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
Grants for Summer Language Study still Available!
Study abroad in Kenya this summer!
Harvard grad (and CAS student intern!) named Rhodes Scholar by Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette
Madagascar Tries–Again–for Democracy by Peter Wonacott, Wall Street Journal
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.
Harvard University Committee on African Studies
Address: 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617.495.5265
Email: cafrica@fas.harvard.edu