African Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Additional Event Listings:

Current Events for Spring 2008

 
January
 
12
One Book, One Philadelphia
10:00AM –3:00PM,
Houston Hall, Hall of Flags
15
Building Background Knowledge:
The Current Conflict in Congo
5:00-7:00PM,
255 S. 36th St.,
Williams Hall, Rm 639
29
Jeremy Glick
(Rutgers University)
Backpedaling into Mayflower Time: Malcolm X, C.L.R. James and the Black Radical Tragic
4:30-PM,
FBH 401
Sponsor: English Department
31
Martin C. Njoroge
Kenyatta University
Promoting Literacy among Kenya's Street Children: A Proposal for a Language for Life Center
5:00-7:00PM,
255 S. 36th St.,
Williams Hall, Rm 639
Co-Sponsor: GSE Educational Linguistics Forum
31 - Feb 1st
Conference:
International Civic Engagement:
NGO Work in the Global South
7:30 AM - 9:30PM,
Wyndham
Dorothy Vernon Room
Sponsor: Bryn Mawr College
.
February
.
7
"Black History Month: Teaching Begin with Africa"
5:00-7:00PM,
255 S. 36th St.,
Williams Hall, Rm 639
14
""Elections and Violence: Lessons from Kenya""
Noon - 2:00 PM
Houston Hall, Griski Room
Media Outreach
Co-Sponsors: International Relations, Annenberg CGCS
15-16
"Contested Black Identities in America"
5:00-7:00PM,
Gateway Conf. Room
Thomas Hall, Room 110
Sponsor: African Studies, Bryn Mawr College
16
"World Culture Family Day : Celebration of African Cultures"
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
3260 South Street
Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
18
"Telecom Egypt"
5:00 PM
The Pyramid Club, 1735 Market Street, 52nd
Business Outreach
Co-Sponsor: Global Interdependence Center
18
Catherine Husa, M.D
"Maternal Child Health and Fistula"
12:30-2:00
Fagin Hall
Spring Lecture Series
African Studies Center
19
Marjorie Nguangje
(Former Health Minister of Malawi)
"Healthcare Challenges in Malawi and Sub-Saharan Africa"
8:15am-10:15am
The Pyramid Club, 1735 Market Street, 52nd
28
"Ethiopia and Eritrea"
5:00-7:00PM,
255 S. 36th St.,
Williams Hall, Rm 639
Outreach Workshops
African Studies Center
29
"Africa Open for Business"
5:00 PM,
Huntsman Hall G 06
ASC Outreach Workshop
Co-Sponsors: Africaribe, Wharton African Students Association
March
26
Music from South Africa to Philadelphia
5:00-7:00PM,
255 S. 36th St.,
Williams Hall, Rm 639
Outreach Workshops
African Studies Center
28
Prof. David Coplan
"Scholar for a Day"
9:30 AM- 8:00 PM
Arch Crest Room
African Studies Center
28
"African Cultural Day"
Du Bois College House,
3900 Walnut Street
5:30 - 8:00 PM
African Studies Center
 
April
3
Spirit of Uganda
7:30 PM,
3680 Walnut Street
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
3
Ahmad Sikainga
(Ohio State University)
"Slavery and Social Life in 19th Century Turco-Egyptian Khartoum"
12:00 Noon
History Lounge,
College Hall 209
4
Ricardo M. S. de Oliveira
will discuss his new book:
"Oil and Politics in the Gulf of Guinea"
12:30 - 2:00 PM
Williams Hall, Rm 639
Spring Lecture Series
African Studies Center
6
Angélique Kidjo
7:00 PM,
3680 Walnut Street
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
7
Clare Ignatowski
(USAID)
Framing Youth Within the Politics
of Foreign Assistance
2:00 PM,
Chemistry Building, B13
Spring Lecture Series
African Studies Center
8
Charles Olungah
(U. of Nairobi)
"The Nairobi Exchange Program"
4:00 - 6:00 PM,
639 Williams Hall
African Studies Center
10-11
Conference:
"Christian Missions and National Identities"
9:00 AM
207 College Hall
Co-sponsored by Penn NRCs
11
Eve M. Troutt Powell
(U of Pennsylvania)
"Translating Slavery:
Memories of Forced Labor in the Nile Valley
"
12:00 PM
Logan 436
A Women’s Studies Program Works-in-Progress Faculty Seminar
14
David Shinn
(George Washington University)
China's Growing Presence
in Africa
2:00 PM,
Chemistry Building, B13
Spring Lecture Series
African Studies Center
18
Africa Orientation
for students and reaserhers
1:00 - 5:00 PM
Van Pelt Library,
1955 Room
ASC, Penn Abroad
18-19
Conference:
"Changing Black Identities in America"
7:00 PM (18th)
9:00 AM(19th)
Thomas 110
Bryn Mawr College’s Africana Studies Program
23
Edna Adan Ismail
(Former Minister of Health, Somaliland)
"Challenges of Maternal and Child Health in Somaliland"
4:00 PM
Fagin Hall,
Room 110
Spring Lecture Series
African Studies Center
23
Discussion:
"Philanthropy in Africa"
6:00-7:30 PM
Rodin Underground
Penn African Students Association
23
3:00-4:30 PM
Silverman,245A
Penn Law School
ASC-Co-sponosred
25
Molora
8:00 PM,
3680 Walnut Street
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
May
02
Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective
8:00 PM,
3680 Walnut Street
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
23-27
Teacher Summer Institute:
"Demystifying Stereotypes and Understanding Contemporary Cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East"
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM,
Arch Crest Building
ASC, East Asia, Middle East and South Asia Centers
June
09
Amir Idris
(Fordham University)
"Sudan: Crisis of Identities & Civil Wars"
5:00 - 7:00 PM,
Room 723 Williams Hall (3600 Spruce Street)
ASC' Public Lectures
July
17
Teacher Workshop
"Ghana Turns 50"
Penn Museum
3260 South Street
Camden County College &
African Center

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