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Current Events for Spring 2006
January |
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Provost Forum on Global Civil Society |
Dr. Shirin Ebadi
(2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner) "Protecting the Rights of Women and Children in the World Today" |
7:00 PM
Jon M. Huntsman Hall (38th and Walnut Sts.) |
27 Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Hans-Peter Kohler
Department of Sociology (University of Pennsylvania) "AIDS/HIV Risk, Marriage and Sexual Relations in Malawi" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
30
Anthropology Colloquium |
Brad Weiss
(College of William and Mary) "The One True Religion and Reality Rap: Millenial Hip-Hop in Urban Tanzania" |
4:30 - 6::00 PM
U Museum, Room 345 |
February
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3
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Carol Muller
Department of Music ( University of Pennsylvania) "Representing African Music" |
2:00 -3:30 PM Logan Hall, Room 392 |
3
Sociology Department Spring 2006 Colloquium Series |
Prudence Carter
(Harvard University) "Coconuts & 'Fancy' Heads: Race, Culture & Educational Opportunity inPost Apartheid South Africa" |
12:00 -1:00 PM Mc Neil, room 286-87 |
10
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Eiman Zein-Elabdin
Department of Economics ( Franklin and Marshall College) "Postcoloniality and Development: Relevance to Africa" |
2:00 -3:30 PM Logan Hall, Room 392 |
17
Student National Medical Association |
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong
(Comprehensive Sickle Cell Anemia Center, Childrens' Hospital of Philadelphia) "Genes, Microbes, and African Spirits" |
1:50 PM
Reunion Hall of John Morgan Building |
24
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Steven Feierman
Department of History & Sociology of Science ( University of Pennsylvania) "African Studies and Historical Knowledge" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
28
Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Kush/Nubia/Meroe" |
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632 |
March
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3
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Pim Higginson
Department of French (Bryn Mawr College) "Sub-Saharan Modernity and the Francophone African Crime Novel" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
14
Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Liberia" |
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632 |
17
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Sandra Barnes
Department of Anthropology (University of Pennsylvania) "Culture in Motion: Coastal West Africa, 1760 – 1860" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
17 ASC |
"African Languages Cultural Day" |
5:30 -8:00 PM Hamilton Rooftop Lounge |
18
Co-sponsored: Outreach |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Egypt and Nubia: Friends, Allies, Rivals and Foes" |
6:00 -8:30 PM
University Museum |
20
Co-Sponsored Event |
Nouzha Skalli
Member of Moroccan Parliament "Protecting the Rights of Women in Morocco" |
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632 |
21
Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Ethiopian History" |
5:00 - PM
315 Steinberg-Dietrch Hall |
28
Spring 2006 Guest Lectures |
Ntombenhle R. Nkosi
KwaZulu-Natal Dept. of Education "African Languages in the New South Africa: Policy and Practice" |
2:00 -3:00 PM
311 Houston Hall (Griski Room) |
29
Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Swahili Language and Culture" |
4:00 -6:00 PM
Williams Hall, Room 632 |
31
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Thomas Callaghy
Department of Political Science (University of Pennsylvania) "Africa and the Political Economy of Globalization" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
April
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3 UPenn Arts Day |
David Adjaye (Adjaye Associates) "Making Public Buildings" |
6:00 PM Zellerbach Theater |
6 Co-sponsored: ASC |
Evening of Liberian Food & Storytelling |
9:00 AM -5:00 PM Kelly Writer's House |
7
ASC |
9:00 AM -5:00 PM
Room F85, Huntsman Hall |
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14
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
William Burke-White
School of Law (University of Pennsylvania) "The International Criminal Court and Governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
17
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Cymone Fourshey
Department of History (Susquehanna University) "Language, Food, and Cultural Diffusions in the Greater Atlantic World" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
17 Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop "Teaching & Learning about African Languages " |
4:00 -6:00 PM Williams Hall, Room 632 |
19
Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop
"Teaching & Learning about Africa" TV-Broadcast |
3:30 -6:00 PM
An Internet2 Event |
21
Spring 2006 Lecture Series |
Gregory Bisson
School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania) "Clinical Research on HIV/AIDS in Botswana" |
2:00 -3:30 PM
Logan Hall, Room 392 |
25 Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop "Teaching & Learning about African Literature" |
4:00 -6:00 PM Williams Hall, Room 632 |
May |
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2 Co-sponsored: Outreach |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop "Africa: A Land of Contrasts" |
6:00 -8:30 PM University Museum |
4 Spring 2006 Outreach Series |
K-12 Teacher's Workshop "Exploring Africa" |
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM African-American Museuem |