African Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Additional Event Listings:

Current Events for Spring 2009

 
January
 
16
"Islamophobia and Comedy"
12 Noon
Fisher Bennett Hall 401
21
"The Cult of the Dead in Late Pharaonic Thebes"
Dr. Lisa Swart
6:30 PM
University Museum Classroom 2
PA Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt
24
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
8:00 PM
3680 Walnut Street
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
28
Causes and Consequences of
Homelessness around the World
Carriage House 3907 Spruce St
10:00-12:00 Noon
Outreach Workshops
African Studies Center
.
February
.
2
"Sudanese Kingdom"
Jay Spaulding (Keans University)
5:30-7:00 PM
Bennett Hall, Room 231
Spring Lecture Series
7
"Exploring the Countries of: Senegal, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya"
10AM - 4PM
218 Houston Hall
21
11AM - 4PM
3260 S. Street
Univ. Museum
23
"Sudan Diversity: Unity vs. Contention?"
Richard Lobban
(Rhode Island College)
5:30-7:00 PM
Bennett Hall, Room 231
Spring Lecture Series
23
"The African Economy Today"
6:30-8:30 PM
International House
ASC Sponsored
27
10:00-11:30APM
Cohen Hall/Cohen Auditorium.
28
Africa's Women Speak Out: Leadership at all Levels in Liberia, Ethiopia and Malawi
10:00 - 12:00 Noon
Carriage House 3907 Spruce St
28
Honoring Philadelphia's African and Caribbean Community Mental Health Workers
6:00 PM
Carriage House 3907 Spruce St.
March
3
10:00 - 2:00 PM
Carriage House 3907 Spruce St
Sponsored by Penn NRCs
4
"Immigrant Children and Education: The Role of Educators, Parents, and the Law"
5:00-7:00PM
Arch Crest Room
4
4:00 to 5:30 PM
Austrian Auditorium
SAS & Penn Center for AIDS Research
5
"Eat Your Way through Africa: Nigeria"
6:30PM
Carriage House
14
The Healing Power of Music
9:00 - 12:00 Noon
Carriage House 3907 Spruce St
23
"Oil: Boon and Catalyst of Contention in Nigeria"
John Ayoade (U. of Pennsylvania)
5:30-7:00 PM
Bennett Hall, Room 244

Spring Lecture Series
26
"The Neo-African Americans, Film Screening"
6:00 PM
TBA
27
African Culture Day
Du Bois College House,
3900 Walnut Street
5:30 - 8:00 PM
African Studies Center
28
1st Floor Auditorium
Basic Research Building (BRB)
421 Curie Boulevard
8:00 AM- 2:00 PM
30
7:00 PM
WHYY Civic Space 150 N
6th Street
ASC Sponsored
 
April
2
"Eat Your Way through Africa: South Africa"
6:30 PM
Carriage House
ASC-Sponsored
3-4
6:30 PM
Carriage House
Philadelphia Global Water Initiative
9
"Global Justice and the Traffic in Humans for Transplant"
Karen Scheper-Hughes
(UC Berkeley)
4:30 PM
College Hall 200
Penn NRCs Sponsored
13
"Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan"
Salah Hassan
(Cornel University)
5:30-7:00 PM
Claudia Cohen Hall (Logan Hall), G17 Auditorium
Spring Lecture Series
13
"China's Growing Role in Africa"
Ambassador David H. Shinn
3:30 - 4:45 PM
286-87 McNeil Building
Spring Lecture Series
16
Botswana Orientation
5:30-7:30 PM
TBA
ASC-Sponsored

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