Upcoming Events

February 3, 2012
Summer Study Abroad Application DeadlineSummer Study Abroad Application Deadline

Time: 3:05 pm

Applications due for Harvard Study Abroad Program in Kenya

February 6, 2012
Famine in the Horn of AfricaFamine in the Horn of Africa

Time: 5:30 pm

TED-style talks Addressing the Causes and Structural Challenges of Famine and Global Hunger: Potential Solutions to Persistent Food Insecurity With an Introduction from Dr. Paul Farmer Radcliffe Gym Harvard University

February 7, 2012
Graduate Student WorkshopGraduate Student Workshop

Time: 5:00 pm

CGIS Knafel, Room K-262 Emmanuel Asiedu-Acquah will present

February 9, 2012
Harvard Africa Seminar with Chris RoyHarvard Africa Seminar with Chris Roy

Time: 12:00 pm

Connoisseurship and West African Art: Contexts and Complexities Bowditch Room, Peabody Museum 11 Divinity Avenue Christopher D. Roy Professor of the History of Art Elizabeth M. Stanley Faculty Fellow of African Art History

February 17, 2012
CAS Summer Grant Applications DueCAS Summer Grant Applications Due

Time: 3:07 pm

March 6, 2012
Harvard Africa Seminar with Rob PringleHarvard Africa Seminar with Rob Pringle

Time: 4:00 pm

CGIS Knafel, Room K-262

March 27, 2012
Graduate Student WorkshopGraduate Student Workshop

Time: 5:00 pm

CGIS Knafel, Room K-262

March 29, 2012
GIS in Africa ConferenceGIS in Africa Conference

Time: 4:00 pm

Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 This symposium will bring together key scholars and scientists from across the disciplines who are engaging in issues of GIS and Africa. The symposium will include a combination of short talks focused on specific problems, round table discussions, and “how-to” sessions that will address both GIS and Africa from the vantage of an array of disciplines and problems, will address the variant needs of both novices (to GIS and/or Africa) and experts. The larger aim of the conference is to 1) explore how GIS informs in productive ways an array of problems and research questions of importance to Africa and 2) to provide the opportunity to learn related skills.

March 30, 2012
GIS in Africa ConferenceGIS in Africa Conference

Time: 4:00 pm

Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 This symposium will bring together key scholars and scientists from across the disciplines who are engaging in issues of GIS and Africa. The symposium will include a combination of short talks focused on specific problems, round table discussions, and “how-to” sessions that will address both GIS and Africa from the vantage of an array of disciplines and problems, will address the variant needs of both novices (to GIS and/or Africa) and experts. The larger aim of the conference is to 1) explore how GIS informs in productive ways an array of problems and research questions of importance to Africa and 2) to provide the opportunity to learn related skills.

April 4, 2012
Harvard Africa Seminar with Nadia HorningHarvard Africa Seminar with Nadia Horning

Time: 4:00 pm

CGIS South, Room S-153 1730 Cambridge Street

April 10, 2012
Harvard Africa Seminar with Calestous JumaHarvard Africa Seminar with Calestous Juma

Time: 4:00 pm

CGIS Knafel, Room K-262

April 12, 2012
Graduate Student WorkshopGraduate Student Workshop

Time: 5:00 pm

CGIS South, Room S-153

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Newsroom

January 11, 2012

Grants for Summer Language Study still Available!

January 9, 2012

Study abroad in Kenya this summer!

December 7, 2011

Harvard grad (and CAS student intern!) named Rhodes Scholar by Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette

November 14, 2011

Madagascar Tries–Again–for Democracy by Peter Wonacott, Wall Street Journal

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Faculty Spotlight

Professor John Mugane is the Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures at Harvard University and the Director of the African Language Program. Mugane's research focuses on African Languages and Linguistics. He has directed the language program since 2003 developing the teaching of African languages and cultures, while creating the world's foremost African language program with more than twelve different languages taught each semester. He is also the Director of the Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program that brings 6 mid-career South Africans to Harvard each year.

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