FALL EVENTS 2015
Fruit Stall, Jos, Nigeria. Photo credit: Andrew Moore.
September 25-26
October 22
Inaugural Conference of the International Association of African Educators (IAAE) 9:00 am Friday- 8:00 pm Saturday The theme of the conference is Erasing Invisibility: Equity, Social Justice and Educational Excellence of Africans in the Diaspora/Immigrants. This conference aims to bring together educators, researchers, students, community activists, agencies, families, and policymakers to engage in a rich Ubuntu-filled communal learning that furthers the work of erasing the invisibility of African immigrants and ensuring their educational and professional excellence. Spooner Hall & Kansas Union
FLAS Info Session 3:30 pm The U.S. Department of Education has awarded funding to the Kansas African Studies Center for Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships for the 2014-2018 grant cycle. FLAS funds are awarded in a competitive process open to graduate and undergraduate students. Students must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents to be eligible to apply. FLAS awards are available for the study of Amharic, Arabic, Hausa, KiSwahili, Somali and Wolof, with additional African languages requests considered. Learn more at this information session. Malott Room, Kansas Union
November 4
November 18
Ujamaa Global Food For Thought: “Twice Married: Women, Secrecy, and HIV in Northern Nigeria” Katie Rhine, Department of Anthropology 12:00 - 1:00 pm Professor of Anthropology Katie Rhine explores the relationship between marriage and HIV transmission in northern Nigeria. She emphasizes the role of secrecy in women’s marital dissolutions as a window into the social inequalities that disproportionately expose married women to the virus. 318 Bailey Hall
Ujamaa Food for Thought: “Troubled Seas of Eastern Africa: Kenya and U.S. Face Insecurity” Hannington Ochwada, Department of History 12:00 - 1:00 pm 318 Bailey Hall
November 18
December 2
FLAS Info Session 3:30 pm The U.S. Department of Education has awarded funding to the Kansas African Studies Center for Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships for the 2014-2018 grant cycle. FLAS funds are awarded in a competitive process open to graduate and undergraduate students. Students must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents to be eligible to apply. FLAS awards are available for the study of Amharic, Arabic, Hausa, KiSwahili, Somali and Wolof, with additional African languages requests considered. Learn more at this information session. Malott Room, Kansas Union
Hall Center Resident Fellows Seminar: “Decorative Arts of the Tunisian Ecole: Fabrications of Modernism, Gender, and Class in Tunisia” Jessica Gerschultz, African & African-American Studies 12:00 pm Hall Center Conference Hall