AFRICA AT NOON IS 50!
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.
Spring 2024 Africa at Noon events will be livestreamed on Zoom. You can join here.
You can view available recordings of past Africa at Noon speakers here and on the event page as well.
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Find a Past Lineup
Spring 2024 Africa At Noon Events
January 31st
Listening Session and Welcome Lunch
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Faculty Director of the African Studies Program, UW-Madison
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
February 7th
Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think
Ainehi Edoro
Department of English, UW-Madison
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
February 14th
War, Environment, Infrastructure: Lessons from Middle East and North Africa Conflicts
Jeannie Sowers
Political Science and International Affairs, University of New Hampshire
Hosted by Steven Brooke
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
February 21st
One Health: The Wisconsin Idea in Global Action
Jorge Osorio
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
February 28th
Evidence Generation and Utilization: A Case of Malawi
Chrissie Thakwalakwa
Public Health, Nutrition, and Research Specialist, University of Malawi
Hosted by Nancy Kendall
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
March 6th
Why does no one in African literary studies care about realism?
Susan Andrade
Hosted by Luís Madureira
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
March 13th
From Homer to the African Epic
Joseph Mbele
Department of English, St. Olaf College
Hosted by Katrina Daly Thompson
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
March 20th
World Bank, African Centers of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE-Impact) project
Janis Tupesis
Department of Medicine, UW-Madison
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 3rd
An Attempt to Shape African Narrative using Colonial Film Material
“Tentative de façonner le récit africain à l’aide du matériel cinématographique colonial”
Katy Lèna Ndiaye
Founder IndigoMood Films, Dakar (Senegalese-French filmmaker)
Hosted by Marissa Moorman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 10th
Rebuilding after Ebola in Liberia
Shireen Hassim
World Resources Institute
Hosted by Gay Seidman
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 17th
Environmental Justice in Ethiopia: Navigating Hurdles and Making a Difference –An Environmental Lawyer’s Journey
Eskadar Awgichew
Executive Director, Eco-justice Ethiopia
Hosted by Nathan Schulfer
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
April 24th
Dis War Sef: Contesting Unhomeliness in Recent Anglophone Cameroon Writing
Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, North Carolina State University
Hosted by Moji Olaniyan
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706
May 1st
Environment, climate change, and public policy in West Africa
Erin Kitchell
Director of Global Programs at Namati
Hosted by Matt Turner
Location: Room 206, Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706