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.
Complimentary coffee and tea is routinely served and bagged lunch is welcome. Join us weekly at 206 Ingraham Hall. Check out the full Spring 2019 line up below and join us weekly at 206 Ingraham Hall.
Find a Past Lineup
SEPTEMBER 11
Jan Vansina Memorial Lecture: “The Mulele ‘Rebellion’ (the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Bodily Pain and the Politics of Death”
Emery Kalema
Postdoctoral Fellow and Chair in Historical Trauma and Transformation
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
SEPTEMBER 18
“Jimma University (Ethiopia): An Introduction and Opportunities for Collaboration”
(left to right) Dr. Jemal Abafita, President of Jimma University
Kora Tushune, Vice President for Business and Development of Jimma University
Dr. Mohammed Mecha Abafogi, Chief Executive Director of the Jimma University Institute of Health
Dr. Esayas Kebede Gudina, Chief Clinical and Academic Director of the Jimma Medical Center
SEPTEMBER 25
“Public Health Policy and Implementation in Africa”
Lara Vojnov
Diagnostics Advisor in the HIV and Hepatitis Department
World Health Organization
OCTOBER 2
“Lemi Ghariokwu and Fela Kuti: The master visual artist of a musical genius”
Artist Lemi Ghariokwu in conversation with Professor Tejumola Olaniyan
OCTOBER 9
“Climate Change Response: Reality versus Development”
Marie Josée Houénou
Legal consultant in environmental law/climate change strategies
LCOY Côte d’Ivoire coordinator
*CANCELLED* OCTOBER 16
“Rebuilding a Model Surveillance System after Ebola- The National Public Health Institute of Liberia”
Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah
Deputy Director General, Epidemiologist, Immunologist, Consultant
National Public Health Institute of Liberia
OCTOBER 23
“Arms Flows and Conflict in Africa”
Ivor Fung
Team Leader, Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and Chair for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Task Force
UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, New York
OCTOBER 30
“The Straightjacket of Authenticity: Black Writers as Bad Folklorists in the Congolese Nervous State”
Jonathon Repinecz
Assistant Professor
George Mason University
NOVEMBER 6
“The Beautiful Skin: Fantasy, Football, and Cinematic Bodies in Africa”
Vlad Dima
Associate Professor in African Cultural Studies and French & Italian
University of Wisconsin-Madison
NOVEMBER 13
“Beyond Ethnicity? The Long Term, Belonging, and Politics in East Africa, 900 to 1900”
David Schoenbrun
Associate Professor of History
Northwestern University
NOVEMBER 18-19
FALL CONFERENCE: “Decolonizing African Studies”
NOVEMBER 27
THANKSGIVING BREAK — NO AFRICA AT NOON
DECEMBER 4
“Launching development in the era of Empire: Social science research programs in French West Africa after the Second World War”
Louisa Rice
Associate Professor and Department Chair in History
UW-Eau Claire