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2007
DECEMBER
12/01/2007 Saturday 8pm GSL CAC flyer	The CAS 2007 Annual World AIDS Day Film Screening features California Newsreel's "Everyone's Child" (Directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 90 minutes, 1996, Zimbabwe). "Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes 'Everyone's Child.'"
12/05/2007 Wednesday 11:45am-1pm Van Dyck Hall Room 301 CAC flyer	CAS and the History Department present an Aluka workshop. Aluka is a not-for-profit international collaboration of educational and cultural institutions. Their mission is to build a high-quality scholarly resource of materials from and about Africa. Alice Preston will present digitized resources for Rutgers attendees to test usability. RSVP is required by November 30 to Renee DeLancey: rdelance@rci.rutgers.edu
12/06/2007 Thursday 1:40pm-3pm Beck Hall Room 101 LIV flyer	Program in African Languages and Literatures presents the Rutgers Kiswahili Speakers Baraza (Swahili for "meeting place") Walimu ("Teachers") Alamin Mazrui and Emmanuel Ndiema will launch the club and welcome Kiswahili enthusiasts to join! Swahili treats such as Mandazi, Chai, Kahawa, Samosa and Mahamri Chapati will be offered.
12/11/2007 Tuesday 11:30am-1pm Livingston Student Center Rm. 111 LIV flyer	The CAS "African Immigrants Organize" Lecture Series presents a talk by Kagendo Murungi, a Kenyan feminist who works in independent partnership with artists and activists around the world to develop and produce independent film projects, festivals and other sites for creative cultural agency. Her talk is entitled, "Eclipsed: In Search of Analytical Concordance with Sexual and Gender rights movements in Africa" and will explore the complex and contradictory relationships between diasporic African LGBTGNC (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming) rights organizers and movements for sexual and gender rights on the continent. For more information on LGBTGNC visit the Audre Lorde Project website at http://alp.org/about.php Visit "Sunshine Boutique" for information on Ms. Murungi's latest film. RSVP is required by December 7 to Renee DeLancey: rdelance@rci.rutgers.edu
NOVEMBER
11/5/2007 Monday 8pm GSL CAC flyer	CAS, the Office of Undergraduate Education's College Avenue Campus Dean Matt Matsuda, the Graduate School of Education's "Continuing Education and Global Programs" and "Educational Theory, Policy and Administration," Oxfam Rutgers, Rutgers Chapter of Amnesty International, Salam Muslim Students Association, and Rutgers Hillel present the New Sudan Education Initiative's "Future Beyond Genocide" campaign. Co-Director Abraham Awolich will speak about his powerful personal story as a refugee from South Sudan as well as Sudan's history, current situation, and the urgent need for peace and education. Pizza and beverages will be offered. Parking, without permits, is permitted in the two lots behind the Rutgers Student Center: Lots 26 and 30.
11/7/2007 Wednesday 11:30am Rutgers Student Center Room 410 CAC flyer	CAS, the Center for Race and Ethnicity, and the Department of Geography proudly present a talk by Paul Epstein (Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School) entitled, "Climate Change in Africa: Health Problems and Healthy Solutions" Background reading: Chikungunya Fever Resurgence and Global Warming Climate Change and Human Health If you plan to attend you must RSVP to Renee DeLancey at rdelance@rci.rutgers.edu.
11/13/2007 Tuesday 10:20am Beck Hall Rm. 221 LIVINGSTON flyer	Program in African Languages and Literatures presents a talk by Abdoulaye Niang (Sociology, Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal) entitled, "Rap Music in Wolof: A Secular Mediatization of Religious Communication? The Case of Rap and Mbalax Music in Senegal." This talk will be held in Dr. Alamin Mazrui's "Islam in the Black Experience" 014:357 For more information contact the PALL Director, Dr. Ousseina Alidou. NOTE: This talk will also be held in French on Wednesday, November 14. abstracts: | english | french |
11/13/2007 Tuesday 7pm Room 010 Kilmer Library LIVINGSTON flyer	CAS and the Office of Undergraduate Education's Livingston Campus Dean present a documentary film screening of "Darwin's Nightmare" (Hubert Sauper, 2005). Richard Schroeder (CAS Associate Director and Associate Professor, Department of Geography) will introduce the fim and moderate the post-discussion. While visiting Kilmer Library we encourage you to visit the "Exhibition of Globalization Films" designed by Library Associate Kevin McGuire in cooperation with the Media Center as "Darwin's Nightmare" is the exhibit's focal point. The exhibition will run from September 4th through December 12th.
11/14/2007 Wednesday 2:15pm RAB Rm. 109A DOUGLASS	Program in African Languages and Literatures presents a talk in French by Abdoulaye Niang (Sociology, Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal) entitled, "Hip-hop au Sénégal et communication: un mouvement social et une alternative aux médias traditionnels?" This talk will be held in Dr. Renée Larrier's French course "Media and Memory" 420:481:20. For more information contact the PALL Director, Dr. Ousseina Alidou. abstracts: | english | french |
11/14/2007 Wednesday 6pm Reception 6:30pm Lecture Douglass Library flyer	Mary H. Dana Women and Art Series presents the 2007 Estelle Lebowitz Lecture by Dr. Kellie Jones (internationally recognized art historian, curator and Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University) featuring the art of Berni Searle (South African performance and video artist and 2007-2008 Lebowitz Visiting Artist-in-Residence) . Due to unforeseen circumstances artist Berni Searle is unable to give her previously scheduled talk, "Dis-appearance: Exploring Ideas of Visibility and Invisibility in the work of Berni Searle." Parking is available in Lot 70, Douglass Deck. RSVP to events@rci.rutgers.edu or 732-932-7505. Please visit Searle's exhibit entitled "On Either Side" curated by the Institute for Women and Art's Directors Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin, and sponsored by the Institute for Women and Art, the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, and the Brodsky Center. Searle's exhibit will be on display throughout December 14 at the Douglass Library Galleries.
11/16/2007 Friday 3:30pm Armitage Hall Faculty Lounge 311 N. 5th St. CAMDEN	Camden Graduate History presents a research seminar by Richard Shain (Philadelphia University) "The Sounds of Modernity: From Oral to Aural History in Twentieth Century Senegal"
11/19/2007 Monday 7:30pm Livingston College Student Center College Hall A LIV flyer	Rutgers Graduate School of Education - South African Initiative is honored to announce its Inaugural Distinguished Lecture with Jonathan D. Jansen (immediate past Dean of Education, University of Pretoria and Fulbright Scholar to Stanford University), "Why Are All the White Teachers Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Patterns of Racial Desegregation in South African Schools" Please see flyer for complete list of sponsors.
11/26/2007 Monday 6:30pm Art History 100 DOUGLASS	"Resisting Images," the 07-08 Women's and Gender Studies Film Series sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education, presents "Sisters of the Screen: African Women in the Cinema" (Beti Ellerson, 2002) plus shorts by African Women Directors: Safi Faye (Selbe: en tant d'autres 1982); Agnès Ndibi (Fantococà 2001); Maji-da Abdi (From the other side of the river 2001); Fanta Regina Nacro (Laafi bala 2000). For more information visit the WGS website or call 732-932-9331.
11/27/2007 Tuesday 11:30am-1pm Beck Hall 214 LIV flyer	The CAS "African Immigrants Organize" Lecture Series presents a talk by Alix Nguefack (Detention Program Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee's Immigrant Rights Program, Newark, New Jersey). The Immigrant Rights Program provides information and legal services to immigrants and helps raise public awareness about immigration laws and their impact on immigrant communities. Your RSVP is required by November 20 to Renee DeLancey at rdelance@rci.rutgers.edu
11/30/2007 Friday 8pm-12am Douglass Campus Center Trayes Hall DOUGLASS flyer	TWESE presents their Annual African Pride Banquet, "Celebrating Arts in Africa" featuring performances by Kulu Mele African Dance Company, TWESE Dance Troupe, Somi (classical soul musician), African cuisine and more! Tickets can be purchased at the campus centers on Livingston, Douglass, College Avenue and Busch campuses for $7 in advance, or $10 at the door. For more info contact TWESE President Bridgette Forson: bforson@eden.rutgers.edu
OCTOBER
10/2/2007 Tuesday 7:15pm CDL COOK/DOUGLASS flyer	CAS and the English Department present a talk by Philip Jaggar (Professor of West African Linguistics, Associate Dean for Research Faculty of Languages and Cultures, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) that will focus on the significance of Paul Robeson's contributions. The talk will be held in English Professor Abena P.A. Busia's "Harlem Renaissance" course.
10/9/2007 Tuesday 7pm Dinner, Int'l Lounge 8pm Film, Center Hall Busch Campus Center flyer	CAS and the Office of Academic Engagement and Programs, Multicultural Engagement's "Dinner, Movie and Dialogue" Series present a film screening of The Battle of the Sacred Tree by Kenyan filmmaker Wanjiru Kinyanjui. A 7pm buffet dinner in the International Lounge will be followed by an 8pm screening in Center Hall. This event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact Chris Catching: catching@rci.rutgers.edu
10/15/07 Monday 9:30am Special Events Forum Civic Square Bldg. Bloustein SPPP New Brunswick flyer	CAS and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy proudly present a talk by Congressman Donald M. Payne (Representative for the 10th District of New Jersey and Chair, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health). The U.S. House Africom Hearings and other Africa-related issues will be discussed. Background reading: "Pentagon Set to Bring African Operations Under Single Command" (AFP); "The New Military Frontier: Africa" (FPIF); "Nigeria Moves to Halt U.S. Military" (Thisday Online)
10/16/07 Tuesday 10:20am Beck Hall, Rm. 221 LIVINGSTON flyer	Program in African Languages and Literatures presents a talk by Sylviane Diouf (Curator, New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) entitled, "Literate African Muslims and American Slavery" This talk will be held in Dr. Alamin Mazrui's "Islam in the Black Experience" 014:357 For more information contact the PALL Director, Dr. Ousseina Alidou.
10/16/07 Tuesday 8pm PREVIEW: $5 Jameson Theater 30 Jones Ave. New Brunswick	The Jameson Project, in conjunction with the Mason Gross School of the Arts, presents a performance entitled, "My Children! My Africa!" Written by Athol Fugard and Directed by Nathan Jeffery. As black South Africans demand an end to apartheid, segregation, and violence, a teacher and two students struggle with how to bring hope to the future of their beloved country. 8pm performances October 17-20; 2pm performances October 20-21. Preview performance is $5. All others $10-15. RESERVATIONS: 732-932-7511.
10/17/07 Wednesday 12:30pm-2pm Blake Hall, Rm. 131 COOK flyer	CAS and the Department of Human Ecology present a talk by Ben Cousins (Director, Programme on Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa) entitled, "Social Embededness and Social Change: Gendered Land Rights in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa"
10/18-21/07 Thursday-Sunday Sheraton Hotel & Towers New York, NY	The African Studies Association will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding during the 50th Annual Meeting “21st Century Africa: Evolving Conceptions of Human Rights” which will be held in New York, New York, October 18-21, 2007 at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers. The ASA was founded in the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, New York, March 22-24, 1957. Watch the ASA website for details! | Registration | Call for Proposals | Local Arrangements Committee |
10/24/07 Wednesday 4pm-6pm CSB 170 New Brunswick flyer	CAS presents a talk by John Caulker (Executive Director, Forum of Conscience in Sierra Leone, and Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University) entitled, "The Role of Blood Diamonds and Reparations for War Victims in Post Conflict Sierra Leone." This talk will take place during Professor Meredeth Turshen's course "War and Public Health" 832:578.
10/30/07 Tuesday 11:30am-1pm Beck Hall 214 LIV flyer	The CAS "African Immigrants Organize" Lecture Series presents a talk by Benjamin Afrifa (Grants Administrator, Economic Development Unit, Ford Foundation) entitled, "The Diaspora as a Resource for National Development: The Case of Africa."
SEPTEMBER
9/19/2007 Wednesday 4:30pm Physics Lecture Hall BUSCH	The Physics Colloquium Series presents a talk by Morrel Cohen entitled, "The Mesolithic to Neolithic Transitions and the Spread of Farming -- A Physics Problem?" For more information contact Larry Zamick
9/21/2007 Friday 3:30pm Armitage Hall Faculty Lounge 311 N. 5th St. CAMDEN	Camden Graduate History presents a research seminar by Shobana Shankar (Lafayette College) entitled, "Covering our Nakedness, Coming of Age: Initiation Rituals, Young Refugees and Party Politics across the Chad/Nigeria Border in the 1960s and 1790s"
9/26/2007 Wednesday 7:30pm Bradley Hall NEWARK	Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience presents a dance performance by Kule Mele, the longest-lived African dance company in Philadelphia. Performances include music and dance of Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Brazil, Haiti, Cuba and African America. For more information contact Marisa Pierson.
SUMMER BREAK
MAY
05/1-2/07 Tuesday-Wednesday	Reading Days
05/11/07 Friday 9am-3:30pm RCHA 88 College Ave. CAC	CAS and RCHA's Institute for High School Teachers presents a workshop, "History, Literature and Memory of the Interior Slave Routes of West Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade" Abena P.A. Busia (English Department) and Allen Howard (History Department) will lead the workshop. (Note: new material that was not presented in March 6 workshop will be included.)
05/11/2007 Friday 7pm Graduate Student Lounge CAC	Keynote address for "Circulating People, Circulating Cultures: Legacies of Slavery in Africa and the Americas" delivered by Ghanaian dramatist Mohammed Ben Abdallah | flyer | program |
05/12/2007 Saturday 8:30am-6pm RDJC Conference Rm. DOUGLASS 8pm-10pm Percussion Recital Voorhees Chapel	"Circulating People, Circulating Cultures: Legacies of Slavery in Africa and the Americas" Mohammed Ben Abdallah (Ghanaian dramatist) will launch the conference with a keynote address on Friday, May 11 at 7pm. Panelists include G. Ugo Nwokeji (UCLA, Berekeley), Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (Harvard), Jessica Harris (Queens College), J. Lorand Matory (Harvard), Sandra L. Richards (Northwestern), Benjamin A.Talton (Hofstra). Kofi Anyidoho (University of Ghana) will moderate closing roundtable discussion. Osagyefo Theater Company will perform a percussion recital 8-10pm in Voorhees Chapel. Sponsors include New Jersey Council for the Humanities, CAS, Committee to Advance our Common Purposes, Center for Cultural Analysis, English, American Studies, Cook College, Office of the President, Office of the Executive Vice President Academic Affairs, Office for Academic & Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities, Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Women's and Gender Studies | flyer | program |
05/15/07 Tuesday 10am-3pm Plangere Writing Center Murray Hall Rm. 302 CAC	CAS members are invited to attend the Annual Spring Retreat
APRIL
04/04/07 Wednesday 12pm-2pm Rutgers Club 199 College Ave	Institute for Women's Leadership "Leaders in Diversity" Faculty Luncheon Series presents a talk by Deborah G. White (History) entitled, "Telling Histories: Black Women Historians in the Ivory Tower" RSVP required to browngla@rci.rutgers.edu
04/04/07 Wednesday 4pm Reception 4:30-6:30pm Roundtable Women's Studies RDJC Conference Room 62 Ryders Lane DOUGLASS	Center for African Studies, Women's and Gender Studies Department, Department of Anthropology, Institute for Women's Leadership are pleased to present a roundtable discussion by Omotayo Zindzi Jolaosho (Doctoral Student, Anthropology), Nimu Njoya (Doctoral Student, Political Science), Marame Gueye (African Studies, Vassar College), Pauline Dongala (UNIFEM, Congolese Chapter) entitled, "African Women Envision the Future" moderated by Abena P.A. Busia (Acting Director Center for African Studies) | flyer | biographies | directions |
04/9/07 Monday 11:30am-5:30pm International Lounge Busch Campus Center	Rutgers College Emerging Leaders Institute, Rutgers College Student Development and College Affairs, and the TunaHAKI Foundation present as part of Acts of Goodwill Week 2007, "Many Jewels, Many Smiles" Come out and make jewelry for the children of TunaHAKI foundation, a nonprofit organization working to better the lives of African street children. | flyer |
04/10/07 Tuesday 8:30pm-11:30pm Multi Purp. Rm. RU Student Center CAC	Oxfam Rutgers presents a Benefit Concert for Darfur to raise money and awareness for the crisis in the region. 90% of all proceeds will be applied directly to crisis relief efforts. The bands "Sensory Vision," "Lives or Levels," and "Rabid Roy" will play. $5 admission. More information
04/12/07 Thursday IRW RDJC 62 Ryders Lane DOUGLASS	RCHA, Institute for Research on Women, and Center for Race and Ethnicity present a Black Atlantic Seminar by Keith Waloo (Department of History) and by Evelynn M. Hammonds (Departments of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University) entitled, "Race, Ethnicity and Health in America"
04/12-14/07 Thursday-Sunday Noon-Noon Room 500 Bernstein Offit Building 1717 Mass. Ave NW Washington, D.C.	Association of African Studies Programs, Annual Spring Meeting
04/18/07 Wednesday 7pm Panel 8:30pm Light Reception Multi Purp. Rm. RU Student Center CAC	CAS and the Global Initiative present a human rights panel entitled, "Torture and the Body" moderated by Meredeth Turshen (Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy) and including the following panelists: Jamie Mayerfeld (Political Science, University of Washington) will present, "Embracing Torture: The Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Assault on Human Rights;" Jennie Green (Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights) will present, "Litigating under the Alien Tort Statute: U.S. Precedent on Sexual Violence as Torture;" and Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith (Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, New York University) will present, "Responding to the Psychological Consequences of Torture" | Biographies | Poster |
04/19/07 Thursday 5pm-8pm Center Hall Busch Campus Center	CAS,Department of Anthropology, and Rutgers College Student Development and College Affairs present an African Film Showcase featuring two filmmakers and their films: Jyoti Mistry (Film and Television, University of Witwatersrand) will present "I Mike what I Like" (South Africa) and Jesse Weaver Shipley (Africana Studies and Anthropology, Bard College and Postdoctoral Fellow, RU Center for Cultural Analysis) will present "Living the Hiplife" (Ghana). | flyer | Biographies and Film Synopses |
04/20/07 Friday 2pm, reception to follow Special Events Forum Bloustein School	Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy presents, "A Celebration of the Life of Donald A. Krueckeberg, Professor and Associate Dean, 1938-2006" A reception will follow the celebration. Please RSVP to Pearl Scott: 732-932-2993, ext. 758 or pearls@rci.rutgers.edu | flyer |
04/26/07 Thursday 8:30am-9pm TLH, 4th Floor Alexander Library CAC	CAS, Africana Studies Department, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Language Institute present a workshop entitled, "Arabic Curriculum Development" Presenters include Munther Younes (Cornell University), Moha Ennaji (Rutgers University), Ursula Atkinson (Rutgers University), Shukri Abed (University of Maryland), Fatima Sadiqi (Harvard University), Charles Haberl (Rutgers University). The presentations will be followed by two roundtable discussions, and the program will conclude with African Languages Night from 6pm-9pm. Registration is required. | flyer | program | more information |
04/27/07 Friday 10am-6pm TLH, 4th Floor Alexander Library CAC	Center for Cultural Analysis and Center for African Studies present a one-day workshop/conference entitled, "Rethinking Africa in the Neoliberal World: Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance Twenty Years Later" Please download the flyer for a complete list of speakers. Lunch will be provided for pre-registrants. Contact info@cca.rutgers.edu to sign up. | flyer |
MARCH
03/07/07 Wednesday 12:30pm-2pm Blake Hall, Room 131 COOK	Department of Human Ecology presents a Brown Bag talk by David Hughes entitled, "Race, conservation, and belonging: Whites writing landscape in savannah Africa"
03/10-18/07 Saturday-Sunday	Spring Recess
03/21-25/07 Wed.- Sunday	11th Annual African Language Teachers Association Conference (to be held in Florida)
03/21/07 Wednesday 11:30am lunch 12pm-2pm talk Rutgers Student Center Room 411ABC CAC	CAS, African Studies Association, and Institute for Women's Leadership present a "Conversation with Pearl T. Robinson, President, African Studies Association" This informal talk by the distinguished African-American Political Scientist and Activist will focus on the importance of African Studies, particularly to undergraduates. Lunch will be provided at 11:30am. | flyer |
03/22/07 Thursday 7pm Alexander Library TLH, CAC	CAS, African Studies Association, Office of the Vice President Academic Affairs, Office of Vice President Undergraduate Education invite you to the Second Annual African Studies Association Presidential Lecture, featuring ASA President Pearl T. Robinson, "Ralph Bunche the Africanist" A reception will follow the lecture. | flyer | Bunche Timeline |
03/22/07 11am CCES 102 Nichol Avenue DOUGLASS	Center for European Studies Graduate Student Lecture Series presents a talk by Marc Matera (Doctoral Student, History) entitled, "Afro-Metropolis: African and Caribbean Intellectuals in Late Imperial Britain" Light lunch to follow | flyer |
03/26/07 Monday 8pm Panel 9:30pm Light Reception Rutgers Student Center Multi Purpose Rm. CAC	CAS, Global Initiative, Center for Women's Global Leadership present a panel moderated by Charlotte Bunch (Executive Director, CWGL) entitled, "Trafficking and Migration: Human Rights in Flux" Mojúbàolú Olúfunké Okome (Political Science, Brooklyn College) will present on African women's migration into the U.S.; Sealing Cheng (Women's Studies, Wellesley College) will present on sex workers in Hong Kong; Svati Shah (Social and Culturay Analysis, NYU) will discuss Bombay sex workers. For more information contact Kristin Cothran at 732.932.7213 or kcothran@rci.rutgers.edu Suggested readings | Okome | Shah | flyer |
FEBRUARY [Black History Month]
02/02/07 Friday 1:30pm Scott Hall Room 214 CAC	CAS presents a Brown Bag talk by Tayo "Zindzi" Jolaosho (doctoral student, Anthropology) entitled, "Mapping Resistance in Africa through Women's Writing" The talk will be held during the class time of visiting Professor Chima Korieh's course 508:224 "Women and Gender in Africa." | flyer |
02/06/07 Tuesday 7pm Dinner 8pm Film Busch Student Center BUSCH	CAS and Rutgers College Student Development and College Affairs "Dinner, Movie and Dialogue" Series present a film screening of "Sisters of the Screen, African Women in the Cinema" by filmmaker Beti Ellerson. 7pm buffet dinner in the International Lounge followed by 8pm screening in Center Hall. We regret that "The Battle of the Sacred Tree" will not be shown due to technical difficulties. For more information please contact Chris Catching: catching@rci.rutgers.edu
02/07/07 Wednesday 12:30pm-2pm Blake Hall, Rm. 131 COOK	Department of Human Ecology presents a Bown Bag Seminar by Genese Marie Sodikoff (Department of Sociology and Anthropology) entitled, "Our Moral Menageries: Animal Taboos and Enironmental Expiations in Madagascar"
02/08/07 Thursday 4:30pm Alexander Library CAC	CAS and the Center for Cultural Analysis present a talk by Saidiya Hartman (Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University) entitled, "Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route " | flyer |
02/15-16/07 Thursday-Friday	RCHA presents a Black Atlantic Conference entitled, "Diaspora and the Difference that Race Makes" Designed to revolve around the theme of a special issue of the journal Social Text on "Racial Difference in the African Diaspora," this conference will bring together scholarship on the variety of distinctive racial formations that mark this transnational social formation. Location, time and further details tba.
02/19/07 Monday 5:45pm RAB 001 DOUGLASS	CAS, American Studies Department, English Department, and the Office of the Vice President of the Humanities, Center for Race and Ethnicity present a film screening of E Minha Cara/ That's My Face (filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris). | flyer |
02/21/07 Wednesday 11am RAB 001 DOUGLASS	CAS, American Studies Department, English Department, and the Office of the Vice President of the Humanities, Center for Race and Ethnicity present, a filmscreening of Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris). | flyer |
02/21/07 Wednesday 4:30-6pm Alexander Library 4th Floor, SCC CAC	CAS, American Studies Department, English Department, Office of the Vice President of the Humanities, Center for Race and Ethnicity present a lecture by filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, "Queering the Black Diaspora through Visual Narratives" Light refreshments will follow lecture. | flyer |
JANUARY
01/24/07 Wednesday 4:30pm RCHA 88 College Ave. Seminar Room CAC	RCHA presents a Black Atlantic Seminar by Donna Murch (Department of History) entitled, "The Black House: Cultural Politics of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s"
01/25/07 Thursday 2:50-4:10pm RU Student Ctr. Room 411AB CAC	CAS presents a Brown Bag talk by Mary Kay Jou (Teaching Assistant, School of Social Work) Eiman Fadl-Elmula (International Institute of New Jersey) Alix Nguefack (American Friends Services Committee) Omoyele Sowore (Sahara Reporters) entitled, "Africa in New Jersey: The New African Immigrant Communities" The talk will be held in History Professor Dr. Carolyn Brown's course (512:392), "African Immigrants in New Jersey: An Oral History of the 'New' Diaspora." | flyer |
01/27/07 Saturday 9am-7pm 211 Dickinson Hall Princeton Univ.	Princeton University's History Department, African Studies Program and Shelby Cullom Davis Center present the Fourth Annual Greater New York Area African History Workshop. The workshop offers both faculty and graduate students in the New York area an opportunity to present their works-in-progress. Registration and breakfast begins at 8am. The workshop will begin promptly at 9am. Dinner will be served immediately after the workshop at 6pm. Please direct all questions to Paul Ocobock | Call for Proposals | Program and Directions |