Conference 2017 Interpretations of Colonial and Neo-Colonial Africa: October 20-21 University of Kansas
Defining/Understanding/ Re-Defining Legitimacy
Friday, October 20, 2017 12:00-1:00 pm
Conference Registration
The Commons’ Foyer, Spooner Hall 1340 Jayhawk Blvd. Public parking in Union Parking Garage
1:00- 1:15 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
The Commons, Spooner Hall Elizabeth MacGonagle, Director, Kansas African Studies Center, University of Kansas Sterling Recker, President, MAAAS, Political Science, North Central Missouri College
1:15-2:45 pm
Opening Panel
The Commons, Spooner Hall
African Studies as a Resource for Decolonizing Knowledge: Three Examples Chair: Glenn Adams, Psychology, University of Kansas Discussant: Byron Santangelo, English and Environmental Studies, University of Kansas •
Toward the Decolonization of Modernism: Progress and Development in Midcentury Nigeria - Chris Hall, Graduate Student, English, University of Kansas
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De-colonial Critique of Research on Collective Emotions and Reconciliation - Nader Hakim, Graduate Student, Psychology, University of Kansas
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Legitimate Truth in South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Lindsay Harroff, Graduate Student, Communication Studies, University of Kansas
2:45-3:00 pm
Coffee Break
The Commons, Spooner Hall
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Friday, October 20, 2017 3:00-4:15 pm The Commons, Spooner Hall
The Role of African Studies in the Midwest Dr. Glenn Adams, Psycology, University of Kansas
MAAAS 2017 Public Address Introduction: Byron Santangelo
Remarks Clarence Lang - Chairperson, Department of African and African-American Studies, University of Kansas
4:15-5:30 pm The Commons, Spooner Hall
Reception to Celebrate KASC @ 25 Years with MAAAS
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Saturday, October 21, 2017 8:30-9:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast Foyer, The Hall Center for the Humanities 900 Sunnyside Ave. Free public parking in lots on south side of Sunnyside Ave.
9:00-10:45 am Session I Media, Arts, Material Culture: Re-Presenting Africans in the Colonial Era and their Environment Conference Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities Chair: Antje Ziethen, French, Francophone, and Italian Studies, University of Kansas •
Safari, Terroir, and Wilderness 2.0. - Cassie M. Hays, Sociology, Gettysburg College
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“Africa Had No Indigenous Drama”: Redefining Legitimacy in Theatre - Peter Ukpokodu, Theatre and African and AfricanAmerican Studies, University of Kansas
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Curating African Decorative Arts - Jessica Gerschultz, African and African-American Studies and Cassandra Mesick Braun, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
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Clothing the Natives: Uniform, Office Dress and Negotiation of Identity in Colonial Nigeria - Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi, History, Missouri State University
9:00-10:45 am Session II Reflections on Prolonged Subjugation: Race, Gender, and Violence Seminar Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities Chair: Hannington Ochwada, History and African and African American Studies, University of Kansas •
Fires, Water, and Wood: Gendered Impacts of Land Degradation in the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania - Erin Kenny, Anthropology, Missouri State University
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Legitimizing White Rule in Africa: The Creation of White Suburbia - Chase Barney, Graduate Student, History, University of Arkansas
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Saturday, October 21, 2017 •
Talking about Race & Slavery: Obama and Africa - Elizabeth MacGonagle, History & African and African-American Studies, University of Kansas
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Risk Factors of Intimate Partner Physical Violence among Married Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Zimbabwe - Elizabeth Asiedu, Economics, University of Kansas, and Tatenda Zinyemba, Economics, United Nations University-MERIT, Maastricht
10:45-11:00 am
Coffee Break
Foyer, The Hall Center for the Humanities
11:00-12:45 pm Session III Revolution and Liberation: Components and Challenges Conference Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities Chair: Randal Jelks, American Studies and African and AfricanAmerican Studies, University of Kansas •
Making Politics and Making People: Elements of the Moral in Senegalese Subjection - Jamie Fuller, Graduate Student, Anthropology, University of Florida
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Namibian Women Freedom Fighters and their Perspectives on Namibian Independence: A Life History Approach - Mariah E. Crystal, Graduate Student, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Kansas
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Legitimizing the Liberation Struggle: The Organization of African Unity and the Angolan Revolution - Alex J. Marino, Graduate Student, History, University of Arkansas
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Teaching African Feminism to First Year Students: Challenges and Opportunities - Cécile Accilien, African and African-American Studies, University of Kansas
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Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:00-12:45 pm Session IV Involuntary Displacement: Subjugation and Identity Formation Seminar Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities Chair: Van Kelly, French, Francophone, and Italian Studies, University of Kansas •
Exploring the Caregiver-Child Relationship in Institutional Care Facilities in South Sudan - Jennifer Telfer, Childhood Education and Family Studies, Missouri State University
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“You Go Back and You Tell the Correct History of Rwanda!” Genocide Ideology, the RPF and the Collective Criminalization of Hutu - Larissa R Begley, African and African-American Studies, Iowa State University
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Erasing Invisibility: Legitimizing African Immigrant Children and their Cultural Identities in US Public Schools - Omiunota Nelly Ukpokodu, School of Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Libraries in the Lives of African Refugees Resettled in Missouri Musa Wakhungu Olaka, University Libraries, International Collections, University of Kansas and Charles Agai Yier, University Libraries, Iowa State University
12:45-1:45 pm
Lunch
Conference Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities Ken Lohrentz Graduate Paper Competition Award
1:45-2:30 pm
MAAAS Business Meeting
Seminar Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities
2:30-4:15 pm Session V Institutions of Legitimacy Conference Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities Chair: Hannah Britton, Political Science & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Kansas •
Legitimizing Problems: Human Trafficking and State Legitimacy in Nigeria - Stacey Vanderhurst, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Stuides, University of Kansas
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Saturday, October 21, 2017 •
NGOs and Complexity in the DRC: An Analysis of Development Strategies in Challenging Environments - Sterling Recker, Political Science, North Central Missouri College
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Indigenous Science and Culture as a Pathway to Empowering Women - Jamaine Abidogun, History, Missouri State University
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Institutional Legitimacy in a Failed or Weak State Context - John M. Janzen, Anthropology, University of Kansas
2:30-4:15 pm Session VI Creating (Il)legitimate Spaces Seminar Room, The Hall Center for the Humanities Chair: Katie Rhine, Anthropology, University of Kansas •
Religious Engagement and Conceptions of Love Among Ghanaian Interview Participants - Darlingtina K. Atakere, Psychology, University of Kansas, and Annabella Osei-Tutu, Psychology, University of Ghana
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Legitimate Economic Enterprises? Fishermen and Offshore Oil and Gas Conflicts in Ghana - Anne Reed, Anthropology, World Languages and Cultures, African and African-American Studies, Iowa State University
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Compulsory Accusation, Transition Camps, and Title-Shopping: Recent Trends in Ugandan Land Transfers - Ryan Gibb, International Studies, Baker University
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The Creation and Maintenance of Maniema’s Muslim Borderland in Eastern Congo - Ashley E. Leinweber, Political Science, Missouri State University
4:15-4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Sterling Recker, President, MAAAS and Political Science, North Central Missouri College Peter Ojiambo, Faculty Associate Director, Kansas African Studies Center, University of Kansas
4:45-6:30 pm
Closing Reception
Gathering Room II, The Oread Hotel 1200 Oread Ave. Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar
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Mid-America Alliance for Africa Studies Founded at the University of Kansas in 1995, the Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS) seeks to encourage scholarship and teaching in African Studies through conferences, seminars, workshops, exchanges, cooperative relations among libraries, and the advancement of African language teaching, among other endeavors. MAAAS is the only organization for the promotion of African Studies in the region, specifically connecting scholars located between the Mississipi River and the Rocky Mountains where great distances exist between pockets of African Studies enthusiasts. MAAAS membership is open to all with an interest in scholarship and teaching within an African Studies focus. For more information visit
www.midamericaallianceforafricanstudies.org
Kansas African Studies Center The Kansas African Studies Center coordinates and develops interdisciplinary interests in all areas of African Studies across the University of Kansas and promotes an understanding of Africa and its diaspora in the university, the state of Kansas, the Midwest, and beyond The Center’s mission includes the enhancement of curriculum, the sponsorship of research, the organization of conferences, the promotion of special projects, the acquisitions of library and related resources, and the implementation of outreach programs. At the University of Kansas we would like to thank The Commons, Hall Center for the Humanities, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of African and AfricanAmerican Studies, and Department of Economics for their generous support of their generous support. kasc@ku.edu www.kasc.ku.edu
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