Calendar of Events
Results For 2004
Dignifying Death: The African Politics of Burial in Bulawayo Presentation by Terry Ranger
Distinguised Africa historian and former UCLA professor Terence Ranger will present on Southern Africa.
Monday, January 12, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Working in a War Zone - A Conversation with Andrew Schechtman
Dr. Andrew Schechtman, Doctors Without Borders, worked in Liberia and shares his experiences working in a war zone.
Friday, January 16, 2004
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Women and HIV/AIDS in Kenya: Exploring the differential impact of the pandemic on women and the role of women in care and prevention focused interventions
Presentation by Chandice Covington, UCLA School of Nursing, as part of the HIV/AIDS in Africa lecture series sponsored by the Globalization Research Center-Africa.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Activating the Past: Yoruba Ritual and Historical Memory
Professor Andrew Apter will present on Yoruba rituals as part of the lecture series for the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Youth for Youth (Y4Y) Program: Testing a comprehensive adolescent services model to reduce HIV/STDS and teen pregnancies in Western Kenya
Paula Tavrow will present as part of the HIV/AIDS in Africa lecture series sponsored by the Globalization Research Center-Africa (GRCA).
Friday, February 06, 2004
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Satan is an Imitator: Kenya's Recent Cosmology of Corruption
Robert Blunt, University of Chicago, will present a paper examining Kenya and the Satanism scare in the 1990's.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Gender and Sufism in the Popular Neighborhoods of Senegal
Professor Penda Mbow examines the role of women in the expression of Sufism in Senegal.
Monday, February 23, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of Nigeria Visits UCLA
Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will present as part of the Black History Month celebration.
Thursday, February 26, 2004
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
SHATTERED LIVES: Sexual Violence during the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath
Binaifer Nowrojee is with the Human Rights Watch Rwanda Genocide Commemmoration Program.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Best Practices in HIV Prevention and Control: Lessons Learned
HIV/AIDS in Africa Lecture Series
Friday, March 12, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Youth Reproductive Health in a Controversial Climate: Reclaiming Strategies That Work
Various Keynotes
Fri 16th April 2004 All day
University of Southern California
The Pacific Institute for Women's Health, the UCLA Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health, and WYSE (Women and Youth Supporting Each Other)
Friday, April 16, 2004
Time to be announced. - 12:45 AM
Aminata Maiga KA Lecture on Senegalese Literature
Aminata Maiga KA of Senegal will deliver a lecture on Senegalese Literature.
Friday, April 16, 2004
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Spring 2004 Festival of World Music
Spring concert featuring Music of Mexico at 2 PM and Afro-Cuban Music at 3:30 PM.
Saturday, April 17, 2004
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Remembering Rwanda: Africa in Conflict Yesterday and Today
Corrine Dufka of Human Rights Watch presents on the devastating events in 1994 culminating in the Rwandan genocide and highlights the similarities of conflicts and human rights abuses occurring in Africa today.
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet: Proverbs About Women From Around the World
Mineke Schipper discusses her new book published this April by Yale University Press. Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet is an interdisciplinary work.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
New Patterns of Strategic Encounter: US-Africa Relations in the Era of Globalization
Globalization Research Center-Africa two-day international conference, April 30 - May 1, focusing on US-Africa Relations.
Friday, April 30, 2004
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
New Patterns of Strategic Encounter: US-Africa Relations in the Era of Globalization
Globalization Research Center-Africa two-day international conference, April 30 - May 1, focusing on US-Africa Relations.
Saturday, May 01, 2004
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Worldfest 2004
Come out and support Worldfest 2004, May 3 - 9!! This cultural festival at UCLA offers a variety of events - something for everyone! Films, concerts, lectures, theatrical performances, and more.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Worldfest 2004
Come out and support Worldfest 2004, May 3 - 9!! This cultural festival at UCLA offers a variety of events - something for everyone! Films, concerts, lectures, theatrical performances, and more.
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Worldfest 2004
Come out and support Worldfest 2004, May 3 - 9!! This cultural festival at UCLA offers a variety of events - something for everyone! Films, concerts, lectures, theatrical performances, and more.
Thursday, May 06, 2004
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Worldfest 2004
Come out and support Worldfest 2004, May 3 - 9!! This cultural festival at UCLA offers a variety of events - something for everyone! Films, concerts, lectures, theatrical performances, and more.
Friday, May 07, 2004
12:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Mapping Migrations
3rd annual UC Transnational and Transcolonial Studies Multicampus Research Groups Graduate Student Conference
Friday, May 07, 2004
8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Worldfest 2004
Come out and support Worldfest 2004, May 3 - 9!! This cultural festival at UCLA offers a variety of events - something for everyone! Films, concerts, lectures, theatrical performances, and more.
Saturday, May 08, 2004
2:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Nigerian Culture Show
Enjoy dance, drumming, skits, and food in an evening of celebrating Nigerian culture.
Sunday, May 09, 2004
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
CARE USA and The Elton John AIDS Foundation present 'PhotoSensitive's hivpositive: AIDS through a new lens' Photo Exhibit
An innovative photographic exhibit that chronicles the individual acts of optimism and resistance amid the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Opening night presentation by Dr. Aben Ngay.
Monday, May 17, 2004
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
"Icons of Women's Spirituality and Social Autonomy" Presentation by Dr. Diedre Badejo
UCLA alum and Kent State Pan-African Studies Chair Dr. Diedre Badejo will present on contemporary Yoruba and Akan women in both their ritual and civic roles. This Powerpoint presentation explores notions of gender, spirituality, and women's authority.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
'Nigeria: Islam and Democratization in West Africa'
Professor Muhammad (Samy) Umar will present a lecture as part of the Islam and Political Regimes II workshop.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The UCLA Dept. of Ethnomusicology and Trinity Baptist Church Present The UCLA African American Ensemble in Concert
The UCLA African American Ensemble, directed by James Roberson, performs a diverse mix of gospel music including Negro spirituals and traditional and contemporary gospel.
Sunday, May 23, 2004
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Jean Allman Presentation on "Nation, Gender and Politics of Clothing in Nkrumah's Ghana"
Professor Allman, Director of the Center for African Studies and Professor of History at UIUC, explores the connections between dress, gender, nation, and power in Nkrumah's Ghana, particularly the public/nationalist discourse surrounding dress and "Ghanaian-ness" during the early and often heady years of African liberation.
Monday, May 24, 2004
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Khalil Alio Presentation on 'Language Policy in Chad' -- PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
Professor Khalil Alio explores the linguistic problematic in Chad and its implications with the objectives of development. Chad is a multilingual state with roughly 140 indigenous national languages and two official languages, French and Arabic. Professor Alio discusses the illiteracy rate and impacts on citizen participation in State Affairs and development.
**Please note that the date of Professor Alio's lecture has been changed from 5/27/04 to 5/26/04 and moved to room 10383, Bunche Hall.
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Introducing the New Commission for Africa: Action Finally?
Dr. James Quilligan will discuss the formation of the Commission for Africa, a major new initiative geared to reducing the disparity between developed and developing worlds.
Thursday, May 27, 2004
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Kay Raseroka, University of Botswana, Presentation on 'Global Perspectives on Libraries and Literacy'
The UCLA Information Studies Department proudly presents Kay Raseroka, University of Botswana, as the UCLA Regents Lecturer.
Thursday, May 27, 2004
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
HIV/AIDS, Beadwork, and 10 Years of Democracy in South Africa
Special Presentation by N. B. Mhlongo and Thandi Chiliza, South African women active in the fight to combat AIDS/HIV in their country.
Friday, May 28, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
"Trade Agreements Between Africa and the US and EU: In Whose Interest?"
Dr. Margaret C. Lee, Georgetown University, will discuss the G8, trade and regional integration in Africa. Dr. Lee is a Research Associate with the African Studies Program in the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) She is the author of The Political Economy of Regionalism in Southern Africa (2003), SADC: The Political Economy of Development in Southern Africa (1989), and co-editor of Unfinished Business: The Land Crisis in Southern Africa (2003) and The State and Democracy in Africa (1997, 1998). Professor Lee has received research support from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
Thursday, June 03, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Margaret C. Lee Presentation on 'Trade Agreements Between Africa and the US and EU: In Whose Interest?'
The Globalization Research Center-Africa presents a lecture by Margaret C. Lee, Georgetown University.
Thursday, June 03, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Trade Agreements Between Africa and the US and EU: In Whose Interest?
Margaret C. Lee
Thu 3rd June 2004 1:00pm - 2:30pm
10367 Bunche Hall
Globalization Research Center--Africa
Thursday, June 03, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Leonard Wantchekon Presentation on 'Ethnicity, Gender and the Demand for Public Goods: Experimental Evidence from Benin'
The Public Lectures Committee for the UCLA Department of Political Science presents Leonard Wantchekon, New York University, as part of the Speaker Series.
Thursday, June 03, 2004
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Trustee for the Human Community: Ralph Bunche and the Decolozoniation of Africa
Martin Kilson and Neta Crawford
Thu 3rd June 2004 7pm-9:30 pm (day 1); 8am - 7pm
Faculty Center, Royce Hall
Globalization Research Center--Africa, James S. Coleman African Studies Center, UCLA School of Law, The UCLA Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies
Thursday, June 03, 2004
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
'Trustee for the Human Community': Ralph J. Bunche and the Decolonization of Africa
Conference exploring the impact of Ralph J. Bunche on Africa and his legacy.
Friday, June 04, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Film Screening of 'Uganda: The Presidential Tour'
Film screening with guest John Scheer, CEO and Executive Producer of KAOS Entertainment.
Friday, June 18, 2004
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
To Treat HIV, Treat TB: Strategies for Saving Lives in Africa
Dr. Marcos Espinal
Wed 29th September 2004 3:00-4:00 PM
Bunche Hall, Room 6275
Globalization Research Center--Africa
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
African Studies Center Open House and Reception
Everyone welcome! Please join us for an evening of information, entertainment, and refreshments at the African Studies Center open house and reception.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Sahara Crossroads Initiative Workshop
A special workshop with presentations by outstanding scholars in Saharan studies discussing the place of the Sahara in research and education.
Friday, October 15, 2004
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
The African Union: New Institution for a New Millennium?
Omatayo Olaniyan, The African Union, and Fred Oladeinde, The Foundation for Democracy in Africa, will lead discussions about The African Union.
Friday, October 22, 2004
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Religion, Globalization and the Common Good in Africa and the World
Ms. Audrey Kitagawa
Mon 25th October 2004 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Grand Salon, CSUN
Department of Pan African Studies
Monday, October 25, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
'The Use of Peer Education and its Impact on HIV/AIDS Awareness among Visually Impaired Adolescents at Copota School for the Blind in Masvingo, Zimbabwe'
Mr. Kudzai Shava is a scholar-activist devoted to working on issues affecting the disabled and visually impaired. Blind since the age of 3, he still pursues his love of sports, participating in golf and baseball for the blind, and works diligently in the field of HIV/AIDS awareness in his native Zimbabwe. He is also the recipient of a Claude Ake Memorial Program award.
Thursday, October 28, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Presentation on Militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Reconfiguring Space through the Violence
Alphonse Maindo presents "The Mobilization of the Militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the Reconfiguration of Local Political Space through the Violence." Mr. Maindo teaches at the Universite de Kinsangani, DRC, and is the former mayor of Kisangani.
Friday, October 29, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Hotel Rwanda Film Screening
Hotel Rwanda is based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, a Kigali hotel manager who sheltered over a thousand refugees during the 1994 genocide. Please join us along with special guests Paul Rusesabagina and Terry George, the film's director. Film screening to be followed by a Q & A with Mr. Rusesabagina and Mr. George.
Monday, November 08, 2004
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
John Edward Philips Presentation on 'African Studies in Japan: Recent Developments'
Professor Philips earned his Ph.D. in History and his MA in African Area Studies from UCLA. While at UCLA he studied under Professor Boniface Obichere. Currently Professor Philips is Professor of International Society, College of Humanities, Hirosaki University.
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Student Workshop on 'Opportunities in the International Field'
Interested in getting involved internationally? Want to learn how to participate in international actions and projects? This special workshop is geared towards students, but anyone interested in activism and careers in the international field may attend. Panelists will discuss various volunteer, internship and employment opportunities in the international field. Find out how to get involved in international movements and what you can do locally that will have an impact globally.
Friday, November 19, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Crisis in Darfur, Sudan: Politics of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
Activists, scholars, and policy makers discuss the crisis in Darfur and world reaction. Speakers will explore reality and the situation on the ground, US policy, and possible UN sanctions. Panelists include Salih Booker, Africa Action, John Prendergast, International Crisis Group, Peter Takirambudde, Human Rights Watch, and Jok Madut Jok, Loyola Marymount University.
Friday, November 19, 2004
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
World AIDS Day
Performances, Screenings, Exhibitions, Discussions to Commemorate
World AIDS Day at UCLA
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
The World of Ibn Battuta, International Explorer
A lively symposium and commemoration of Ibn Battuta's birth 700 years past.
Friday, December 03, 2004
2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Make Art/Stop AIDS Conference
Discussions and panels about art and health in a global epidemic featuring artists, activists, and scholars from around the world.
Friday, December 03, 2004
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tricia Redeker Hepner Presents "Eritrea, Exile, & the State of Transnational Diaspora"
Based on field research conducted in Eritrea and the US, Dr. Hepner will discuss how the contemporary Eritrean diaspora and nation-state are bound together in an historical transnational social field that simultaneously enables and represses new forms of governance and civic participation. Eritrea emerges as a fascinating example of nationalism and nation-state building in an era of intensified global and transnational processes.
Thursday, December 09, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
