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
2005 Scholar: PROF. FRANCIS DENG
Johns Hopkins University
21 March 2005, 9 AM to 5 PM
Undergraduate Lounge, Stiteler Hall
Event Schedule:
8:30 – 8:50 AM
Welcome & Breakfast
8:50 – 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks: Dr. Lydie Moudileno
9:00 – 10:30 AM
Panel 1: Careers
Chair: Dr. Thomas Callaghy (Political Science)
Students:
Tonya Taylor
Nicole Benham
Robert Riggs
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Coffee Break
10:45 &ndash 12:15 AM
Panel 2: Conflict and Identity
Chair: Dr.Rose Kadende–Kaiser
Students:
Kristin Doughty,
Jennifer Sessions,
Ben Porter
12:15 – 1:30 PM: Lunch Break
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Panel 3: Africa Envisioned
Chair: Dr. Lee Cassanelli (History)
Students:
Niklas Hultin
Anika Wilson
David Faris
3:00 – 3:15 PM: Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:30
Panel 4: The Challenges of National Unity in Africa
Discussant: Dr. Ali Dinar (African Studies)
4:30 PM: Reception
Co-sponsors: African Studies Center, the Middle East Center, the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, and the Graduate Student Associations Council (GSAC)
Francis Deng is Research Professor of International Law, Politics and Society and the Director of the Center for Displacement Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. A former Sudanese minister of state, ambassador and, currently, special representative of the UN Secretary-General on internally displaced persons, Professor Deng is a leading expert on the Sudan, African conflicts, and refugees.
For inquiries please contact:
Dr.Ali B. Ali-Dinar,
Ph.D, aadinar@sas.upenn.edu
(215) 898-6610
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