African Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Additional Event Listings:

Current Events for Spring 2010

January
15
 "How Science Travels:  African Scientists, HIV, and Ethics in the Global Health Sciences"
Johanna Crane (UPenn
Room 321 3401 Market St
12:00-1:00 PM
27
Special CFAR Seminar:
Eric P. Goosby, M.D.
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building, 421 Curie Blvd
4:00-5:00 PM
Penn Center for AIDS Research
February
2
"Mass Media Exposure and HIV-Related Stigma in Ghana"
Emmanuel F. Koku (Drexel Univ.)
Houston Hall, 223-Golkin Room
4:30-6:00 PM
Spring Lecture Series
10
"Spoken Power: Orature of Ghana"
Abu Abarry, (Temple Univ.)

Small Auditorium, BG-11.
11:20-12:15 PM

Philad. Community College,
ASC Sponsored
12
"Narrowing the Legitimacy Gap: Turnovers as a Cause of Democratic Consolidation"
Devra Moehler (UPenn)
 639 Williams Hall
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Spring Lecture Series
23

" The Politics of Time and Modernist Form in Aime Cesaire and Wifredo Lam "
Natalie Melas (Cornell University)
Kelly Writers House
6:00 PM
ASC Co-sponsoer
26
 
“Religious Tolerance in Senegal: Foundations and Prospects”
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
(Columbia University)
Philadelphia International House 3701 Chestnut Street
6:00-8:00 PM
SSRC
March
8
"International Women's Day Celebrations"
Philadelphia International House 3701 Chestnut Street
7:00 PM
Penn NRCs
11
"Encyclopedia of Africa"
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Montgomery Auditorium Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street,
Philad. Free Library
16
Montgomery Auditorium Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street,
7:30 PM
Philad. Free Library
19
"African Languages Cultural Day"
W.E.B. Du Bois College House, Multi-Purpose Room
5:30 - 8:30 PM
ASC Sponsored
23
Annenberg Room 110, 3620 Walnut St.
1:30-3:30 PM
SSRC
24
Conversation with:
Abioseh Porter (Drxel Univ.)
Huntsman Hall Room G55
6:00-7:30 PM
Penn African Student Association
25
 African Traditional Political Order
John Ayoade (UPenn)
Claudia Cohen Hall, Room G17
1:30-3:00 PM
Spring Lecture Series
29
 "Retail Sociality in Cape Verde: Politics of Civility in Supermarkets"
Kesha Fikes (Univ. of Chicago)
Museum (3260 South Street), Room 345
4:30 PM
Anthropology colloquium
31-April 2nd
Haverford College
April
2
"The Status of South African Literature and the Arts"
Zakes Mda (South African Writer)
Haverford College
Multicultural Center
Stokes Building
3:30-5:00 PM
ASC Sponsored
5
"China's Strategic Approach to Aid in Africa"
Ambassador David H. Shinn
Annenberg 110 3620 Walnut St
3:30-5:00 PM
Spring Lecture Series
Co-Sponsor: East Asian Studies
5
"Four Saints and an Angel"
Ronald A. Williams
Philadelphia Community College
BG-10 Large Auditorium
12:20-1:15 PM
ASC Sponsored
6
"Eat Your Way through Africa: Sudan"
118 S. 37th Street (37th at Sansom)
6:00-8:00 PM
Students $2, others $10
7

"Dance: An Educational Tool for the U.S. and Post-Conflict Communities"
Rebecca Davis, (Rebecca Davis Dance Company)
Carriage House
3901 Spruce St
6:00-8:00 PM
Outreach Event, (Act 48 Credit)
9

"Chambishi Rising: The Labor Question of Chinese Capitalism in Africa"
Ching Kwan Lee (UCLA)

McNeil 103, 3718 Locust Walk
12:00 Noon
ASC Co-Sponsor
10

"Learning about Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya and Democracti Republic of Congo"

Houston Hall, Ben Fraklin Room
9:00 AM -3:00 PM
Outreach for Army Reserves
14

Ibrahim Theater, International House 3701 Chestnut St
7:00-9:00 PM
ASC-SSRC
14

"The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power"
Journalist Robert D. Kaplan

Terrace, Cohen Hall 249 South 36th Street
4:30-6:30 PM
Distinguished Lecture Series
Sponsored by Penn NRCs
19-20

Rauch Business Center, 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem
Lehigh University

23-24

29
"Teaching the Human Experience: Lessons from Ethiopia"
Fulbright-Hays GPA area educators
Carriage House
3901 Spruce St
5:00-8:00 PM
Outreach Event, (Act 48 Credit)
30
Annenberg Room 110, 3620 Walnut St.
1:30-4:30 PM
Office of International Programs and the African Studies Center
May
7
"Open Mind for Africa Reception"
MidAtlantic Restaurant, 3711 Market Street
6:00 PM
8
"Global Education Lab"
Register: info@bigpicturesmallworld.com
Arch Building, Crest Room (Locust Walk and 36th Streets)
9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
Outreach Event
(Act 48 Credit), ($150, $140)
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