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University of Pennsylvania

Additional Event Listings:

Current Events for Fall 2006

 
September
 
18
Women Studies Program
& History Dept. Temple U.
Chistelle Taraud
"Prostitution & Colonization: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, 1830-1962"
3:00 PM
Women's Studies Lounge
(8th Fl. Anderson Hall)
October
1
Annenberg Center
"Royal Drummers of Burundi"
3:00 PM
Zellerbach Theatre,
Annenberg Center
5
Dept. of History
Anne Bailey
(State University of New York, Binghamton)
"African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: A Paradigm for African Diaspora Studies"
12:00 Noon
Lecture Room, McNeil Center
for Early American Studies
6
Penn Dept. of Anthropology & Archaeology
Donald Redford
(Pennsylvania State University)
"Resistance to Persian Invasion: New Evidence from Egypt Regarding Events in the 4th Century BCE"
6:30 PM
Penn University Museum
11
Fall 2006 Lecture Series
Jennifer Hasty
Research Associate (University of Pennsylvania)
"Corruption in the Fast Track: Media, Courts, and Neo-liberal Desire in Ghana"
1:00 -2:30 PM
Houston Hall 314 -
Class of '47
16
Provost's Global Forum
Dr. Wangari Maathai
2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
"Growing Greener Cities Symposium"
7:00 PM
Irvine Auditorium
18
Fall 2006 Lecture Series
Classara Momanyi
(Jomo Kenyatta University)
"The Effects of 'Sheng' in the teaching of Kiswahili in Kenyan Educational Institutions"
1:00-2:30 PM
Irvine G16 -
Irvine Auditorium
19
Ethnohistory Program
Steven Feld
(University of New Mexico)
"POR POR: Honk Horn Music of Ghana"
4:30 -6:30 PM
University Museum,
Anthropology Department, Room 345
19
Fall 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher Workshop
"Teaching about Africa: Cultural and Natural Diversities"
3:30 -6:30 PM
Williams Hall,
Room 816
24
Fall 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher Workshop
"Teaching about Africa: Cultural and Natural Diversities"
3:30 -6:30 PM
Williams Hall,
Room 816
30
Fall 2006 Lecture Series
Ahmed Sikainga
(Ohio State University)
"Slavery, Ethnicity, Identity, and Popular Culture in Contemporary Sudan"
1:00 -2:30 PM
Houston Hall/Griski Room
November
1
Fall 2006 Lecture Series
Aloysius Ngefac
(University of Cameroon)
"The New Englishes: Issues of standardization and International Intelligibility"
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Houston Hall 314 -
Class of '47
3
Fall 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher Workshop
"Islam in America: The African Connection"
3:30 -6:30 PM
Williams Hall,
Room 816
9
Penn Law School
Hauwa Ibrahim
(Senior partner in the Aries Law Firm in Nigeria)
"Social Justice, Human Rights, and Sharia Law"
5:30 PM
Gittis Room 214
11
Wharton African Business Forum
Wharton African Business Forum
"Africa: Building New Partnerships, Impacting the Global Economy"

John Huntsman Hall
14
Fall 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher Workshop
"Africa: Environmental Threats and Opportunities"
3:30 -6:30 PM
Williams Hall,
Room 816
15
Penn Law School
Justice Richard J. Goldstone
Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994-2003)
"The First Decade of South Africa's Constitutional Court"
4:30 PM
Gittis Room 214
21
Fall 2006 Lecture Series
Banda Fall
(Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis)
"Le Role et la Place de l'ecole dans le Dialogue Interculturel et Interreligieux"
1:00 -2:30 PM
Houston Hall/Griski Room
27
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
"Tragedy and Inspiration: Apartheid Onstage"
7:00 PM
Studio Theatre, Annenberg
Center, 3680 Walnut Street
29
Fall 2006 Lecture Series
Aboubakary Diakhaby
(Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis)
"Birth and development of a University in Sengal"
1:00 -2:30 PM
Houston Hall/Griski Room
30
Haverford College
Douglas H. Johnson
(James Currey Press)
"The Root Causes of Darfur and Sudan's Wars"
4:30 PM
Gest Center 101
30 Novmber - 1 December
Graduate Student Center
"G8's Response to Africa Conference"
Penn Campus
 
December
7
Fall 2006 Outreach Series
K-12 Teacher Workshop
"Using Films in Teaching about Africa"
3:30 -6:30 PM
Williams Hall,
Room 816
7
Penn Center for AIDS Research
George J. Annas
(Boston University)
"Rationing HIV/AIDS Treatment in Africa:
Ethical and Human Rights Dimensions"
1:00 -2:00 PM
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building,
421 Curie Boulevard
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