February 14, 2012
McMillan-Stewart Lecture Series: Africa & CapitalismMcMillan-Stewart Lecture Series: Africa & Capitalism
Time: 4:00 pm
A lecture by Frederick Cooper, Professor of History at NYU
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
February 15, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Carla MartinDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Carla Martin
Time: 12:00 pm
Carla Martin Ph.D. Candidate, Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University Sounding Creole: The Politics of Cape Verdean Language, Music, and Diaspora Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch. McMillan-Stewart Lecture Series: Africa & EmpireMcMillan-Stewart Lecture Series: Africa & Empire
Time: 4:00 pm
A lecture by Frederick Cooper, Professor of History at NYU
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
February 16, 2012
McMillan-Stewart Lecture Series: Africa & the Nation-StateMcMillan-Stewart Lecture Series: Africa & the Nation-State
Time: 4:00 pm
A lecture by Frederick Cooper, Professor of History at NYU
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
February 17, 2012
CAS Summer Grant Applications DueCAS Summer Grant Applications Due
Time: 3:07 pm
February 22, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Dolan HubbardDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Dolan Hubbard
Time: 12:00 pm
Dolan Hubbard Professor and Chairperson of the Department of English and Language Arts, Morgan State University W. E. B. Du Bois and the Luminous Darkness
Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
February 27, 2012
William Belden Noble Lectures: "Spiritual Landscapes: A Life in Film"William Belden Noble Lectures: "Spiritual Landscapes: A Life in Film"
Time: 7:00 pm
Mormons, Trappist monks, gang kids, McCarthy Era victims, Pope John Paul II, the mentally ill, Presidential candidates, Richard Avedon, 9/11, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Rwandan genocide, forgiveness: a small sampling of the documentary subjects treated by Helen Whitney. Helen Whitney is an award-winning producer, director, and writer of documentaries whose features have aired on PBS, HBO, and ABC. In these lectures, she will talk about her passionate interest in religious experience and her equally passionate fascination with peoples' lives, especially the lives of outsiders. She will be using her films to illustrate and delineate these spiritual landscapes, which have come to define and enliven her life in film.
Location: The Memorial Church, Harvard University
February 28, 2012
William Belden Noble Lectures: "Spiritual Landscapes: A Life in Film"William Belden Noble Lectures: "Spiritual Landscapes: A Life in Film"
Time: 7:00 pm
Mormons, Trappist monks, gang kids, McCarthy Era victims, Pope John Paul II, the mentally ill, Presidential candidates, Richard Avedon, 9/11, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Rwandan genocide, forgiveness: a small sampling of the documentary subjects treated by Helen Whitney. Helen Whitney is an award-winning producer, director, and writer of documentaries whose features have aired on PBS, HBO, and ABC. In these lectures, she will talk about her passionate interest in religious experience and her equally passionate fascination with peoples' lives, especially the lives of outsiders. She will be using her films to illustrate and delineate these spiritual landscapes, which have come to define and enliven her life in film.
Location: Memorial Church, Harvard University
February 29, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Tanya SheehanDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Tanya Sheehan
Time: 12:00 pm
Tanya Sheehan Assistant Professor of Art History, Rutgers State University Blacks and Whites: Race and Photographic Humor Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge William Belden Noble Lectures: "Spiritual Landscapes: A Life in Film"William Belden Noble Lectures: "Spiritual Landscapes: A Life in Film"
Time: 7:00 pm
Mormons, Trappist monks, gang kids, McCarthy Era victims, Pope John Paul II, the mentally ill, Presidential candidates, Richard Avedon, 9/11, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Rwandan genocide, forgiveness: a small sampling of the documentary subjects treated by Helen Whitney. Helen Whitney is an award-winning producer, director, and writer of documentaries whose features have aired on PBS, HBO, and ABC. In these lectures, she will talk about her passionate interest in religious experience and her equally passionate fascination with peoples' lives, especially the lives of outsiders. She will be using her films to illustrate and delineate these spiritual landscapes, which have come to define and enliven her life in film.
Location: Memorial Church, Harvard University
March 6, 2012
Harvard Africa Seminar with Rob PringleHarvard Africa Seminar with Rob Pringle
Time: 4:00 pm
CGIS Knafel, Room K-262
March 7, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Joshua Guild DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Joshua Guild
Time: 12:00 pm
Joshua Guild Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies, Princeton University Shadows of the Metropolis: Urban Space and the Making of Black Communities in Postwar New York and London Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
March 20, 2012
Africa Research SeminarAfrica Research Seminar
Time: 4:00 pm
"A Day in School: How Much Opportunity to Learn Do Schools Provide?"
Elizabeth Adelman, Doctoral Student, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Location: CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., WCFIA, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
March 21, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Lorelle SemleyDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Lorelle Semley
Time: 12:00 pm
Lorelle Semley Assistant Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross Free and French: The Challenge of Black Citizenship to French Colonial Empire Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation SeriesRadcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series
Time: 4:00 pm
"Death, Mobility, and the Moral Imaginary in South Africa"
Location: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
March 27, 2012
Graduate Student WorkshopGraduate Student Workshop
Time: 5:00 pm
Presenting:
Amanda Pinkston (Working title: Local Democracy and Public Goods Provision in Benin), Mercy Idumwony, Oludamini Ogunnaike
Location: CGIS Knafel, Room K-262
March 28, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Stephen TuckDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Stephen Tuck
Time: 12:00 pm
Stephen Tuck University Lecturer in American History, Oxford University The Doubts of Their Fathers – The Secular Origins of the Civil Rights Movement Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
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. Explore Careers in AfricaExplore Careers in Africa
Time: 5:00 pm
Come hear from panelists who will share their diverse experiences in various African countries. Learn about working in Africa and potential internship, volunteer, and job options. After the panel, an informal mixer will offer an excellent opportunity to continue talking with panelists as well as other individuals with experience in Africa. This program is cosponsored by: the Office of Career Services, Harvard Africa Business Investment Club (HABIC), Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA), and Harvard Africa Student Association (HASA). Please register through Crimson Careers.
Location: 54 Dunster St, Cambridge, MA 02138 (OCS)
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 3, 2012
Africa Research SeminarAfrica Research Seminar
Time: 4:00 pm
"The Impact of Minimum Age of Employment Regulation on Child Labor and Schooling"
Eric V. Edmonds
Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College;
Director, Child Labor Network, Institute for the Study of Labor
Location: CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Room S250
April 4, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Jaqueline SantosDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Jaqueline Santos
Time: 12:00 pm
Jaqueline Santos Independent Scholar Blacks, Young People and Hip Hoppers Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge 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 11, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Vera Ingrid GrantDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Vera Ingrid Grant
Time: 12:00 pm
Vera Ingrid Grant Independant Scholar The Goetz Coin: Images of Africans in 20th-Century Germany Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
April 16, 2012
Harvard Africa Seminar with Chimamanda AdichieHarvard Africa Seminar with Chimamanda Adichie
Time: 4:00 pm
Radcliffe Gym
10 Garden Street
April 17, 2012
Graduate Student WorkshopGraduate Student Workshop
Time: 5:00 pm
Presenting: E. Asiedu-Acquah, Ryann Manning, Ronke Olawale
Location: CGIS South, Room S-153
April 18, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Tudor Parfitt DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Tudor Parfitt
Time: 12:00 pm
Tudor Parfitt Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, University of London Fabricating Black Jews? Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
April 19, 2012
African Languages in the Disciplines Conference African Languages in the Disciplines Conference
Time: 2:29 pm
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Please join us on April 19 and 20, 2012 for the third annual ALD conference, which will build on the important conversations of the previous two years as we continue to engage scholars and African heritage communities in serious discussion about the contributions of African languages to the disciplines.
Indigenous African languages are vital to comprehending how sub-Saharan Africans understand, organize, and transmit essential knowledge to successive generations, both through oral and written traditions and through aesthetic practices. African languages also serve as road maps for identifying how social, political, and economic institutions change over time, and should therefore play a critical role in how we approach and interpret our research.
This conference aims to bring together a diverse range of scholars across a variety of disciplines. Possible themes include, but are not limited to, the contribution of African languages to the study of literature, music, film, performance, visual arts, media studies, history, philosophy, religion, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, political science, psychology, economics, education, geography, environmental science, legal studies, and public health.
Please apply online via our website www.alp.fas.harvard.edu/ald by March 9, 2012. We ask for a 250-word abstract outlining a 15-minute presentation as well as a brief biography.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies and the Harvard Committee on African Studies.
Please contact the conference organizers with any questions at
alp@fas.harvard.edu
April 20, 2012
African Languages in the Disciplines Conference African Languages in the Disciplines Conference
Time: 2:29 pm
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Please join us on April 19 and 20, 2012 for the third annual ALD conference, which will build on the important conversations of the previous two years as we continue to engage scholars and African heritage communities in serious discussion about the contributions of African languages to the disciplines.
Indigenous African languages are vital to comprehending how sub-Saharan Africans understand, organize, and transmit essential knowledge to successive generations, both through oral and written traditions and through aesthetic practices. African languages also serve as road maps for identifying how social, political, and economic institutions change over time, and should therefore play a critical role in how we approach and interpret our research.
This conference aims to bring together a diverse range of scholars across a variety of disciplines. Possible themes include, but are not limited to, the contribution of African languages to the study of literature, music, film, performance, visual arts, media studies, history, philosophy, religion, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, political science, psychology, economics, education, geography, environmental science, legal studies, and public health.
Please apply online via our website www.alp.fas.harvard.edu/ald by March 9, 2012. We ask for a 250-word abstract outlining a 15-minute presentation as well as a brief biography.
This conference is co-sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies and the Harvard Committee on African Studies.
Please contact the conference organizers with any questions at
alp@fas.harvard.edu
April 25, 2012
DuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Juan FloresDuBois Institute Spring Colloquium Series: Juan Flores
Time: 12:00 pm
Juan Flores Guest Lecturer and Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and Director of Latino Studies, New York University The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States Free and open to the public. A question and answer session will follow the lecture. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
December 4, 2012
Holiday Party Holiday Party
Time: 5:00 pm
Thompson Room, Barker Center
Co-sponsored by AAAS and DBI
Call for Papers! African Languages in the Disciplines Conference, due March 9th
In the end, Somali famine preventable by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette
Putting History on Trial by Corydon Ireland, Harvard Gazette
NTPC Looking at Africa Coal Block Opportunities by Saurabh Chaturvedi, 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