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University of Pennsylvania

Additional Event Listings:

Current Events for Spring 2003

 
January Events
 
21
(Africa Health Group)
Professor Susan Watkins
(U of Pennsylvania)
"Talking about AIDS in Malawi"
BRB II/III 253
4:30-6:00PM
31
(ASC Event)
10th Annual African Studies Consortium Workshop
War and Peace in Contemporary Africa
Terrace Room, Logan Hall,
8:30AM-5:50PM
February Events
Mohammed ben-Abdallah
(University of Ghana)
The Search for an "Authentic African Theater"

Kirby Lecture Hall in Martin Hall,
(7:00 - 9:00PM)
4
(Outreach Event)

"On-Line Resources about Africa"

Philadelphia School District TV
(10:00 - 11:00 AM)
10
(ASC Constortium: Swarthmore College)
Abena Busia
(State University of New Jersey)
""Language, Exile, Dispossession & Counter Discourse"
Scheuer Room
(7:00 - 9:00 PM)
11
(Middle East Studies)
Chris Giannou
(International Committee of the Red Cross)
"War and Medicine in the Middle East: Protection and Medical Assistance to Victims of Conflict"
Biomedical Research Building
(BRB II-III) #251
(4:30 - 6:00 PM)
15
African Culture Series
Annenberg Center
(7:30PM)
15
Celebration of African Cultures
University Museum
(11:30AM - 4:00PM)
Kamau Brathwaite
(New York University)
"English as a Foreign Anguish:
African Diaspora & The Silencing of Tongues
"

Scheuer Room
(7:00 - 9:00PM)
25
(Africa Health Group)
Professor Alcinda Honwana
(U of Pennsylvania)
"Healing and Post-War Reintegration in Mozambique and Angola"
BRB II/III 253
(4:30 - 6:00 PM)
27-28
(ASC-Sponsored)
The African Americas Symposium
Room 17 &
Terrace Room,
Logan Hall
28
(Iner-Areal Lecture Series)
Carol Muller
(U of Pennsylvania)
"World Music: The South African Story"
Irvine G-16
(12:00 - 1:30PM)
March Events
Kofi Anyidoho
"Documenting African Experience of Slavery:
History, Literature, Film"
Scheuer Room
(4:15-6:00PM)
7
(Spring Lecture Series)
Misty Bastian
(Franklin & Marshall College)
"The Weapon Nakedness": Niger Delta Women's 2002 Protests against ChevronTexaco
Golkin Roon, Houston Hall
(12:00-1:30PM)
21
(Spring Lecture Series)
Peter Rogers
(Bates College)
"The Governance and Governmentality of Protected Areas in Eastern and Southern Africa"
Houston Hall, Griski Room
(12:00-1:30PM)
21
(ASC Event)
"Africa Cultural Day"
Hamilton HRN Rooftop Lounge
(5:30-8:00PM)
25
(Africa Health Group)
Professor Steve Feierman
(U of Pennsylvania)
"Therapeutic Pluralism: Implications for Medical Practice in Eastern and Central Africa"
Room 253
II/III Biomedical Research Building) (
(4:30-6:00PM)
27
(ASC Sponsored)
Professor George Ayittey
(American Univeristy)
"African Union and the Way Forward"
B26, Stiteler Hall
(5:00-6:30PM)
April Events
3
(Outreach Event)
Thomas Desch-Obi
"African Martial Arts? The Origin & Spread of an Angolan Foot-Fighting Tradition "
McNeil Building, Room 410
Noon- 1:30PM)
4
(Spring Lecture Series)
Ezekeil Kalipeni,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Handing Over a Government Top-Down Project to Local Communities: The Case of the Blantyre City Fuelwood Project in Southern Malawi."
Irvine G-16
(12:00 - 1:30PM)
4
(Outreach Event)
K-12 Teachers Workshop:
"Islam in West Africa"
Rainy Auditorium,
University Museum
3:00 - 5:00PM)
11
(ASC Event)
Studio Theater, Annenberg
Performing Arts Center
3680 Walnut Street
(8:30-6:00PM)
18
(Outreach Event)
Houston Hall, Golkin Room
(8:30AM-1:30PM)
29
(Africa Health Group)
Prof. Kwaku-Ohene-Frempong, MD
(U of Pennsylvania)
"Studies in Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana"
Room 253 in BRB II/III
(4:30-6:00PM)

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