The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Tuesday Morning Seminar Series "Vernacular Epistemologies" presents a talk by RCHA Fellow Leslie Witz (University of the Western Cape, Cape Town) entitled, "'The displays in this museum are currently under renovation. We apologize for the inconvenience': Changing Museums and Histories in Post-apartheid South Africa" Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis presents a Black Atlantic Series Seminar by Niambi Walker Cacchioli (History, RU-Newark) entitled, "Black Women and the Interplay of Gender, Ethnicity and Power in 19th and early 20th Century Iran Slaveholding" Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

The 2008-09 Institute for Research on Women Seminar Series "The Culture of Rights/ The Rights of Culture" presents a talk by IRW Global Scholar in Residence Salma Maoulidi (Sahiba Sisters, Tanzania) entitled, “Between Law and Culture: Contemplating Rights for Women in Zanzibar” The respondent is Stacey Hunt. Seminar meetings are open to the public but IRW asks that guests contact them in advance in order to receive and read the papers to be discussed prior to joining them.

The Transliteratures Project, the Department of French, the Department of Religion, the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies are pleased to announce a lecture by Abdelwahab Meddeb (Comparative Literature, University of Paris-X) entitled "Islam and The Clash of Interpretations." Professor Meddeb will pursue his reflection on the relation between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity that has characterized much of his work since "The Malady of Islam." The presentation will draw on commentaries of selected verses from the Qu'ran, notably
ix.29, xvi.125, and a variety of verses from v.

Reel Africa at Rutgers Film Festival 2008-2009
This year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, proudly presents a screening of "Ça twiste à poponguine" (Senegal; 1993; Moussa Sene Absa) presented by Barbara Cooper (History and CAS Executive Committee). Reel Africa at Rutgers will present bi-weekly screenings of acclaimed feature films and documentaries from a broad range of African countries and filmmakers. Films in the festival will be centered around five general topic areas: History and Politics; Human Rights; Health and Environment; Gender and Sexuality; and Youth. For a complete sponsor list see the Reel Africa flyer. For additional information on films and presenters visit http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

The CAS African Studies Graduate Affiliates will present a graduate student workshop entitled, "Rethinking the State in Africa." Lunch will be provided.

The Department of Africana Studies and the School of Arts and Sciences present a talk by Gerald Horne (John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History and African-American Studies, University of Houston) entitled, "Mau Mau/Communists: Kenya, Hawaii and the Making of a U.S. President." Dr. Horne is the author of numerous books, including one on the Watts riot and a second on U.S. involvement in Zimbabwe; his most recent book concerns American interests in Kenya.

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis presents a Black Atlantic Series Seminar by Sylviane Diouf entitled, "American Maroons: Exploring the Lives of African Americans Living in the Southern Woods During Slavery." Sylviane Diouf is a Curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Her published works include Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (Oxford University Press, February 2007), and Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (New York University Press, 1998).

*Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

The RU World Affairs Review (RUWAR) and the RU Semper Fi Society present a panel discussion entitled, "Pirates in Somalia" with guest speakers Roger Clark (School of Law), William Field (Political Science), and Angus Kress Gillespie (American Studies). The panel will discuss the social, economic, and political problems involved in Somali piracy, and the challenges of developing an international foreign policy framework to ensure security needs. For further questions please contact general@ruwar.org.

CAS, International Programs, Amnesty International and more (please see flyer for complete sponsor list) present a talk by John Washburn (Convenver of the American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court, and co-chair of the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court) entitled, "Charges Against Sudan's Omar Al Bashir: Accusing a President of Genocide." Refreshments will be served.

Reel Africa at Rutgers Film Festival 2008-2009
This year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, proudly presents a screening of "Heremakono" (Waiting for Happiness; Mauritania; 2002; Abderrahmane Sissako) presented by Susan Martin-Márquez (Spanish and Portuguese; Director Cinema Studies Program; Reel Africa organizer). Reel Africa at Rutgers will present bi-weekly screenings of acclaimed feature films and documentaries from a broad range of African countries and filmmakers. Films in the festival will be centered around five general topic areas: History and Politics; Human Rights; Health and Environment; Gender and Sexuality; and Youth. For a complete sponsor list see the Reel Africa flyer. For additional information on films and presenters visit http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

CAS, Human Ecology, the Cook Campus Dean and the College Avenue Campus Dean, and the Dean of International Programs present a talk by Ed Kashi (photojournalist, filmmaker, and educator) entitled, "Curse of the black gold: 50 years of oil in Nigeria."

The 2008-09 Institute for Research on Women Seminar Series "The Culture of Rights/ The Rights of Culture" presents a talk by Karima Bennoune (Professor of Law and Arthur L. Dickson Scholar, School of Law RU-NWK; Visiting Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School) entitled, "Toward a More 'Courageous Politics': Talking About Muslim Fundamentalism in the Human Rights Framework." For more information conact the IRW at 732.932.9072.

The Office of International Programs, the Department of Geography, CAS, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Graduate Geographer's Project proudly present a junior scholars workshop entitled, "Global Goods: Changing Perspectives on Trade, Human Rights and the Environment." Suzanne Freidberg (Geography, Dartmouth University) will deliver the keynote address entitled, "Moral Economies of Globalization." For more information http://globalgoods.rutgers.edu

** Rutgers Day ** RU Amnesty International presents a photo exhibit entitled, "Justice Without Borders: Freeing the Child Soldiers" which includes 12 images that explore life as a child soldier in different regions of the world, including the Congo. There will be a petition signing event to help pass the Child Soldier Prevention Act. For more information contact Stephanie Murray.

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Tuesday Morning Seminar Series "Vernacular Epistemologies" presents a talk by RCHA Fellow Laura Ann Twagira (History; Doctoral Student) entitled, "Invisible Labor Migrants, Savvy Development Partners: Gender at the Office du Niger (Mali) c. 1930-1990" Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis presents a Black Atlantic Series Seminar by Venus Green entitled, "'Elkdom has Just Begun to Fight!': The IBPOE of W and Labor Activism: 1935-1955" An Associate Professor at City College of New York, Venus Green is labor historian whose published works include Race on the Line: Gender, Labor and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 (Duke University Press, 2000).
Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

The Global Institute for Bioexploration presents a seminar by David Gammon (Chemistry, University of Cape Town, South Africa) entitled, "The Evolution of Natural Products Chemistry: Reflections on Explorations of Molecular Diversity in South African Plants and Microbes" Refreshments will be served.

Please attend a panel honoring the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of the International Labor Organization and a reception to welcome the International Labor and Working Class History Journal to Rutgers. The panel discussion is entitled, "Global Labor Standards as Human Rights: The Past, Present, and Future of the International Labor Organization." The panelists and the titles of their talks are as follows:

• “David Morse and the Effort to Remake the International Labor Organization in the Post-WW II Era” Jason Guthrie, Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park

• “Managing the Margins: The ILO and the Challenges of Regulating Precarious Employment” Leah Vosko, Canadian Research Chair in Feminist Political Economy, School of Social Sciences, York University, Toronto

• “The ILO and the International Economic Order after Global Neo-Liberalism” Richard McIntyre, Department of Economics, University of Rhode Island

• “ILO Labor Standards: Moving from the Theoretical to the Practical ”
Sally P. Paxton, former Executive Director of Social Dialogue, ILO and Deputy Solicitor of Labor during the Clinton Administration

For a complete sponsor list and more information please download the flyer.

Carolyn Brown (History) is co-editor and is eager to solicit Africa pieces for the journal. Please contact her if you would like your work to be considered.

RU Amnesty International, RU Hillel, Sigma Gamma Rho, and the College Avenue Campus Dean present a program entitled, "Darfur Awareness Night." There will be a screening of the documentary "Darfur Now" as well as an educational walk through "Displaced," a photo exhibit of the conflict in Darfur. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Stephanie Murray.

CAS and the African Studies Association proudly present the Fourth Annual African Studies Association Presidential Lecture at Rutgers with a talk by ASA 2009 President Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (Department Chair African American Studies and Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago) entitled, "Obama, Africa, and African Americans." Edward Ramsamy (Africana Studies) will be the discussant.
The program timetable is as follows:
4pm-4:30pm Reception
4:30pm-4:45pm Introductory Remarks
4:45pm-5:15pm Lecture
5:15pm-6pm Discussion

The 6th Annual Greater New York Historians of Africa Workshop will provide a forum for established scholars and graduates students to present and discuss finished papers and works-in-progress, as well as engage in an informal exchange of scholarly ideas concerning issues in African history. Scholars from all academic disciplines whose work relates to African history are invited to submit abstracts for individual papers. Brooklyn College is located in the Flatbush Avenue/Midwood section of Brooklyn near the junction of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues, at beginning of the #2 subway line. Please submit a title, 250 word abstract, and a CV by February 16, 2009, as an email attachment to Dr. Lynda R. Day: lday@brooklyn.cuny.edu. Please see the Brooklyn College website for detailed directions. www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis presents a Black Atlantic Series Seminar by Beryl Satter (Department of History, RU-Newark) entitled, “White Realtors, the Dual Housing Market, and the Exploitation of Black Chicago, 1955-1970”

*Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

Reel Africa at Rutgers Film Festival 2008-2009
This year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, proudly presents a screening of "Forgiveness" (South Africa; 2005; Ian Gabriel) presented by Leslie Witz (Visiting Scholar, History, University of the Western Cape). Reel Africa at Rutgers will present bi-weekly screenings of acclaimed feature films and documentaries from a broad range of African countries and filmmakers. Films in the festival will be centered around five general topic areas: History and Politics; Human Rights; Health and Environment; Gender and Sexuality; and Youth. For a complete sponsor list see the Reel Africa flyer. For additional information on films and presenters visit http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

The Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures 2009 Lecture Series, co-sponsored by CAS and the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, presents a talk by Ousseina Alidou (Director, Program in African Languages and Literatures) entitled, "Muslim Women Reshaping Modernity in Kenya: Shifting Education Paradigms" For more information contact Richard Serrano

CAS, Undergraduate Education's Multicultural Student Engagement Office, and the Reel Africa at Rutgers Film Festival 2008-2009 proudly present the Spring 2009 Dinner, Movie and Dialogue screening of "La nuit de la verité" (The Night of Truth; Burkina Faso; 2004; Fanta Régina Nacro) presented by Salma Maoulidi (Tanzanian lawyer and activist/ Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Women). The dinner and screening are free of charge and open to the public. For a complete list of the Reel Africa films that will be screened in Spring 2009 see the Reel Africa flyer.

The Sociology Department's Spring 2009 Colloquium Series presents a talk by Annalisa Butticci (post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis in the Program in Africana Studies, at NYU and Visiting Global Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women) entitled, "'They won't budge:' Immigrants in Europe" Questions regarding this talk may be addressed to organizers Robyn Rodriguez rrodriguez@sociology.rutgers.edu
or Zaire Dinzy-Flores dinzey@rci.rutgers.edu

Association of African Studies Programs Annual Spring Meeting. Please visit their meeting page for further details.

The Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, the Division of Global Affairs and the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience proudly presents CSGHR's third Teach-in of the Spring 2009 semester: "Genocide and Justice in Rwanda after 15 Years: A Symposium." The presenters include Nigel Eltringham ( Anthropology, University of Sussex, England) and Lars Waldorf ( Centre for International Human Rights, University of London, England).

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Tuesday Morning Seminar Series "Vernacular Epistemologies" presents a talk by RCHA Fellow Moses Chikowero entitled, "The 'Tribal Dance' as a Colonial Vernacular and Alibi: Cultural Policy, Colonial Identities and Power in Southern Rhodesia, 1930s-1970s." Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper, please contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

The Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures presents a lecture by Waiel Abdelwahed (Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU) entitled, "Writing and Madness in Somaya Ramadan's Leaves of Narcissus"

Reel Africa at Rutgers Film Festival 2008-2009
This year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, proudly presents a screening of "Darwin's Nightmare" (Austria/Tanzania et al; 2004; Hubert Sauper) presented by Richard Schroeder (Geography; CAS Associate Director). Reel Africa at Rutgers will present bi-weekly screenings of acclaimed feature films and documentaries from a broad range of African countries and filmmakers. Films in the festival will be centered around five general topic areas: History and Politics; Human Rights; Health and Environment; Gender and Sexuality; and Youth. For a complete sponsor list see the Reel Africa flyer. For additional information on films and presenters visit http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

CAS, International Programs, Latin American Studies (RULAS), Program in South Asian Studies (SASP), and the 2008 Faculty Global and International Research Program's "Politics of Global Security (POGS)" present a conference entitled, "The Professor and the Spy." The conference will aim to include diverse positions on the past, present, and future of academic collaboration with US intelligence agencies. Please see the program flyer for a complete list of the presenters, their affiliations, and the titles of their talks. Please contact CAS Director David Hughes for further information.

The Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures presents a lecture by Mara Naaman (Arabic, Williams College) entitled, "The Yacoubian Building in Context:
Examining an Egyptian Cultural Phenomenon"

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis presents a Black Atlantic/ African Diaspora seminar by Judith Byfield (History, Cornell University) entitled, "Ladies to Women: Engendering Democracy in Post-World War II Abeokuta (Western Nigeria)." Papers for all Black Atlantic events will be pre-circulated and available at the RCHA a week prior the date of their presentation. Attendees are encouraged to read the pre-circulated papers in advance. Copies of the featured papers may be obtained by stopping by the Center or contacting the RCHA at 732-932-8701 or rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

Rutgers (see the many sponsors on flyer) presents a program entitled, "Reasons for Hope: Defeating AIDS in Uganda," which will include a clip from "GREATER: Defeating AIDS" along with a talk by Vicky Aryenyo, whose life is focused upon in the documentary. The film, voted “Best Documentary 2008” by Spike Lee and the Cannes Film Festival jury, traces the life of Vicky Aryenyo, a remarkable HIV-positive woman from Uganda who works now as a volunteer for AIDS Care in Africa. Aryenyo will speak in person of her experiences dealing with her own illness, as well as global issues such as discrimination against women and AIDS in developing countries. Also present will be Dr. Luciana Ciantia, who will discuss the co-founding and work of Meeting Point, the Uganda care and assistance center. For more information contact: greater.feb19@gmail.com.

The Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures presents a lecture by Samah Selim (Modern Arabic Literature, Université de Provence) entitled, "Fiction and Colonial Identities: Arsène Lupin in Arabic"

Reel Africa at Rutgers Film Festival 2008-2009
This year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, proudly presents a screening of "O Herói" (The Hero; Angola; 2004; Zézé Gamboa) presented by Kenneth Harrow (African Literature and Cinema, Michigan State University). Professor Harrow will begin the program with a talk entitled, "Trash!: A New Look at African Cinema" followed by the film screening. Reel Africa at Rutgers will present bi-weekly screenings of acclaimed feature films and documentaries from a broad range of African countries and filmmakers. Films in the festival will be centered around five general topic areas: History and Politics; Human Rights; Health and Environment; Gender and Sexuality; and Youth. For a complete sponsor list see the Reel Africa flyer. For additional information on films and presenters visit http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

The Institute for Research on Women presents a public symposium entitled, "The Culture of Rights, The Rights of Culture." Sally Engle Merry (Anthropology; Director, Institute for Law and Society, NYU) will deliver the keynote address entitled, "Making Women's Human Rights in the Vernacular: Navigating the Culture/Rights Divide." Panel 1 is entitled, "Meditations: Beyond Binaries;" Panel 2 is entitled, "Mediations: Engaging Rights;" and Panel 3 is entitled, "Mobilizations: States of Change." For a complete list of speakers, the titles of their talks, and sponsors please download the program poster. This program is free and open to the public.

The Rutgers University Programming Association presents an "Evolution of Black Expression" series in honor of Black History Month. Part 1 is entitled, "Afromusicology: African Influences in American Music" and will be presented by Prosper Godonoo (Director, Paul Robeson Cultural Center). Refreshments included. For more information contact jennsaly@echo.rutgers.edu.

The Rutgers University Programming Association presents an "Evolution of Black Expression" series in honor of Black History Month. Part 2 (see Part 1 at 5pm, above) is an interactive African Dance Performance and Workshop. Comfortable shoes are recommended. Live drumming and refreshments will be included.

CAS, International Programs, Cook Campus and College Avenue Campus Deans, Rutgers University Libraries, Engineers Without Borders, and Human Ecology (see flyer for complete sponsor list) are pleased to present a free dialogue and lunch with award winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Alan Snitow, followed by clips of his film, "Thirst."

The Rutgers Center for Historcal Analysis presents a talk by Joshua Guild (Department of History, Princeton University) for the Black Atlantic Seminar Series entitled, “Black Power and Policing of Public Space in 1970s London” Copies of the paper are available at 88 College Avenue. For further information or to receive a copy of the paper contact rcha@rci.rutgers.edu.

Reel Africa at Rutgers Film Festival 2008-2009
This year-long film festival sponsored by the Program in Cinema Studies in close collaboration with the Center for African Studies, proudly presents a screening of "Zan Boko" (Burkina Faso; 1988; Gaston Kaboré) presented by Mamadou Wattara (French). Reel Africa at Rutgers will present bi-weekly screenings of acclaimed feature films and documentaries from a broad range of African countries and filmmakers. Films in the festival will be centered around five general topic areas: History and Politics; Human Rights; Health and Environment; Gender and Sexuality; and Youth. For a complete sponsor list see the Reel Africa flyer. For additional information on films and presenters visit http://www.cinemastudies.rutgers.edu

The Rutgers Center for Cultural Analysis presents, "New Cosmopolitanisms: Keywords for the Americas." The speakers include Denise Ferreira da Silva (Department of Ethnic Studies, UCSD) and Herman Bennett (Department of History, Rutgers University). Opening remarks will be provided by Benigno Sifuentes-Jáuregui (American Studies, Rutgers University). César Braga-Pinto (Spanish and Portuguese andComparative Literature, Rutgers University) will moderate.

Denise Ferreira da Silva is the author of Towards a Global Idea of Race (University of Minnesota Press, 2007) and is the guest editor of a special issue, “Race and Nation in Brazil,” of the journal Social Identities (2004). Herman Bennett is the author of Africans in Colonial Mexico: Absolutism, Christianity and Afro-Creole Consciousness, 1570–1640 (Indiana University Press, 2003).