[Peace] Fwd: African studies - some Fall Events for 2005

[Alfred Kagan]

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> From: African Studies <jmcgowan at uiuc.edu>
> Date: August 22, 2005 10:30:35 AM CDT
> To: african at uiuc.edu
> Subject: African studies - some Fall Events for 2005
>
> Center for African Studies 
>  Fall 2005                 
>   
> August 26
> LECTURE:     Children’s Schooling in Burkina Faso in the Era of 
> Structural Adjustment
>  Program and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
> Dr. Jean-Francois Kobiane, Unité d’Enseignement et de Recherche en 
> Démographie, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
>  12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>  
> August 27
> African Students Organization’s Welcome and Orientation for New 
> African Students,
> 3 – 4:30 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> August  31
> LECTURE:   Reflections on Black Community Land Rights in Mozambique 
> and Brazil
>   Prof. Merle Bowen, Political Science, UIUC
>  12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> September 7
> FILM:  Kafi’s Story -documentary originally filmed in 1989, California 
> Newsreel, 200[]. 54 min.
>  Captures Nuba life just at the moment before it was engulfed in the 
> Sudanese civil war in 1989. 12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies 
> Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>  
> September 14
> LECTURE:       Making Rights in a Privatizing Postcolony: Human Rights 
> Talk and Human Suffering in Post-Apartheid South Africa
> Prof. Ken Salo, NRES, UIUC & Prof. Rebecca Saunders, Comparative 
> Literature, Illinois State University
>  12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> September 21
> FILM:  Nuba Conversation -documentary, California Newsreel 2001, 52 min
>  Ten years after shooting Kafi's Story, British filmmaker Arthur Howes 
> re-entered the Sudan clandestinely to find out what had happened to 
> the Nuba of Torogi.
>  12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> September 23
> Music PERFORMANCE:   Nawal, The Voice of the Comoros
> YMCA, 1001 S. Wright, Champaign, Tickets and details will be available 
> from the Center for African Studies
>  
> September 28
> LECTURE:       The Early Arabic Novel and Emerging Feminism:  
> 19th-Century Egypt
> Prof. Marilyn Booth, Comparative and World Literature, UIUC
>  12- 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>  
> October 5
> FILM:   “Dôlè,” a feature film from Gabon, California Newsreel, 2001. 
> 80 min.
>  A dramatic look at city life, rap, high school, delinquency and 
> dysfunctional families as experienced by African youth and in Gabon.
>  12 – 1:30 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> October 12
> LECTURE: Leadership in Catholic Universities in East Africa: Limits 
> and Potential for Transformative Action
> Fortunatus S. Bijura, Educational Organization & Leadership, UIUC
>  12- 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>  
> October 19
> FILM:  Diamonds and rust   First Run/Icarus Films, 2001.  73 minutes
>  A cinema vérité documentary that spends 90 days in 1999 with the crew 
> members of a De Beers diamond mining ship off the coast of Namibia.
>  12 – 1:30 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> October
> * Lecture:  Prof. Archie Dick, Information Science, University of 
> Pretoria
>  *Details: Exact Date, time and location TBA at: www.afrst.uiuc.edu
>  
> November 2
> ** ROUNDTABLE:  Constraints and Opportunities for African Libraries
> Discussion amongst Associates of the Mortenson Center for 
> International Library Programs, UIUC
>  ** Tentatively scheduled for:  12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International 
> Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> November 9
> LECTURE:       Information Communication Technologies, Gender and 
> Development in Africa
> Christobel Asiedu, Sociology, UIUC
>  12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>   
> November 30
> WORKSHOP:  Proposal Writing Workshop:  Focus on FLAS Fellowship in 
> African studies
> Prof. Jean Allman, African Studies & History, UIUC
>  12 - 1 pm, Rm. 101, International Studies Bldg., 910 S. Fifth, C.
>  
> December 1-3 
> COLLOQUIUM:  Recent Developments in African Architectural History
> Organized by Prof. Rebecca Ginsburg, Architecture, UIUC
>  Time & Location TBA on www.afrst.uiuc.edu
>
> sent by:    The Center for African Studies,
>                            University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

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