:00 Arabic language and Arab culture in Northern Africa, Wael
Zuraiq
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Wolof and Senegalese culture, Alassane Fall
2:00 - 4:00 African art and artifacts in the Museum of Anthropology, John
Janzen and Gitti Salami
Thursday, June 16
9:00 - 11:00 African Arts: historical and contemporary issues, Gitti
Salami
11:00 - 12:00 Hausa language and culture in Western Africa, Aminu
Gusau
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Africana library resources and Africa online: searching the
Web for curricular materials and teaching resources, Ken
Lohrentz, Clarke Lab, Watson Library
3:00 - 5:00 Individual/group teaching modules and research projects
preparation with optional consultation, Khalid El-Hassan
Friday, June 17
9:00 - 10:30 Politics and democratization process in Africa, Kalu Kalu,
Emporia State University
10:30 - 12:00 Language, identity, and culture of Swahili people in Eastern
Africa, Jane Irungu
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 African traditional religions and value system, Peter
Ukpokodu
3:00 - 5:00 Individual/group teaching modules and research projects
preparation with optional consultation, Khalid
El-Hassan, Room 11, Bailey Hall
Week II
Monday, June 20
9:00 - 12:00 Methodological approaches to the teaching of Africa, Nelly
Ukpokodu, University of Missouri at Kansas City
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Human rights and social equity in the postcolonial Africa,
Jacob Gordon
3:00 - 5:00 Individual/group teaching modules and research projects
preparation with optional consultation, Khalid
El-Hassan, Room 11, Bailey Hall
Tuesday, June 21
9:00 - 12:00 Gender and the situation of African women, Folabo Ajayi,
Saadia Malik, & Jane Irungu
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Health, diseases, and culture: an African case study, Sandra
Gray
3:00 - 5:00 Individual/group teaching modules and research projects
preparation with optional consultation, Khalid El-Hassan,
Room 11, Bailey Hall
Wednesday, June 22
9:00 - 12:00 African music and dance: presentation and demonstration,
Omofolabo Ajayi
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Economic development in Africa, Elizabeth Asiedu
3:00 - 5:00 Individual/group teaching modules and research projects preparation with optional consultation, Khalid El-Hassan, Room 11,
Bailey Hall
Thursday, June 23
10:00 - 11:30 A visit and special learning sessions at Nelson - Atkins Museum of Arts in Kansas City, Jamie Boanavia
12:00 - 1:30 New African immigrants in Kansas: a visit to the Catholic
Charities, Kansas City, Kansas, Steve Weitkamp
2:00 - 5:00 A visit and demonstration of African culture and teaching
resources available in the Kansas City Animal Zoo,
Tricia Hanska
Friday, June 24
9:00 - 12:00 Presentations/demonstrations of research topics and teaching
modules, Khalid El-Hassan
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Presentations/demonstrations of research topics and teaching
modules, Khalid El-Hassan
2:00 - 3:00 Roundtable discussion: evaluations and concluding remarks,
John Janzen and Khalid El-Hassan
6:00 - 9:00 Closing Ceremony: Celebrating Africa
African cultural night with African food and African
music, ECM, Lawrence