African Studies Center

'Trustee for the Human Community': Ralph J. Bunche and the Decolonization of Africa

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

Special Instructions

Free and open to the public. Parking is available for $7.

For more information please contact

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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