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Kansas African Studies Center

World Hot Spots: What Google Earth and Geography tell us about War, Peace, and the Environment, (9/20/2007)

River City Reading Festival (9/27/2007)

Africa in Motion, 13th Annual Meeting of the Mid-america Alliance for African Studies (maaas) (9/28/2007 - 9/29/2007)

Arabic Prisms: A Multifaceted View of Language and Culture in Morocco, (10/3/2007)

The Power of Elections and Elites in Africa, (10/5/2007)

21st Century Africa: Evolving Conceptions of Human Rights, (10/18/2007 - 10/21/2007)

The Ha! Man Musical Concert by South African musician Francois Leroux, in collaboration with the Light Center of Baldwin (10/23/2007)

The Lost Boys of Sudan, Film Screening and Discussion (10/23/2007)

Rwandan Genocide Leading to Mobutus Overthrow in the Congo, (10/25/2007)

Kansas Council for Social Studies (11/1/2007)

Women in African Politics: A Continental Shift, (11/2/2007)

Leadership: A Cape Verdian Presidential Style, (11/8/2007)

Student Night at the Spencer Museum of Art with a performance from the Kansas University African Drumming and Dancing Ensemble (11/8/2007)

Chancellors Reception for Former Cape Verdian President Antonio Monteiro (11/9/2007)

Drumming for Life: African Styles, Innovations, and Techniques, (11/14/2007)

Tanzania on My Mind and in My Soul, (11/28/2007)

National Conference on Social Studies (11/29/2007 - 12/3/2007)

Tribalism and Leadership in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, (11/29/2007)

World Language Day (11/29/2007)

My Peace Corps Experience in Mauritania, (12/5/2007)

Reading from his works. Professor Zake Mda (12/7/2007)

Kasc Holiday Party (1/18/2008)

Multicultural, Multifaith Alliance Against Al-qaeda Terrorism, (1/18/2008)

Opening and Lecture by Majid Hannoum, University of Kansas: North Africa as a Geo-political Entity, or, How North Africa is Africa (1/28/2008)

"defending Culture: The Cultural Defense and the Law's Theory of Culture" (2/7/2008)

The Transformation of Islamic Architecture in Somalia, (2/13/2008)

Iidsa, International and Interfaith Student Association Dialog Dinner (2/14/2008)

The Ieps International Education Forum: Fostering Connection, Collaboration, and Creative Ideas. (2/22/2008 - 2/23/2008)

Using Student Organizations to Affect Change in Africa, (2/27/2008)

Political Situation In Kenya (3/13/2008)

Literary Studies and Environmental Studies in Africa" (3/28/2008 - 3/29/2008)

Screening of New Willmott Film (3/29/2008)

Seminar on Africa Command (4/3/2008)

Association of African Studies Program (4/9/2008 - 4/13/2008)

"the Sahara as a Contested Space: Two Cases from Libyan History" (4/10/2008)

Black Athena: The Reaction to Her, (4/14/2008)

Performing the Festive Sacred in Morocco: Sufi Tourism and the Promise of Sonic Translation, (4/21/2008)

Education Awareness for Women and Girls in Somalia (4/24/2008)

Spring African Studies Council Meeting (5/2/2008)

Kansas African Studies Center Teachers Summer Institute (6/2/2008 - 6/13/2008)

Get to Know Africa (7/3/2008)

Get to Know Africa 2 (7/8/2008)

Human Rights and Cultural Diversity (8/4/2008 - 8/8/2008)

Global Healthcare and Education (8/11/2008 - 8/15/2008)

KASC Welcoming Reception (9/5/2008)

Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Circus, Shriners, and Fairs, Oh My An Alternative History of Black Islam and American Orientalism (9/8/2008)

Ujamaa Brownbag Series One Path to Africa (9/10/2008)

93 Annual Convention Association for the Study of African American Life and History (10/1/2008 - 10/5/2008)

The Human Face of Climate Change Sisters of the Planet (10/3/2008)

African Studies Seminar Series Come to Africa and it is Here! An Army of Christ T.McCants Stewart and his quest to create a Negro Nationality (10/9/2008)

Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Barack Obamas Candidacy America, Race, and the Historical Movement (10/13/2008)

Ha! Man, Francois LeRoux Innovative Cellist from South Africa (10/15/2008)

Ties that Bind Uniting Africans Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (10/17/2008 - 10/18/2008)

Ujamaa Brownbag Series African Immigrants in Italy (10/22/2008)

African Studies Seminar Series Race, Politics, and History W.E.B. Du Bois and the Encyclopedia Africana Project. (10/23/2008)

Black Leadership Symposium (10/23/2008)

Kansas Council for the Social Studies Conference (10/27/2008)

Revolutions Film Series Lumumba 2000 (10/27/2008)

African Studies Seminar Series The Deeper Meaning of Common Sense Collective Violence and White Agrarian Elites in the American South and South Africa, 1900-1927 (10/30/2008)

Soweto Gospel Choir African Spirit (11/9/2008)

African Studies Association Annual Meeting Knowledge of Africa The Next Fifty Years (11/13/2008 - 11/16/2008)

African Diasporas and Development Conference (11/17/2008)

African Studies Seminar By the Coast of Elmina Africans and African Americans and the Problem of Slavery (11/20/2008)

Revolution in Film Series - DareSaalam (11/24/2008)

Shawnee Heights Middle School, KASC (12/5/2008)

Conference in Ghana sponsored by USAID and Cornell University (1/8/2009)

KASC Spring Welcoming Reception (1/20/2009)

School of Deliverance Healing, Exorcism and Male Spirit Possession in the Ghanaian Presbyterian Diaspora. Dr. Adam Mohr, from U of Pennsylvania (1/20/2009)

Cultural Knowledge, Behavior, and Health among HIV-Positive Women in Nairobi, Kenya Dr. Toni Copeland, from U of Alabama (1/26/2009)

Central Junior High, KASC (1/28/2009)

Support Groups, Marriage, and the Management of Ambiguity among HIV-positive Women in Northern Nigeria. Dr. Katherine Rhine, from Brown University (1/29/2009)

African Economic Outlook (2/1/2009)

Traditional Music in Modern Senegal Dylan Bassett (2/11/2009)

Still Lifes from a Genocide A Documentary about Darfur Moderator, Ken Lohrentz, Former Librarian for African Studies, KU (2/13/2009)

What does Revolution Mean in Our Time? Society, Science/Environment, and the Arts Vitaly Komar, Russian Artist Kris Ercums, Spencer Museum, KUDiane Fourny, French, European Studies, KUGarth Myers, Geography, AAAS and KASC Director (2/27/2009)

Art, Music, and Revolution K-16 Workshop (2/28/2009)

The Socio-Economic Determinants of HIV/AIDS Evidence from Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho and Malawi (3/1/2009)

Kenyan Kinship Make a Difference Abroad, Starting in Lawrence, KS Shanxi Upsdell (3/4/2009)

The Africa Lecture The Doha Round of World Trade Negotiations and African Interests (3/6/2009)

A Bad Nationalist in the International Zone Claude McKay in Tangier, Gary Holcomb, Emporia State University (3/9/2009)

Do Africas Urban Poor Think of Pro-poor Planning? (3/14/2009)

Poverty, Sustainability and Justice in African Urbanization (3/17/2009)

The life and times of tropical fruit stories by Dr. Ian Cook, Department of Geography University of Exeter, UK. (3/30/2009)

Model United Nations UN World Health Day (4/3/2009 - 4/6/2009)

Sustainability and Justice in African Urbanization (4/9/2009)

Changing the World Revolutionary Thinking about the Environment Pro. Tom Newlin, Oberlin College Pro. Jimmy Adegoke UMKC Pro. Chris Brown, KU (4/16/2009)

Niamey, Niger Water in a Sahelian City Hilary Hungerford (4/22/2009)

Africana Librarians Council (4/26/2009 - 4/28/2009)

Sisimuka Afrika Cultural Show (5/3/2009)

Approaching the Edges of Land in Art, geography and Philosophy (5/9/2009)

Visit and Discussion with African Military officers at the Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS (5/9/2009)

African Leadership Institute (5/19/2009 - 5/25/2009)

Teaching About Africa Methods and Strategies 2009 Teacher Summer Institute (6/9/2009 - 6/19/2009)

Ujamaa Brownbag (9/9/2009)

Ujamaa Brownbag (9/9/2009)

Library Gallery (9/10/2009)

Library Gallery (9/10/2009)

Library Gallery (9/10/2009)

Library Gallery (9/10/2009)

Film Screening (9/28/2009)

Film Screening (9/28/2009)

Kansas African Studies Center conference (10/2/2009)

Kansas African Studies Center conference (10/2/2009)

Kansas African Studies Center Conference (10/3/2009)

Kansas African Studies Center Conference (10/3/2009)

Ujamaa Brownbag (10/7/2009)

Ujamaa Brownbag (10/7/2009)

Ujamaa Brownbag (10/7/2009)

Ujamaa Brownbag (10/7/2009)

Public Event (10/15/2009)

Public Event (10/15/2009)

African Studies Seminar (10/17/2009)

African Studies Seminar (10/17/2009)

The Politics of Piracy in Somalia (10/22/2009)

The Politics of Piracy in Somalia (10/22/2009)

Discussion of the Global Plight of Children (10/30/2009)

Discussion of the Global Plight of Children (10/30/2009)

The Marwa Africana Lecture Series (11/3/2009)

The Marwa Africana Lecture Series (11/3/2009)

Culture and disability in Africa, with a specific focus on the Congo (11/11/2009)

Culture and disability in Africa, with a specific focus on the Congo (11/11/2009)

Education and Sustainable Development Speaker from Uganda (11/12/2009)

Education and Sustainable Development Speaker from Uganda (11/12/2009)

My Professor, My Friend? Relating to Professors in the U.S (11/19/2009)

My Professor, My Friend? Relating to Professors in the U.S (11/19/2009)

African Studies Seminar (12/3/2009)

African Studies Seminar (12/3/2009)

Paradoxes of Secrecy and Wellbeing in Nigeria (12/10/2009)

Paradoxes of Secrecy and Wellbeing in Nigeria (12/10/2009)

KASC Spring Welcome Reception (1/21/2010)

KASC Spring Welcome Reception (1/21/2010)

How Do I get my Point Across? Communicating with Professors (1/28/2010)

How Do I get my Point Across? Communicating with Professors (1/28/2010)

International Womens Day Table (1/28/2010 - 3/8/2010)

International Womens Day Table (1/28/2010 - 3/8/2010)

Ku International Women ConnectAcademic Success Clinic How Do I Get My Point Across? Communication With Proffessors (1/28/2010)

Ku International Women ConnectAcademic Success Clinic How Do I Get My Point Across? Communication With Proffessors (1/28/2010)

Ujamaa Brownbag Series, NGO Registration in Uganda Economic and Political Markets in Tropical Africa (2/10/2010)

Ujamaa Brownbag Series, NGO Registration in Uganda Economic and Political Markets in Tropical Africa (2/10/2010)

Gender Seminar (2/18/2010)

Gender Seminar (2/18/2010)

Ku International Women Connect Making KU Experiance Work for you (2/18/2010)

Ku International Women Connect Making KU Experiance Work for you (2/18/2010)

Ku International Women Connect Making KU Experiance Work for you (2/18/2010)

Ku International Women Connect Making KU Experiance Work for you (2/18/2010)

Kansas African Studies Center (2/23/2010)

Kansas African Studies Center (2/23/2010)

African NGOs Challenges and Opportunities (2/24/2010)

African NGOs Challenges and Opportunities (2/24/2010)

Discovering Kenya Learn about life in Kenya with slides, clothing, artifacts and more (3/1/2010)

Discovering Kenya Learn about life in Kenya with slides, clothing, artifacts and more (3/1/2010)

The Concept of IWA Human Character Among Yoruba People of Southwest Nigeria (3/4/2010)

The Concept of IWA Human Character Among Yoruba People of Southwest Nigeria (3/4/2010)

A Feast of African Literature, Languages, Fine Arts, and Performance (3/5/2010)

A Feast of African Literature, Languages, Fine Arts, and Performance (3/5/2010)

A Feast of African Literature, Languages, Fine Arts, and Performance (3/6/2010)

A Feast of African Literature, Languages, Fine Arts, and Performance (3/6/2010)

Gendering Soccer and Citizenship in the new South Africa (3/11/2010)

Gendering Soccer and Citizenship in the new South Africa (3/11/2010)

KASC and Health and Humanities (3/24/2010)

KASC and Health and Humanities (3/24/2010)

International Womens Day Round Table Professional Development (3/25/2010)

International Womens Day Round Table Professional Development (3/25/2010)

Voter Information Deficit. (3/31/2010)

Voter Information Deficit. (3/31/2010)

Africana Library Conference (4/16/2010)

Africana Library Conference (4/16/2010)

Africana Library Conference (4/17/2010)

Africana Library Conference (4/17/2010)

Peace, War and Global Change Seminar (4/19/2010)

Peace, War and Global Change Seminar (4/19/2010)

Collaborative Reality of Urban Village Program in Zanzibar (4/21/2010)

Collaborative Reality of Urban Village Program in Zanzibar (4/21/2010)

Soccer Academies and Soccer Development in Africa (4/29/2010)

Soccer Academies and Soccer Development in Africa (4/29/2010)

Fifa Ghana vs Germany (6/23/2010)

Fifa Ghana vs Germany (6/23/2010)

KASC Fall Reception (8/30/2010)

Medical Anthropology in Global Africa Current Trends in Scholarship and Practice (9/16/2010 - 9/18/2010)

Gender Seminar African Goddesses, Mixed-Race Wonders, and Baadasssss Women Black Female Comic Book Characters of the 70s and 80s, Deborah Whaley, University of Iowa (9/27/2010)

Water in Urban Niger Fieldwork Debriefed, Hilary Hungerford, Geography, KU (9/29/2010)

Mid-America Alliance for African Studies 2010 African Studies Celebration, Reflection, and Visualization (10/8/2010 - 10/9/2010)

Black Studies in the Fourth Decade Triumphs and Challenges, Ernest Allen, Jr., University of Massachusetts, Amherst (10/20/2010)

Making Short Form Films/Video The Battle for Hearts and Minds, Madison D. Lacy, University of Kansas (10/27/2010)

African Worlds in Rapprochement Diaspora as Praxis, Michael Gomez, New York University (11/3/2010)

Report on Free State High School Students Trip to Kenya, Andrew Nussbaum, Free State High School (11/10/2010)

Tourism in Moshi, Tanzania, Megan Holroyd, Geography, KU (12/2/2010)

MLK Holiday/Spring Welcome Reception (1/24/2011)

Stereotypes and the Social Psychology of Repression, Kevin Durrheim, Department of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (1/31/2011)

Implicit Prejudice in Mind and Interaction, Kevin Durrheim Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal (2/1/2011)

Graduate Student Research Symposium (2/5/2011)

Visit to Gardener High School for College Prep Language Arts Course by Dr. Glenn Adams (2/8/2011)

Postwhite? South African Suburbia Two Decades After the Group Areas Act, Richard Ballard, University KwaZulu-Natal Research Fellow University of Maryland (2/17/2011)

Screening of the film Bongoland, Tanzania. (2/17/2011)

Nigeria at 50 by Ebenezer Obadare Department of Sociology, University of Kansas (2/23/2011)

Q and A with Mort Rosenblum at the School of Journalism (2/28/2011)

The Role of Faith Communities in Conflict and Peacemaking Report from the Freetown Conference of the West Africa Research Association, December 2010, Glenn Adams, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas (3/2/2011)

Rehabilitating the Noble Savage Cultural Turns in Transborder Conservation, Maano Ramutsindela (3/4/2011)

A Panel discussion on the Middle East revolutions (3/7/2011)

Congo at 50, John Janzen, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas. (3/10/2011)

Migrations, Shadow Economies, and Security Issues on the Worlds Borders, (4/1/2011)

Naming Systems Among the Tangale People of Nigeria The Genetic and Anthropological Implications Barnabas Danborno, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (4/6/2011)

The Realities and Challenges of Delivering Medical Assistance to Developing Countries (4/12/2011)

Experiences with the International Medical Corps Delivering Medical Assistance to Developing Countries (4/14/2011)

Migration, Music and the Arts (4/16/2011)

Webinar on Cultural Competence and focused on Somali and Burmese populations (4/19/2011)

KU Participation in US State Department Initiative in Africa Partnering for the Future, Daphne Johnston International Student and Scholar Services, University of Kansas (4/27/2011)

The War in Liberia (5/10/2011)

Teacher Summer Institute (7/5/2011 - 7/15/2011)