African Studies Center
647 Williams Hall
E-mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu
Telephone (215) 898-6971

Current Events for Spring 2003

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January Events
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21
Professor Susan Watkins
(U of Pennsylvania)
"Talking about AIDS in Malawi"
BRB II/III 253
4:30-6:00PM
(Africa Health Group)
31
10th Annual African Studies Consortium Workshop
War and Peace in Contemporary Africa
Terrace Room, Logan Hall,
8:30AM-5:50PM
(ASC Event)
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February Events
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3

Mohammed ben-Abdallah
(University of Ghana)
The Search for an "Authentic African Theater"

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

(ASC Constortium: Swarthmore College)
4

"On-Line Resources about Africa"

Philadelphia School District TV
(10:00 - 11:00 AM)

( Outreach Event)
10

Abena Busia
(State University of New Jersey)
""Language, Exile, Dispossession & Counter Discourse"


Scheuer Room
(7:00 - 9:00 PM)

(ASC Constortium: Swarthmore College)
11

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)

(Middle East Studies)
15

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Annenberg Center
(7:30PM- )

( African Culture Series)
15

Celebration of African Cultures

University Museum
(11:30AM - 4:00PM)

17

Kamau Brathwaite
(New York University)
"English as a Foreign Anguish:
African Diaspora & The Silencing of Tongues
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Scheuer Room
(7:00 - 9:00PM )

(ASC Constortium: Swarthmore College)
25
Professor Alcinda Honwana
(U of Pennsylvania)
"Healing and Post-War Reintegration in Mozambique and Angola"

BRB II/III 253
(4:30 - 6:00 PM)

(Africa Health Group)
27-28
The African Americas Symposium

Room 17 &
Terrace Room,
Logan Hall

(ASC-Sponsored)
28
Carol Muller
(U of Pennsylvania)
"World Music: The South African Story"

Irvine G-16
(12:00 - 1:30PM)

(Iner-Areal Lecture Series)
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March Events
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3
Kofi Anyidoho

"Documenting African Experience of Slavery:
History, Literature, Film"

Scheuer Room
(4:15-6:00PM)
(ASC Constortium: Swarthmore College)
7

Misty Bastian
(Franklin & Marshall College)
"The Weapon Nakedness": Niger Delta Women's 2002 Protests against ChevronTexaco

Golkin Roon, Houston Hall
(12:00-1:30PM)
(Spring Lecture Series)
21
Peter Rogers
( Bates College)
"The Governance and Governmentality of Protected Areas in Eastern and Southern Africa"
Houston Hall, Griski Room
(12:00-1:30PM)
(Spring Lecture Series)
21

"Africa Cultural Day"
Hamilton HRN Rooftop Lounge
(5:30-8:00PM)
(ASC Event)
25
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)
(Africa Health Group)
27
Professor George Ayittey
(American Univeristy)
"African Union and the Way Forward"
B26, Stiteler Hall
(5:00-6:30PM)
(ASC Sponsored)
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April Events
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3

Thomas Desch-Obi

"African Martial Arts? The Origin & Spread of an Angolan Foot-Fighting Tradition "

McNeil Building, Room 410
Noon- 1:30PM)
(Outreach Event)
4

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)
(Spring Lecture Series)
4

K-12 Teachers Workshop:
"Islam in West Africa"

Rainy Auditorium,
University Museum
3:00 - 5:00PM)
(Outreach Event)
11
Scholar for a Day:
Liisa Malkki & James Ferguson
Studio Theater, Annenberg
Performing Arts Center
3680 Walnut Street
(8:30-6:00PM)
(ASC Event)
18

African Responses to Terrrorism
Houston Hall, Golkin Room
(8:30AM-1:30PM)
(Outreach Event)
29

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)
(Africa Health Group)
 
May Events