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Learn the African languages Arabic, Swahili, Twi, and Yoruba in the
Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
HIGHLIGHTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
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The Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
invites you to a public lecture by Benjamin Koerber (University of Texas, Austin) entitled,
“Whispers of the Phantom Public: Combating Rumors in Mubarak’s Egypt."
Wednesday, February 1, 2pm-3pm
Lucy Stone Hall Room B314 LIVINGSTON
invites you to a public lecture by Benjamin Koerber (University of Texas, Austin) entitled,
“Whispers of the Phantom Public: Combating Rumors in Mubarak’s Egypt."
Wednesday, February 1, 2pm-3pm
Lucy Stone Hall Room B314 LIVINGSTON
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CAS, Undergraduate Education, and TWESE proudly
present
An African Movie and Dialogue Series Documentary Screening
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
A film by Abigail E. Disney and Gini Reticker, (USA, 2008, 72 minutes)
Professor Abena P. A. Busia
(Chair, Women's and Gender Studies; Associate Director, Center for African Studies; Department of English)
will present the film and moderate a post-discussion.
Wednesday, February 1, 8pm
Busch Campus Center, Center Hall
An African Movie and Dialogue Series Documentary Screening
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
A film by Abigail E. Disney and Gini Reticker, (USA, 2008, 72 minutes)
Professor Abena P. A. Busia
(Chair, Women's and Gender Studies; Associate Director, Center for African Studies; Department of English)
will present the film and moderate a post-discussion.
Wednesday, February 1, 8pm
Busch Campus Center, Center Hall
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The Department of Anthropology, CAS, and the Institute for Research on Women
present a symposium entitled, “Gender Justice in Africa: Historical and Comparative Perspectives.”
This symposium brings together some of the most innovative scholars at Rutgers and
elsewhere working on gender justice in Africa to consider and compare alternative approaches to
framing and seeking justice by, for and on behalf of women and men.
Panel 1"Colonial Contestations" includes
Andrea Cornwall (Sussex), Dorothy Hodgson (Rutgers), and Emily Susan Burrill (University of North Carolina).
Chair: Allen Howard (Rutgers)
Panel 2 "Beyond Legal Pluralism?" includes
Jessica Johnson (Cambridge), Ousseina Alidou (Rutgers), and Barbara Cooper (Rutgers).
Chair: Carolyn Brown (Rutgers)
Panel 3 "States of Struggle" includes
Abena P. A. Busia (Rutgers), Zakia Salime (Rutgers), Pamela Scully (Emory), and Chiseche Salome Mibenge (Lehman/CUNY).
Chair: Omotayo Jolaosho (Rutgers)
Rapporteur Susan Hirsch (George Mason) will lead the final discussion,
"Perspectives on Gender Justice."
Please rsvp to Renee DeLancey (rdelance@rci.rutgers.edu) by February 10
to receive access to the precirculated papers and for the lunch that will be provided.
Friday, February 24, 9am-5pm
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 1st Floor Conference Room
162 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick DOUGLASS
present a symposium entitled, “Gender Justice in Africa: Historical and Comparative Perspectives.”
This symposium brings together some of the most innovative scholars at Rutgers and
elsewhere working on gender justice in Africa to consider and compare alternative approaches to
framing and seeking justice by, for and on behalf of women and men.
Panel 1"Colonial Contestations" includes
Andrea Cornwall (Sussex), Dorothy Hodgson (Rutgers), and Emily Susan Burrill (University of North Carolina).
Chair: Allen Howard (Rutgers)
Panel 2 "Beyond Legal Pluralism?" includes
Jessica Johnson (Cambridge), Ousseina Alidou (Rutgers), and Barbara Cooper (Rutgers).
Chair: Carolyn Brown (Rutgers)
Panel 3 "States of Struggle" includes
Abena P. A. Busia (Rutgers), Zakia Salime (Rutgers), Pamela Scully (Emory), and Chiseche Salome Mibenge (Lehman/CUNY).
Chair: Omotayo Jolaosho (Rutgers)
Rapporteur Susan Hirsch (George Mason) will lead the final discussion,
"Perspectives on Gender Justice."
Please rsvp to Renee DeLancey (rdelance@rci.rutgers.edu) by February 10
to receive access to the precirculated papers and for the lunch that will be provided.
Friday, February 24, 9am-5pm
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 1st Floor Conference Room
162 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick DOUGLASS
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For details on upcoming events please visit our events calendar.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY OUR FABULOUS FACULTY (AND MORE BOOKS)
Zakia Salime, Author
University of Minnesota Press July 2011
Dorothy L. Hodgson, Editor
University of Pennsylvania Press June 2011
Dorothy L. Hodgson, Author
Indiana University Press April 2011
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