THE ORBIT - 81 De Korte Street, Johannesburg, 2001 South Africa
Please join MPA/ID current student Thebe Tsatsimpe to learn more about Harvard Kennedy School. He will lead an informal discussion about the HKS student experience, courses and curriculum, housing, and other topics with a focus on the MPA/ID Program. Prospective students interested in any HKS program are encouraged to attend. Attendees are welcome to stop by at any time during the two-hour event.
Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 01:00 PM until 03:00 PM
This timely exhibition addresses current geopolitics around immigration and asylum, including the global refugee crisis, DACA, travel bans and Brexit. Come and see passports, visas, and travel documents drawn from Harvard Library collections, and explore an installation of expired passports purchased on e-commerce sites. Travelers and migrants featured include Leon Trotsky, Shirley Graham Du Bois, George Balanchine, and Timothy Leary.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Lamont Library, Forum Room, 4.30-5.30pm ————————————————————– GLOBAL MOBILITY:...
Residence Inn by Marriott - 120 Broadway Six Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142
Public Lecture- Prof Johan Fourie from Stellenbosch University
Lecture title: The Data Revolution in African Economic History
On July 30th, Prof Johan Fourie will be presenting this guest lecture titled ‘The Data Revolution in African Economic History’ alongside his colleagues in Boston.
There has never been a better time to be African. The surge in African economic growth over the past two decades has raised interest in understanding the dynamics of the continent’s revolving fortunes. By means of innovative techniques for uncovering...
JFK Presidential Library and Museum Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
Join South Africa Partners for a forum to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday! The event will serve as an opportunity to reflect on Mandela’s visionary leadership with our honored guests, to hear from the next generation of leaders who are carrying his vision forward, and to bring our communities together around common values.
ORGANIZER: South Africa Partners WEBSITE: http://www.sapartners.org/articles/mandela-centenary-celebration
Office of Career Services, Harvard University - 54 Dunster Street Cambridge MA 02138
Please join us at a reception in honor of Jackie Baganizi who is visiting from Kisoro, Uganda. Jackie is the founder and director of Ineza Parents' School and has been working tirelessly on the building of Ineza Children's Center. Jackie will speak briefly about her work and we will all celebrate the recent completion of the Ineza Children's Center.
Join SA Partners for the Massachusetts premiere of An Act of Defiance presented in partnership with The National Center for Jewish Film’s 21st Annual Film Festival. This rousing historical drama is based on the real events of the pivotal 1963 Rivonia Trial in apartheid South Africa.
ORGANIZER: SA Partners
MORE INFORMATION: https://sapartners.org/event/film-screening-act-defiance/
Join SA Partners for the Massachusetts premiere of An Act of Defiance presented in partnership with The National Center for Jewish Film’s 21st Annual Film Festival. This rousing historical drama is based on the real events of the pivotal 1963 Rivonia Trial in apartheid South Africa.
Additional Screening: Friday May 11, 7pm at The Museum of Fine Arts
The Harvard University Center for African Studies compiles Africa-related seminars, workshops, events, and conferences taking place in Cambridge, Boston, and Johannesburg, South Africa. We also include virtual Africa-related events and activities that are free and open to the public. The Center for African Studies will consider requests to host, coordinate, sponsor, or co-sponsor Africa-related events only if the event is supported by one of our faculty affiliates.
Please note that the calendar also includes events and activities hosted by organizations and entities not affiliated with the Harvard University Center for African Studies, and CAS makes no claim of endorsement or responsibility for the content of these activities. Please e-mail africa@harvard.edu if you would like us to consider sharing your event on our website.
Event Requests
The Center for African Studies will consider requests to host, coordinate, sponsor or co-sponsor Africa-related events only if the event is supported by one of our faculty affiliates. Event requests should be sent to the Associate Director by the sponsoring faculty member .
