Events

Past African Studies Events

• Fall 2019

  Fall 2019

  September 10, 2019	Daniel Toedt, Humboldt University Title: Black Lascars, Maritime Labor, and Imperial Connectivity in Interwar Marseille Location: A6-117 Time: 12pm Part of the History program seminar series
  September 17, 2019	ChoukiEl Hamel, Arizona State University Title:  Maroonagein Morrocco, the Case of Khadaqar-Rayhan Location: A6-117 Time: 12pm Part of the History program seminar series
  September 18, 2019	ChoukiEl Hamel, Arizona State University Title: Trans-Saharan Migrants, Race, and Racism in Contemporary North Africa Location: C3-006 Time: 6pm Organized with Africa Global
  September 23, 2019	Elena Vezzadini, CNRS Title: Creating a Trade Union Culture: The Left-Wing Press, Worker’s Clubs and Literacy in the Sudan of the 1950s Location: A6-1159 Time: 12pm Part of the Arab Crossroads Studies Lunch Series
  September 23, 2019	Elena Vezzadini, CNRS Title: Contextualizing Sudan’s Political Revolution Location: C3-006 Time: 7pm Organized with Africa Global
  October 9, 2019	MalaikaUwamahoro, Actress and poet Title: An Artist and Poet, and the memory of the Genocide Against Rwanda’s Tutsi Location: C3-006 Time: 6pm Organized with Africa Global
  October 24, 2019	Florence Bernault, Sciences-Po Paris Title: Beyond the Racial Divide: Congruent Imaginaries in Colonial Africa Location: A6-117 Time: 12pm Part of the History Program Seminar Series
  November 13, 2019	Apollo Makubuya, Lawyer and writer Title: Imperial Machinations and (B)Uganda’s Struggle for Independence Location: A6-117 Time: 12pm Joint seminar with the History and Political Science Programs

• Spring 2019

  Spring 2019

  May 2, 2019	Sindani Kiangu, University of Kinshasa Title: The Struggle for Africa's Second Independence: History and Memory Location: A6-175 Time: 12:00pm Organized with the History Program
  April 25, 2019	Kelly Askew, University of Michigan Title: Maasai Remix (Film screening and Q&A) Location: C3-B101 Time: 5:30pm
  April 24, 2019	Asteris Huliaras, University of Peloponese Title: Integration and Disintegration Theories: Lessons from the East Africa Federation Location: A6-1149 Time: 12:00pm Organized with Global Asia and eARThumanities
  April 10, 2019	Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, University of Dar Es Salaam Title: Africa's liberation and Black power: A Congolese student in the American sixties Location: A6-117 Time: 5:30pm Organized with the History Program
  March 17, 2019	Lebohang Kganye, Independent photographer Title: On Photography and the Great African Caravan: A conversation between photographer Lebohang Kganye and writer Roland Byagaba Location: The Reading Room Time: 12:45pm
  March 17, 2019	Tina Campt, Barnard College - Columbia University Title: Prelude to a new Black gaze Location: C3-006 Time: 5:30pm Organized with the History program, the Art and Art History program, and the Akkasah Center for Photography
  March 12, 2019	Title: African food for thought: What does democracy look like in Africa Location: C3-006 Time: 7pm Organized with Africa Global
  February 26, 2019	Title: African food for thought: Heritage and Horizons: The legacy of Black History Month and the challenges of the 21st Century Location: C3-006 Time: 6pm Organized with Africa Global

• Fall 2018

  December 10, 2018	Michael D. Jackson, Harvard University Title: Genealogy Location: A6-005 Time: 7pm Organized by Professor Deborah Kapchan, and co-sponsored by the African Studies Symposium
  December 5, 2018	Title. African Food for Thought Location: A6-009 Time: 6pm
  November 25, 2018	Sapin Mankengele, painter (DRC) Title: Popular Painting as History: The Trajectory of an Artist from Kinshasa Location: A3-006 Time: 6pmOrganized with the History Program
  Nov 19 to Nov 27, 2018	Artistic performance by Sapin Makengele, painter (DRC) Diverse locations around campus Organized with the History Program
  November 7, 2018	Title: African Food for Thought: Student Panel on the African Diaspora Location: TBC Time: 6pm
  October 17, 2018	Charles Kabwete Mulinda, National University of Rwanda Title: July 1993: The Events that Made the Rwandan Genocide Possible Location: A6-009 Time: 5pm Organized with the History Program and the Office of Global Education
  October 2, 2018	John Thabiti Willis, Carleton College Title: Pearling as a Rite of Passage in the History and Memory of the Pre-Oil Gulf Region Location: A6-1159 Time: Noon Organized by the Arab Crossroad Studies Program
  September 26, 2018	Victor Okoth, NYUAD Title: Pan-African Food For Thought Location: A6-009 Time: 6pm Organized by NYUAD African Studies students

• Spring 2018

  May 2, 2018	Mohammed Ennaji, Mohamed V University Title: Slavery, Islam, North Africa Part of the "Concepts and Histories of Race in/out of the Middle East Series" Series Location: NYUAD Institute Conference Center(A6), Room 005 Time: 6:30-8:00pm
  April 25, 2018	Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University (Part of the Political Science Lunch Series at NYUAD)
  April 10, 2018	Keren Weitzberg, University College London Title: "Political Work Beyond the Archives: Poetry and the Making of Nationalism on the Kenya/Somali Borderlands" (Part of the Arab Crossroads Studies Lunch Series at NYUAD) Location: A6 Room 1159 Time: 12-1:30pm
  April 1, 2018	Louise Cainkar, Marquette University Title: "Deploying Race to Silent Dissent: How Arab Americans were Racialized as Terror Threats" Part of the "Concepts and Histories of Race in/out of the Middle East Series" Series Location: NYUAD Institute Conference Center(A6) Time: 6:30-8:00pm
  March 28, 2018	Evan Lieberman, MIT Title: "Do Party Elites Impede Accountability? Evidence from South African Local Government Elections” Part of the Political Science Lunch Series at NYUAD Location: A5 101 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM
  March 12, 2018	Fatimah Jackson Professor of Biology, Howard University Title: "Genetics Anthropology: An Exploration of Diverse and New World African Populations" Part of the "Evolution Across Disciplines" Series Location: Conference Center A6 Time: 6:30-8:00pm
  March 7, 2018	Matthew Hopper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Title: "Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Age of Empire" Part of "Concepts and Histories of Race in/out of the Middle East" Location: A6 Conference Center Time: 6:30-8:00pm
  March 7, 2018	Matthew Hopper, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Title: "Liberated Africans in the Indian Ocean World." Location: A6 Room 1159 Time: 12-1:30pm
  February 23, 2018	Africana Night organized by Africa Global SIG D1 Student Center 6:00-10:00pm
  February 18, 2018	Abdoulaye Sounaye, Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Modern Orient, Berlin Title: "Securing Sermon, Keeping Order, and Serving the Sunna in Niamey, Niger" (Part of the History Research Seminar Series at NYUAD) Location: A6 1159 Time: 12-1:30pm
  February 4, 2018	Angélique Kidjo Title: "Through the Lens of Cultural Appropriation" Location: Campus Arts Center, C3 006 Time: 12:00-1:30pm
  February 3, 2018	Angélique Kidjo Remain in the Light Concert  Location: Campus Arts Center, C3 Time: 7:30-9:00pm

• Fall 2017

  African Studies Symposium Series

  December 6, 2017	Amidu Sanni (Lagos State University, Nigeria) Title: "The Bright Side of a 'Dark Continent': Modes and Standards in African History" Organized with the History Program Research Seminar
  October 31, 2017	Ferdaous Bouhlel (University of Tours) Title: In the Field: "Anthropological research and experiences of peace mediation among armed groups in Azawad (Northern Mali) 2012-2017" Organized by Arab Crossroads Studies
  October 4, 2017	Mara Leichtman (Michigan State University) Title: “Cosmopolitanism and the Absence of Sectarianism among the Lebanese Diaspora in Senegal” Organized by Arab Crossroads Studies
  September 20, 2017	Ismail Warscheid (CRNS) Title: “Islamic legal thought and practice in the early modern Sahara (Southern Algeria, Mauritania, Mali)” Organized by Arab Crossroads Studies
  September 18, 2017	Screening of Adwa, film, Dir. Haile Gerima, 1999.
  March 13, 2018	Severine Autessere (Columbia, Barnard) Title: “Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention” Organized by the NYUAD Institute

• Spring 2017

  African Studies Symposium Series

  April 30, 2017	Professor John Markakis Title: “State Building and Conflict in the Horn of Africa” Location: C2 Living Room Time: 3-4:30pm
  February 28, 2017	Paul Lovejoy (York University) Title: “Breaking the Silence Around the Slave Trade: Reflections on the UNESCO Slave Route Project” (Part of the celebration of Black History Month at NYUAD)  Location: NYUAD Institute Conference Center(A6), Room 005 Time: 5:30pm
  February 15, 2017	Samuel Anderson (NYUAD) “Disappear Appear Loss Change: Mystic Arts of Personal and Social Reinvention in Postwar Sierra Leone” Location: NYUAD Institute Conference Center(A6), Room 004 Time: 5pm
  Apr 12 to May 8, 2017	African Studies Film Series May 8 Screening of “The Diambourou: Slavery and Emancipation in Kayes” in presence of filmmaker/historian Marie Rodet (SOAS) May 4 Screening of “Timbuktu,” Dir. by Abderrahmane Sissako With an introduction by Erin Pettigrew (NYUAD) April 26 Screening of “Cemetery State” in presence of filmmaker/anthropologist Filip De Boeck (Leuven University) April 20 Screening of “Les Fantomes de Lovanium,” Dir. by Cecile Michel Introduced by Pedro Monaville (NYUAD) and followed by a Q&A with Congolese painter Sapin Makengele April 12 Screening of “Bamako Sigi-Kan,” Dir. by Manthia Diawara Introduced by Awam Ampka (NYUAD)

• Fall 2016

  African Studies Symposium Series

  September 22, 2016	Omar Guèye (Cheikh Anta Diop University) Title: "African Youth: Guardians of Democracy or Agitators"
  October 11, 2016	Melina Platas Izama (NYUAD) Title: "ICT for Development in Theory and Practice: Evidence from Uganda"
  Sep 18 to Nov 24, 2016	African Studies Spring Film Series September 18, 2016 Adwa, An African Victory (Dir. Haile Gerima, Ethiopia, 1999) October 30, 2016 Tilaï (Dir. Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkina Fason, 1990) November 24, 2016 Rhythm of Resistance: Black South African Music (Dir. Jeremy Marre, UK/South Africa, 1979/2000)

• Spring 2016

  African Studies Symposium Series

  Mar 9 to May 9, 2016

  March 9, 2016  Amanda Clayton (Vanderbilt University) Title: "Electoral Gender Quotas: Assessing Substantive and Symbolic Effects" March 7, 2016 Aili Tripp (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Title: "Women and Power in Post-Conflict Africa" April 4, 2016 A conversation with Professor Awam Amkpa (NYU) and Kenyan Afro-fusion musician Makadem Title: “Africa's Revolutionary Beat: The Global Legacies of Nigerian Musician-Activist Fela Kuti” April 5, 2016 Makadem in Concert April 6, 2016 Kwame Anthony Appiah (NYU) Title: "Identity and Identities in Africa" April 27, 2016 Ezra Chiloba (CEO of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission) April 28, 2016 Essential Cinema: The Last Song Before The War May 9, 2016 Guy Grossman

• Fall 2015

  African Studies Symposium Series

  Sep 16 to Nov 18, 2015

  November 18, 2015 Les Ambassadeurs Concert, organized by the NYUAD Arts Center November 4, 2015  David Owusu-Ansah (James Madison University) "Islamic Learning, the State and the Challenges of Education in Ghana" October 29, 2015  Nile Project Concert, organized by the NYUAD Arts Center October 29, 2015 Christiaan De Beukelaer (University of Melbourne), "Developing' Music Industries in Burkina Faso and Ghana," co-sponsored with the Music Program October 28, 2015 “The Nile and African Identity,” with members of The Nile Project. Presented by the NYUAD Arts Center. October 26, 2015 Nile Project Discussion, co-sponsored with the NYUAD Arts Center October 14, 2015 Shamil Jeppe, "The Challenges to Transforming South Africa" October 8, 2015 Essential Cinema: 100% ARABICA September 17, 2015 Fodé Lassana Diabaté, Malian balafon (22-key xylophone) presentation. co-sponsored with the NYUAD Arts Center and the Music Program September 16, 2015 Pedro Monaville (NYUAD), "Youth protests and the writing of postcolonial African history"

• Spring 2015

  African Studies Symposium Series

  Jan 28 to Apr 22, 2015

  April 22, 2015 Awam Amkpa (Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis), "Culture and Politics in Contemporary Africa: Inconvenient Convergences of Ethnicity, Class, and Citizenship" April 15, 2015 Rahma Abdulkadir (Political Science), "The Economics of Female Genital Circumcision" February 26, 2015 Zachary Valentine Wright (Northwestern University, Qatar), "The Tariqa Muhammadiyya in the 18th Century Islamic World," co-sponsored with Arab Crossroads Studies February 24, 2015 Benjamin Reilly (Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar), "An African Village in the Hijaz: Slavery, Agriculture, and Malaria in Traditional Arabia," organized by the History Research Seminar February 23, 2015 Koffi Kwahulé (playwright, novelist, director), “Theatre in and out of Africa: a Conversation with Koffi Kwahulé” February 4, 2015 Jay Chen (Computer Science), "Information and Communication Technology for Development" January 28, 2015 Yaw Nyarko (Economics), "Technology, Markets, and the Economic Transformation of Africa"