[Peace] Fwd: MAR. 1st EVENT: Dismantling the Myths of Africa in the 21st Century with Dr. Gilda Sheppard

[Alfred Kagan]

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>Dismantling the Myths of Africa in the 21st Century
>SIXTH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE
>
>Saturday, March 1, 2003
>AFRICA-IN-ACADEMICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION
>
>  Temple Hoyne Buell Hall (THBH), 611 Loredo Taft Drive, Champaign
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>9am- Registration and Breakfast
>
>9:45am- Opening by Dr. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Director of the Center 
>for African Studies
>
>10am- 11: 15am- Session I
>
>Panel A- Rm. 19 THBH      
>Kavie Barnes, U of Illinois,      
>"Reconstitution and Liberation of Desire in the Art of Rotimi Fani-Kayode."
>
>Heidi Lorimor, U of Illinois,
>"Language Choice for  African Literature."
>
>Nicole Anderson, U of Illinois,
>"Recording Race And Resistance: Reflections on Media and France's 
>African Diaspora."
>
>Panel B- Rm. 21 THBH
>Matt Kirwin, Ohio U, 
>"The Role of Human Rights  Organizations in Burkina Faso's Civil Society."
>
>Nicole Lamers, U of Illinois,
>"The World Summit for Sustainable Development:  a South African 
>Artisnal Fisher Perspective."
>
>  Ibrahim N'Doye, U of Illinois,
>"Unraveling the Myth of Excision."
>
>--------------------------------
>11:15am- 11:30am- Break
>--------------------------------
>
>11:30am- 12:20pm- Session II
>
>Panel C- Rm. 19 THBH
>Melvin Armstrong, Jr., U of Illinois,
>"Critical Race Theory, Power Politics and the Philosophy of Poverty: 
>Reconciliation between Joseph and His People. Putting the African 
>back into African-American."
>
>Alice Jones-Nelson, U of Illinois,           
>"Mission Education and the Case for Consumerism: Western and Southern Africa."
>
>  Panel D- Rm. 21 THBH
>Ahmed Ali Salem, U of Illinois,
>"Conflicting Images of Egypt's  Nationalist Party: A Critical 
>Literature Review."
>
>Maurice N. Amutabi, U of  Illinois,
>"Islamic Extremism and the Impact  of the first  and second Intifada 
>on Kenya."
>
>--------------------------------
>12:20pm- 1:45pm- Lunch
>--------------------------------
>
>1:50pm- 3pm- Faculty Panel and Open Forum  (Main Auditorium)
>
>
>Dr. Kwaku Korang, English
>  Dr. Dana Rush, Art History
>  Dr. Mahir Saul, Anthropology
>  Dr. Alex Winter-Nelson, Agriculture Economics
>  Dr. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, History
>
>3pm- 4pm- KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Main Auditorium)
>
>
>"Dismantling the Myths of Africa in the 21st Century,"
>  Dr. Gilda L. Sheppard, The Evergreen State College, Tacoma
>
>4pm- 4:30pm- Question and Answer Session
>
>4:30pm- Closing
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>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>Center for African Studies
>910 S. Fifth St., 210 International Studies Bldg. Champaign, IL 61820
>
>Event Sponsored by:
>
>SORF
>Center for African Studies
>College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
>Department of Anthropology
>Department of Geography
>Department of History
>Department of Sociology
>School of Art and Design
>
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>Center for African Studies
>Rm. 210, International Studies Bldg.
>910 S. Fifth St.
>Champaign, IL 61820
>
>TEL:   217-244-3648
>FAX:  217-244-2429
>WEB:  www.afrst.uiuc.edu
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
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