African Studies Center

&

The Solomon Asch Center

For Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict

University of Pennsylvania

Scholar for a Day

Liisa Malkki and James Ferguson
Professors of Anthropology
University of California at Irvine

Program

8:30-8:50     Breakfast

8:50-9:00     Opening Remarks: Dr. Lee Cassanelli, Director, African Studies Center

9:00-10:30   Panel I with James Ferguson: “Re-politicizing Development”
                    Faculty Moderator: Dr. Steven Feierman, Departments of History and History and Sociology of Sciences
                    Student Discussants: Eve Buckley, Department of History and Sociology of Sciences
                                                       Marton Markovits, Department of Political Science
                                                       Ian Petrie, Department of History and Sociology of Sciences
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 Panel II with Liisa Malkki: “The Family of Nations and its Others”
                    Faculty Moderator: Dr. Brendan O’Leary: Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict; Department of Political Science
                    Student Discussants: Wendy Haugh, Department of Anthropology
                                                       Azra Hromodzic, Department of Anthropology
                                                       Todd Wolfson, Department of Anthropology
12:15-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:00    Panel III with Liisa Malkki and James Ferguson: “Imagining Modernity and the State”
       Faculty Moderator: Dr. Brenda Chalfin, Department of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Florida
                    Student Discussants: Liz Greenspan, Department of Anthropology
                                                       Jen Riggan, Graduate School of Education
                                                       David Samper, Department of Folklore
3:00-3:15    Coffee Break

3:15-4:30    Liisa Malkki and James Ferguson: Presentation of Recent Research

There will be a reception following the event.

Friday April 11, 2003
Studio Theater, Annenberg Performing Arts Center
3680 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania

For more information please e-mail: Africa@sas.upenn.edu or call the African Studies Center at (215) 898-6971.