African Studies Center
647 Williams Hall
E-mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu
Telephone (215) 898-6971

Current Events for Fall 2001

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October Events
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4
J. Stephen Morrison
Director of Africa Program Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
"Where is Washington Going on HIV/AIDS in Africa?"
Biomedical Research
Building #252
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
(Part of: Africa Health Group)
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Vinh-Kim Nguyen, MD
Department of Social Studies of Medicine and McGill AIDS Centre McGill University
"Retroviral Epidemics in West Africa: A Biosocial Approach"
Logan Hall, # 337
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
(Part of: Africa Health Group)
17
"The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia"
Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies
 18 South Seventh Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
(3:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
(Part of: ASC Outreach)
19
Francis Matambirofa, University of Zimbabwe
Visiting Scholar, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
"The Land Question in Zimbabwe: Personal Reflections and Possible Solutions"

Golkin Room
Houston Hall,# 223
(Noon to 1:30PM)
(Fall Lecture Series)
26
"The New African Diaspora"

Terrace Room,
Logan Hall
(8:30 AM - 6:00 PM)
ASC Annual Workshop
30
Elly Katabira, FRCP
Associate Professor of Medicine Associate Dean, Research Makerere University Medical School, Uganda
" Responding to the AIDS Epidemic in Uganda"
Biomedical Research
Building #252
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
(Part of: Africa Health Group)
30 - Nov.2nd
Corporate Council on Africa: United States-Africa Business Summit
" Health Care Management Systems: Policy and Frameworks for Africa"
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market Street
(Part of: Africa Health Group)
30 - Nov.2nd
Corporate Council on Africa: United States-Africa Business Summit
" Exhibt on Penn & Africa"
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market Street
(Part of: ASC Outreach)
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November Events
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2
"African Language Cultural Festival"
Upper East Lounge,
Hill College House
(5:00 - 9:00 PM)
(Part of: ASC Activities)
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Julie Livingstone
Department of History, Emory University and Rutgers Network/ New Jersey Institute of Technology
" History of Childhood Disability in Botswana"
Logan Hall, # 337
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
(Part of: Africa Health Group)
13
"The African Immigrant Experience in Philadelphia"
Balch Institute
of Ethnic Studies
 18 South Seventh Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
(3:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
(Part of: ASC Outreach)
27
Barbara Underwood, PhD
Scholar-in-Residence, Food & Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine
"In Her Lifetime: Consequences of Malnutrition in Africa"
Biomedical Research
Building #252
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
(Part of: Africa Health Group)
30
Muigai Wa-Gachanja, Kenyatta University
Visiting Scholar, Folklore &, Literature Department
"Images of Women as they Appear in Kenyan Oral Narratives"

Ben Franklin Room
Houston Hall,# 218
(Noon to 1:30PM)
(Fall Lecture Series)
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December Events
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4
Jordan Kassalow
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Global Health Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
" Why African Health is Important to U.S. Foreign Policy "
Biomedical Research
Building #253
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
(Part of: Africa Health Group)