African Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Additional Event Listings:

Current Events for Spring 2006

 
January
 
26
Provost Forum on Global Civil Society
Dr. Shirin Ebadi
(2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
"Protecting the Rights of Women and Children in the World Today"
7:00 PM
Jon M. Huntsman Hall
(38th and Walnut Sts.)
27
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Hans-Peter Kohler
Department of Sociology
(University of Pennsylvania)
"AIDS/HIV Risk, Marriage and Sexual Relations in Malawi"
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
30
Anthropology Colloquium
Brad Weiss
(College of William and Mary)
"The One True Religion and Reality Rap: Millenial Hip-Hop in Urban Tanzania"
4:30 - 6::00 PM
U Museum, Room 345
February
3
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Carol Muller
Department of Music
( University of Pennsylvania)
"Representing African Music"

2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
3
Sociology Department Spring 2006 Colloquium Series
Prudence Carter
(Harvard University)
"Coconuts & 'Fancy' Heads: Race, Culture & Educational Opportunity inPost Apartheid South Africa"

12:00 -1:00 PM
Mc Neil, room 286-87
10
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Eiman Zein-Elabdin
Department of Economics
( Franklin and Marshall College)
"Postcoloniality and Development: Relevance to Africa"

2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
17
Student National Medical Association
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong
(Comprehensive Sickle Cell Anemia Center, Childrens' Hospital of Philadelphia)
"Genes, Microbes, and African Spirits"
1:50 PM
Reunion Hall of John Morgan Building
24
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Steven Feierman
Department of History & Sociology of Science
( University of Pennsylvania)
"African Studies and Historical Knowledge"

2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
28
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Kush/Nubia/Meroe"

4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632
March
3
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Pim Higginson
Department of French
(Bryn Mawr College)
"Sub-Saharan Modernity and the Francophone African Crime Novel"
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
14
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Liberia"
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632
17
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Sandra Barnes
Department of Anthropology
(University of Pennsylvania)
"Culture in Motion: Coastal West Africa, 1760 – 1860"
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
17
ASC
"African Languages Cultural Day"
5:30 -8:00 PM
Hamilton Rooftop Lounge
18
Co-sponsored: Outreach
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Egypt and Nubia: Friends, Allies, Rivals and Foes"
6:00 -8:30 PM
University Museum
20
Co-Sponsored Event
Nouzha Skalli
Member of Moroccan Parliament
"Protecting the Rights of Women in Morocco"
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632
21
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Ethiopian History"
5:00 - PM
315 Steinberg-Dietrch Hall
28
Spring 2006 Guest Lectures
Ntombenhle R. Nkosi
KwaZulu-Natal Dept. of Education
"African Languages in the New South Africa: Policy and Practice"
2:00 -3:00 PM
311 Houston Hall
(Griski Room)
29
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Swahili Language and Culture"
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632
31
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Thomas Callaghy
Department of Political Science
(University of Pennsylvania)
"Africa and the Political Economy of Globalization"
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
 
April
3
UPenn Arts Day
David Adjaye
(Adjaye Associates)
"Making Public Buildings"
6:00 PM
Zellerbach Theater
6
Co-sponsored: ASC
Evening of Liberian Food & Storytelling
9:00 AM -5:00 PM
Kelly Writer's House
7
ASC
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Dept. of Philosophy
(Princeton University)
"Scholar for a Day"
9:00 AM -5:00 PM
Room F85, Huntsman Hall
14
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
William Burke-White
School of Law (University of Pennsylvania)
"The International Criminal Court and Governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda"
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
17
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Cymone Fourshey
Department of History
(Susquehanna University)
"Language, Food, and Cultural Diffusions in the Greater Atlantic World"
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
17
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about African Languages "
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632
19
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Africa"
TV-Broadcast
3:30 -6:00 PM
An Internet2 Event
21
Spring 2006 Lecture Series
Gregory Bisson
School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania)
"Clinical Research on HIV/AIDS in Botswana"
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392
25
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about African Literature"
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632
 
May
2
Co-sponsored: Outreach
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Africa: A Land of Contrasts"
6:00 -8:30 PM
University Museum
4
Spring 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Exploring Africa"
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
African-American Museuem

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