Conference exploring the impact of Ralph J. Bunche on Africa and his legacy.
RALPH J. BUNCHE AND THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2004
UCLA Royce Hall 306 and 314
UCLA Royce Hall 314
8:00-9:00 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome by Scott Waugh, Dean, College of Letters and Science
9:15-10:30 am Session I: Africa in the Global Decolonization Process
Moderator: Charles Henry, UC Berkeley
Chidiebere Nwaubani, University of Colorado-Boulder
Ralph Austen, University of Chicago
Francis Njubi Nesbitt, California State University, San Diego
Ntongela Masilela, Pitzer College
10:30-10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 pm Roundtable I: Ralph Bunche & the Decolonization of African Studies
Moderator: Bennetta Jules-Rosette, University of California, San Diego
Elliott P. Skinner, Columbia University
Pearl Robinson, Tufts University
Tiyambe Zeleza, Pennsylvania State University
David Anthony, University of California, Santa Cruz
12:15-1:45 pm Luncheon Break
1:45-3:15 pm Session II: War & Peacekeeping in Africa
Moderator: Margaret C. Lee, Georgetown University
Salih Booker, Africa Action
Hershchelle Challenor, USAID
Richard Sklar, UCLA
Richard Ralston, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:15-3:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00 pm Roundtable II: Ralph Bunche, Patrice Lumumba, & the Crisis in the Congo
Moderator: Gwendolyn Mikell, Georgetown University
Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, UNDP
Crawford Young, University of Wisconsin, Madison
John Olver, Retired U.N. Assistant Secretary-General and former Chief
Administrative Officer, United Nations Operation in the Congo
5:00-5:30 pm Discussion/Closing Remarks
5:30 – 6:00 pm Break
6:00 – 7:00 pm Keynote Address: Trusteeship Then and Now: The Legacy of Ralph Bunche
Introduction of Speaker: Edmond Keller
Address by: Neta Crawford, Brown University
UCLA Royce Hall 306 - 7:00 pm Reception
Date: Friday, June 04, 2004
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Royce Hall 306, 314
Los Angeles, CA 90095
United States
Free and open to the public. Parking is available for $7.
Globalization Research Center-Africa, 10359 Bunche Hall (10th floor)
Tel: 310-267-4054
grca@ucla.edu
www.globalization-africa.org
Sponsor(s): African Studies Center, Globalization Research Center - Africa, Political Science, UCLA Law, UCLA Extension, UCLA College of Letters and Science, UCLA Center for Modern and Contemporary Studies, the office of Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Daniel Neuman, and the office of Dean and Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Division, Claudia Mitchell-Kernan.
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