Calendar of Events
Results For 2011
Shed no Tears
Film screening followed by discussion with director Kaitlyn Summerill
Monday, January 24, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Narratives of Race, Humanitarianism and Self-Help in Post-Earthquake Haiti
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents Russell Stockard
Thursday, January 27, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
"Postcolonial African Cinema in Transit: Nigerian Video Films and the Globalization of African Cultural Production"
The Mellon Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities “Cultures in Transnational Perspective” presents a seminar by Claudia Hoffmann, Visiting Assistant Professor.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Fifty Years of African Writing: Novels, Filmmaking, Criticism
A lecture series coordinated by Professor Francoise Lionnet
Monday, February 14, 2011
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Pascal Atuma in Conversation
The Winter 2011 Monday Africa Seminar Series presents Nigerian Actor, Comedian, and Filmmaker Pascal Atuma
Monday, February 14, 2011
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Artist Alphabet with Gregory Maqoma, Catherine Cole and Polly Roberts
This unique event features the renowned South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma in dialogue with distinguished scholars. The Artist Alphabet will be a highlight of Maqoma’s two-week residency on the UCLA campus as World Arts and Culture’s UCLA Regent’s Lecturer for the 2010-11 academic year.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Concert: Music of the Middle East
Free concert featuring students and independent music groups from the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Bongani in Concert
The UCLA African Studies Center, South African Airways and Vibration Booking present the internationally acclaimed marimba percussionist and composer Bongani in concert.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Senegalese Francophone Novels
A discussion with Ken Bugul, Senegalese Francophone novelist and author of The Abandoned Baobab (1982), La folie et la mort (2000), Mes hommes à moi (2008).
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Introduction and Film Screening: The 13 Months of Sukur: Africa's First World Heritage Cultural Landscape
In conjunction with the exhibition Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley, the Fowler museum presents 13 Months of Sukur: Africa's First World Heritage Cultural Landscape
Thursday, February 24, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Fowler OutSpoken Panel: Sonic Nigeria
Speakers: Tom Schnabel, Viola Galloway, Nnamdi Moweta, Ade James
Saturday, February 26, 2011
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
War Don Don
Documentary film screening, followed by discussion with filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen. Part of the UCLA International Human Rights Film Series and of the UCLA Film and Television Archive Documentary Spotlight.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
7:30 PM
Film Screening: War Don Don
Who is Issa Sesay? War Criminal? Peacemaker?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Author of Authors: Chinua Achebe and the African Institution of the Modern (Literary) Author-Function
A discussion with with Kwaku Larbi Korang, author of Writing Ghana, Imagining Africa: Nation and African Modernity (2004)
Monday, February 28, 2011
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
"For a Poetics of the Metroport: Insularity, Imperialism and Minor Transnationalism in Mauritian Fiction"
The Mellon Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities "Cultures in Transnational Perspective" presents a seminar by Namrata Poddar, Visiting Assistant Professor.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Henry Sylvester Williams and the Origins of Pan-Africanism
Lecture by Marika Sherwood, Honorary Research Fellow from University of London on the origins of Pan-Africanism
Monday, March 07, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Claudia Jones, A Life of Struggle and Exile
Lecture by Marika Sherwood, Honorary Research Fellow from University of London on the life of U.S. McCarthy era exile Claudia Jones
Thursday, March 10, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Film Screening & Discussion: Cemetery State
A Film Screening and Discussion with Filip DeBoeck, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Leuven, Belgium
Friday, April 01, 2011
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Concert: Masanga Marimba Ensemble
Come enjoy an evening of Southern African and Latin American Rhythms by Masanga Marimba
Friday, April 08, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Institutions, Democratization and Citizenship in Africa
Lecture Series organized by Edmond Keller, Department of Political Science
Monday, April 11, 2011
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Politics of Protest and Policing in a Multiethnic State: Sub-national Evidence from Ethiopia’s Oromia Region
A presentation by Leonardo Arriola, University of California, Berkeley. Part of the Spring 2011 Monday Africa Seminar Series "Institutions, Democratization and Citizenship in Africa" organzied by Edmond Keller, Department of Political Science and funded by a grant from the UCLA International Institute.
Monday, April 11, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Human Rights Crisis in Zimbabwe
A talk by Dr. Chengetai Zvobgo, University of Zimbabwe and Claremont Colleges.
Monday, April 18, 2011
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Oral Tradition, Religious Syncretism and Politics: The Example of Cote d’Ivoire
The UCLA African Studies Center, the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies, the UCLA Department of English and the Friends of English present Veronique Tadjo.
Monday, April 18, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Film Screening: Where Do I Stand?
Where Do I Stand? is a window into the lives of seven young people who are thinking deeply about their actions during and after the violence, their communities, and the state of their country.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The State of California and its University
Join the UCLA Department of Political Science & the UCLA School of Public Affairs for the 25th Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg lecture with guest speaker Chancellor Emeritus, Charles E. Young.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Women’s Rights and Ethnic Rights in Ethiopia
A presentation by Lahra Smith, Georgetown University. Part of the Spring 2011 Monday Africa Seminar Series "Institutions, Democratization and Citizenship in Africa" organzied by Edmond Keller, Department of Political Science and funded by a grant from the UCLA International Institute.
Monday, April 25, 2011
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
NIGERIA: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Special presentation by John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former US Ambassador to Nigeria.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Rediscovering Poor Whites--The Politics of Picturing Poor Whites in South Africa: Omar Badsha and Nadine Hutton
A presentation by Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, University of California, Irvine. Part of the Spring 2011 Monday Africa Seminar Series "Institutions, Democratization and Citizenship in Africa" organzied by Edmond Keller, Department of Political Science and funded by a grant from the UCLA International Institute.
Monday, May 09, 2011
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
“Can Development Aid Increase Social Cohesion After Civil War? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Post-Conflict Liberia”
The UCLA Department of Political Science invites you to the Comparative Politics Workshop presenting
James Fearon, Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
AAA Conference: "Women Agency in Africa: Role, Motivation and Voice"
The African Activist Association at UCLA presents the 6th Annual Graduate Student Colloquim at the Fowler Museum, May 20-21, 2011. The keynote address on Friday, May 20 features UCLA African Studies alum Muadi Mukenge, discussing "Who Will Fund the Revolution: Women's Funds and Social Justice in Africa." The Saturday, May 21 program will consist of panel discussions and presentations on cinematic, artistic, and gender representations of women in Africa.
Friday, May 20, 2011
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
AAA Conference: "Women Agency in Africa: Role, Motivation and Voice"
The African Activist Association at UCLA presents the 6th Annual Graduate Student Colloquim at the Fowler Museum, May 20-21, 2011. The keynote address on Friday, May 20 features UCLA African Studies alum Muadi Mukenge, discussing "Who Will Fund the Revolution: Women's Funds and Social Justice in Africa." The Saturday, May 21 program will consist of panel discussions and presentations on cinematic, artistic, and gender representations of women in Africa.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
CANCELLED: Citizen or Client?: A Comparative Analysis of Everyday Politics in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
A presentation by Lauren M. Maclean, Indiana University. Part of the Spring 2011 Monday Africa Seminar Series "Institutions, Democratization and Citizenship in Africa" organzied by Edmond Keller, Department of Political Science and funded by a grant from the UCLA International Institute.
Monday, May 23, 2011
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
VIVA RIVA! film screening, Q&A with Djo Tunda Wa Munga
Melnitz Movies and the Graduate Students Association present a film screening of Viva Riva! Director Djo Tunda Wa Munga in person for a Q&A following the screening.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Book Talk: Activating the Past: History and Memory in the Black Atlantic World
A discussion of the book Activating the Past: History and Memory in the Black Atlantic World with UCLA professors Andrew Apter, Lauren Derby & Robert Hill.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CHANGE-MAKERS: AFRICAN WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Change-Makers is a special roundtable that will explore issues of leadership development and professional advancement of African women.
Friday, June 03, 2011
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Violating the Secret Ballot: Evidence from the 2008 Elections in Ghana
A presentation by Karen E. Ferree, University of California, San Diego. Part of the Spring 2011 Monday Africa Seminar Series "Institutions, Democratization and Citizenship in Africa" organized by Edmond Keller, Department of Political Science and funded by a grant from the UCLA International Institute.
Monday, June 06, 2011
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
UCLA Study Abroad Fair
We invite you to join in the 25th Annual UCLA Study Abroad Fair. Each year, more than 2000 students visit the fair to learn about the wide variety of study abroad programs available.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Technology & African Central Banks
Dr. Reuben Jaja shares the result of his research work on African Central Banks. Dr. Jaja is a Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholar at UCLA.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
"Putting the Global Contemporary in Place: Wosene Worke Kosrof, at Home Abroad"
Ethiopia artist Wosene Worke Kosrof in conversation with Allyson Purpura, Curator of the Arts of Africa at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and discussion with Mesai Haileleul of Los Angeles and Patricia DiRubbo of Berkeley.
Monday, October 17, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Gender, Art, and Social Movements in the Middle East and Global South
A conference followed by a reception in honor of Professor Sondra Hale, UCLA
Friday, October 28, 2011
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
The New Global Crossroads in Africa
Part of KEY REGIONS/CRITICAL ISSUES series of the UCLA Anderson's Center for Global Management / UCLA CIBER
Thursday, November 03, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
"'The Green Room': New Approaches to Curatorial Practices in Africa and its Diasporas"
Afro-Cuban artist, scholar, and curator Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz of Stanford University in conversation with curator/PhD student Cesar Garcia, UCLA.
Monday, November 07, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
"The Artist as Activist: Curating the Calligraphy of Healing"
Senegalese artist Yelimane Fall in conversation with curators/professors Polly Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts of UCLA.
Monday, November 21, 2011
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
