African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

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ASC Events for Spring 2014

	January




23	"Community Health in Zambia" video-chat with KieraKenney, MSW	2:30-3:30 PM, Room 97McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk

31	"African Viewpoints on Global Health and Social Change" Ellis Owusu-Dabo, MD, PhD, (KCCR), Ghana Yaw Asare Afrane, PhD Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)	3:00-5:00 pm, Fagin Hall (Nursing Building) Room 216, 418 Curie Blvd
Sponsors: SEAS, Africa Center, SOM Global Health Programs, Center for Public Health Initiatives, Global Health Affairs School of Nursing, Botswana UPenn Partnership
31	Performance: "Ladysmith Black Mambazo"	8:00 PM, Zellerbach Theatre

	February


8	"25th annual Celebration of African Cultures "	1-4 PM, University Museum

16	"Soweto Gospel Choir"	7:00 PM, Zellerbach Theatre

18	"Contesting Sound: Music in the Senegalese Tijaniyya" Christine Thu Nhi Dang, Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology	5:15 PM, Music Building, Room 102, 201 S. 34th Street

18	"Global Business Strategy: University of Ghana EMBA Day at Wharton"	8:00 AM - 6:30 PM

27	“A House Divided: Threat Perception, Military Factionalism and Repression in Africa” Idean Salehyan (University of North Texas)	12-1:30 PM, Stiteler Hall

	March
5	2014 International Women's Day "Women, War and Peace"	6-8 PM, International House of Philadelphia

6	Book Talk: "Africa in Stereo" Tsitsi Jaji (U. of Pennsylvania)	5:00 PM, Penn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street

17	"Teaching and Teacher Change: Improving Outcomes at Scale from the Classroom in Sub-Saharan Africa" Benjamin Piper, EdD (RTI International)	4:30 PM, Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall

17	"Racism Detention and Persecution: The Plight of African Refugees in Israel" David Sheen, (Independent Journalist)	7:00 PM, Houston Hall Room 218 (Benjamin Franklin Room)

21	"Ceding Moral Ground: Mickey Leland, Africa, and a Post-Cold War World" Benjamin Talton (Temple University)	12:00-1:30 PM, 639 Williams Hall

27	Sounds of Africa: African Cultural Festival	5:30 PM, Du Bois College House, MPR

	April
1	"The Second Arab Awakening and the Battle for Pluralism" Dr. Mawan Muasher	7:00PM, JMHH F45

9	“Citizenship and Gender Laws in North Africa” Dr. Amel Mili, The Lauder Institute	12:00 - 1:30 PM, 639 Williams Hall

10	Conference: "Urban Water Solutions in the Developing World: Sustainable services and just policies for the poor"	Behrakis Grand Hall - Drexel University, Philadelphia

10-11	Conference: "MOOCS4D"	I-House, 3701 Chestnut St.

11	“Development Policies and Challenges of Peace Keeping in Africa” Jeanine Cooper OCHA Coordinator	12:30 - 2:00 PM 639 Williams Hall

16	Film: "Punks in Africa"	5-7pm 218 Houston Hall – Ben Franklin Room

17-18	Symposium: " Diasporic Circuits Reconsidered"	Annenberg 500, 510

18	Talk: "The Preoccupations of a World Banak Governance "guru"	3:00-4:30 PM, Chemistry Building Room B13 (34th & Spruce)

21	“Environmental Challenges and Resource Management in Botswana” Dr. Jeff Ramsay	4:00 - 5:30 PM 639 Williams Hall



24	"Technologies for Generative Justice" Dr. Ron Eglash (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)	6:00 PM, Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall (School of Engineering)200 S. 33rd Street
Global Distinguished Lecture
23	Penn and Botswana Symposium	8:00 AM – 12:30 PM,Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall

	May
2	Africa Orientation	1:30-4:30pm, Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Rm 265

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