Winter 2013 Lecture Series

ASC Events for Winter 2013.

Who is Joseph Kony...and does KONY 2012 matter?

Presentation by Professor Ayesha Nibbe, Hawaii Pacific University.
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Commerce with the Universe: Travel, Trade and the Afrasian Imagination

Professor Gaurav Desai, Tulane University, discusses the Asian (Indian) presence in and connections with Africa.
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

May it Never End: Fantasies & Drama of Fluctuating Temporality in Eastern DRC

Presentation by Professor James Smith, University of California, Davis
Date: Monday, October 22, 2012
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Do Catholics See Things Differently? On Photographs & Museum Objects in Missionary Representations of Africa

Presentation by Professor Peter Pels, Leiden University.
Date: Monday, November 05, 2012
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

"Unmasking the State: Making Guinea Modern"

The talk attempts to understand the relations between iconoclasm (the attempt to destroy objectionable objects,) and ethnogenesis (the coming into being of qualitatively new ethnic identities).
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM