SCHOLAR FOR A DAY
Scholars: AboutThe Scholar for a Day is a day-long seminar, organized by Penn graduate students of all disciplines, designed to provide students and faculty with exposure to a leading scholar in African Studies. The event allows for intensive engagement with authors of significant theoretical approaches to Africanist scholarship as well as providing an opportunity to gain insight into the professional process--the evolution of new empirical and theoretical interests, the methodologies of research and writing, and the process of collaboration between scholars. |2012 | 2011 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1994
2004 Scholar: PROF. PETER GESCHIERE
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Monday, 29 March 2004, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m
Stiteler Hall, First Floor (37th and Walnut)
Event Schedule:
8:30 – 8:50 AM
Welcome & Breakfast
8:50 – 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks: Prof. Lee Cassanelli, Director, African Studies Center
9:00 – 10:30 AM
Panel I: Reconciling Modernity and Witchcraft
Chair: Prof. Steven Feierman, History and Sociology of Science, History
Discussants:
Kristina Wirtz (Anthropology)
Jason Blum (Religious Studies)
Linda Lee (Folklore and Folklife)
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15 PM
Panel II: Excavating a career: Research themes, methodologies, and publics
Chair: Prof. Sandra Barnes, Anthropology
Discussants:
Noel Salazar (Anthropology)
Marie Jorritsma (Music)
Andi Johnson (History and Sociology of Science)
12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Panel III: State and society in Africa
Chair: Dr. Thomas Callaghy (Political Science)
Discussants:
Genevra Murray (Anthropology)
Jane Gordon (Political Science)
Adam Mohr (Anthropology)
3:00 – 3:15 PM: Coffee break
3:15 – 4:30 PM:
Presentation by Dr. Peter Geschiere:
"The Fascination of the Forest: Cannibals, Biodiversity and Other Visions"
4:30 PM: Reception
Co-Sponsors: The Department of Anthropology, The Center for Folklore and Ethnography, & The Penn Humanities Forum
For inquiries please contact:
Dr.Ali B. Ali-Dinar,
Ph.D, aadinar@sas.upenn.edu
(215) 898-6610
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