Belonging in AfricaA round table discussion
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 1pm
Union South, Agriculture Room AB
A workshop series presented by the African Diaspora and Atlantic World Research Circle
Wedesdays, February 27, April 3, April 17
206 Ingraham Hall
Albert W. McCoy and Crawford Young discuss their recent 2012 books
December 12, 2012
206 Ingraham Hall
Changing Course: Teaching African Languages at UW-Madison in the 21st Century Friday, October 12, 2012
Register by October 5 to attend lunch
Eaten By The Heart: An Exploration of Love, Intimacy and Heartbreak in Africa and the African DiasporaZina Saro-Wiwa
Film-maker and video artist
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 2:30pm
Death in the Congo: Killing Patrice LumumbaBruce Kuklick
Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 3:00pm
Soffa Lecture 2012: Protecting the Rights of the People from Abuse of Power in State Affairs: The Challenges of South Africa’s Office of the Public ProtectorThulisile Madonsela
Public Protector of South Africa
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 4pm
A Day in AfricaFirst Annual High School Outreach Conference
April 20, 2012
Memorial Union
Ending Deadly Conflicts in AfricaDr. John Hirsch
Former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Co-sponsored with the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations
Look Look Listen Listen: Celebrating the Arts of GhanaFall/Winter 2011
Multiple exhibitions and events
Tenure Security in Slums: A Gendered Perspective from South AfricaKamna Patel
Visiting Researcher, Center for Research on Gender and Women
International Development, University of Birmingham (UK)
Thursday, February 23, 2012
3:30 pm, Sterling Hall 3401
Territorializing Ethnicity: Pastoralism and Politics in Northern KenyaGunther Schlee
Thursday, January 26, 2012
3:30 P.M.
5230 Social Sciences Building
Film Screening: A Road From LubumbashiUnion South/The Marquee
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
What the Library Can Do For You!Emilie Ngo-Nguidjol Songolo
Bibliographer for African Studies, Social Sciences, and Francophone Studies
Thursday, October 6, 2011 and Thursday, October 13, 2011
France and Africa: A Long Way to IndependenceStephen Smith
Visiting Professor at Duke University and former Africa editor of Le Monde
Thursday, February 24, 2011
National Theatre of London’s Fela!Sundance Cinemas
January 31 and February 5, 2011
The Peace Corps and AfricaA conference to honor fifty years of volunteer service and asses the impacts of the Peace Corps in Africa
University of Wisconsin-Madison
March 24–26, 2011
Teaching Through Sports: How to Use International Sporting Events to Score Big with StudentsA Workshop for Educators and Athletic Coaches
University of Wisconsin-Madison
July 8, 2010
Calabash World Cup Kick-OffCelebrate Africa’s first World Cup with a series of events in Madison’s Dungeon-Monroe neighborhood. Fun for the whole family!
June 11, 2010
The Evolution of Warfare in Independent AfricaWilliam Reno, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
April 28, 2010
Bad Surroundings and Beyond: The Eye of the Storm and Unfinished Realities of Northern UgandaSverker Finnstrom, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Stockholm
March 22, 2010
Volunteering and Studying in Africa: Moving Forward WorkshopFebruary 26, 2010
February 12, 2010
The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996–2006Filip Reyntjens, Professor, Department of Law and Politics
University of Antwerp
November 24, 2009