Africa at Noon: Infrastructural Attachments – Technologies, Mobility, and the Tensions of Home in Colonial & Postcolonial Kenya with Emma Park
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIDate/Time: February 22nd 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Emma Park, New School, NY Hosted by: Daniel Wiliford BIO (Emma Park) is an Assistant Professor of History at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang …
Africa at Noon: The Archival Possibilities of Social Media with James Yeku
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIDate/Time: March 1st 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: James Yeku, University of Kansas Hosted by: Matthew Brown Talk Description: In Africa, social media is well established as a digital sphere for the production …
ACS Works-in-Progress: “A Trilogy of Masculinities: Boyhood, Initiates, and Adulthood Masculinities” ⎻ Jacob Muniko Mwita
1418 Van Hise HallSAVE THE DATE for a presentation part of the newly created “ACS Works-in-Progress” ongoing series! “Works-in-Progress” gatherings are monthly symposiums that will give ACS grad students and faculty the opportunity to share their work with …
Dr. Rebecca Jones ⎻ Crossing borders, encountering others, telling stories: a century of Nigerian travel writing in Yoruba and English (VIRTUAL)
Join the Zoom meeting (Meeting ID: 964 8250 3467; Passcode: 519001) In this virtual talk, Dr. Rebecca Jones will discuss how Nigerian travel writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have written about the ways …
Africa at Noon: Ethnoracism in Settler and Colonial Societies – The Case of Black Immigrants in the United States with Mosi Ifatunji
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIDate/Time: March 8th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Mosi Ifatunji - Sociology, UW-Madison Hosted by: Luís Madureira BIO Mosi Adesina Ifatunji is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies and …
Broken by Dr. Evelyn Alsultany ⎻ A Book Talk Moderated by Katrina Daly Thompson
Central Library - Community Room 301 & 302 201 W Mifflin St, Madison, WIOne of Donald Trump’s first actions as President was to sign an executive order to limit Muslim immigration to the United States, a step toward the “complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” he …
Africa at Noon (VIRTUAL): Beauty Diplomacy – Embodying an Emerging Nation with Kemi Balogun
OnlineDate/Time: March 22nd 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Kemi Balogun, University of Oregon Hosted by: ACS/Luís Madureira Zoom: To access the event directly, click here. For dial-in information, click here. BIO Oluwakemi (Kemi) M. Balogun is an …
Africa at Noon (VIRTUAL): Branding Humanity – Competing Narratives of Rights, Violence and Global Citizenship with Amal Fadlalla
OnlineDate/Time: March 29th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Amal Fadlalla, University of Michigan Hosted by: Sam England Zoom: To access the event directly, click here. For dial-in information, click here. BIO Amal Hassan Fadlalla is Professor of …
Africa at Noon: Conflict and Development in Uganda with Jessica R. Hawkins
206 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WIDate/Time: April 5th 2023, @12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Speaker: Jessica R. Hawkins, University of Manchester Hosted by: Luís Madureira BIO Jessica received a BA in European Studies with German and Italian from Lancaster University …