September 3
Celebrations, Silences, and Contemporary “Global Health” Volunteering in Africa
Claire Wendland
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 10
HIV, Marriage, and Divorce in Early Adulthood in Rural Malawi
Monica Grant
Assistant Professor, Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 17
Women’s Rights in Contemporary African Constitutions
Aili Tripp
Professor, Political Science and Gender & Women’s Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
September 24
Women, Art, and Revolution in the Streets of Egypt
Nevine El Nossery
Associate Professor, French and Italian
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 1
The Ebola Situation in Liberia
Cecil T.O. Brandy
Chairman
Liberia Land Commission
This Africa at Noon event has been CANCELLED.
October 8
Africa in English: Making the Case for African Literature in American English Departments
Christine Loflin
Associate Professor, English
Oxford College at Emory University
October 15
Fodiology in America: Muslim Americans Following a Nigerian Model of Education
Beverly Mack
Professor, African and African American Studies
University of Kansas
October 22
The Nature of Success: Community-Based Natural Resource Management & Zambia’s North Luangwa National Park
Josh Garoon
Assistant Professor, Community & Environmental Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 29
Theater and Social Vulnerability in Mozambique
Luis Madureira
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 5
NO AFRICA AT NOON
November 12
Critical Reflections on Qualitative ICTD Research: Collaborative Ethnography in Rural Zambia
Lindsay Palmer
Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 19
Imperial Skulduggery and Entangled Memory Politics between Namibia and Germany
Reinhart Köessler
Adjunct Professor, Political Science
University of Freiburg
November 26
NO AFRICA AT NOON
December 3
The (In)Visibilities of Hakim Belabbes’s Ashlaa
Nasrin Qader
Associate Professor, French and Comparative Literary Studies
Northwestern University
December 10
Reading Swahili Literature across Disciplines
Ann J. Biersteker
Assistant Director, African Studies Center
Michigan State University