Every Wednesday at noon — since 1973! — African Studies Program faculty, students, and community members have gathered for AFRICA AT NOON, a one-hour weekly lecture series bringing diverse African research from scholars around the world to a campus and community audience.
The Africa at Noon series will hold virtually this semester. All are welcome. Click here to join the event on Zoom. You may find the dial-in information here. This is a webinar, and guests’ videos will not be visible.
We will hold Africa Before Noon, every week, from 11:45am-12pm. This is an opportunity to connect with old and new colleagues “face to face” prior to Africa at Noon. Zoom link here.
You can view available recordings of past Africa at Noon webinars using the link(s) on the event page.
Find a Past Lineup
Spring 2021 Africa At Noon Events
January 27
“Dimensions of Citizenship: The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo”
Irène Tombo, Jordan Prize Winner
Political Science PhD Candidate, UW-Madison
Hosted by Scott Straus
February 3
Kaiping Chen
Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Communications, UW-Madison
Hosted by the African Studies Program
February 10
“Our Own Way in the Part of the World: Biography of an African Community, Culture, Nation”
Kwasi Konadu
Professor of Africana Studies, Colgate University
Hosted by Neil Kodesh
February 17
“Photography as Historical Fiction: A Photo Essay”
Hlonipha Mokoena
Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Hosted by Neil Kodesh
February 24
“The Draft as Genre in Kivu Ruhorahoza’s Europa: Based on a True Story”
MaryEllen Higgins (featuring Kivu Ruhorahoza)
Associate Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University
Hosted by Vlad Dima
March 3
“Animals as Diasporic Bodies in African Studies”
Saheed Aderinto
Associate Professor of History, Western Carolina University
Hosted by Neil Kodesh
March 10
“We Have Always Been There”: African Women, Agency, and Resistance
Yolande Bouka
Assistant Professor of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Hosted by Scott Straus
March 17
“North-South Partnerships and Postcolonial Lessons for African Studies”
Yeukai Mlambo
Director of Mastercard Foundation Digital Initiatives and Assistant Research Professor at Arizona State University
Hosted by Nancy Kendall
March 24
“The Way of the NeoGriot: A Journey Towards a True African American Theater”
Mark H.
Professor of Theatre and Drama, UW-Madison
March 31
“Schooling as Uncertainty: An Ethnographic Memoir”
Frances Vavrus
Professor of International and Comparative Development Education, University of Minnesota
Hosted by Lesley Bartlett
April 7
Zachary Levenson
Assistant Professor of Sociology, UNC Greensboro
Hosted by Samuel England
April 14
“Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa”
Robtel Neajai Pailey
Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, London School of Economics
Hosted by Gregg Mitman, with Nancy Kendall as discussant