Islam in Everyday Life: Navigating Health and Healing in Northern Senegal

Dr. Ellen Foley, University of Pennsylvania, will present as part of the lecture series on Health, Healing and Islam Across the Muslim World.

Thursday, October 23, 2003
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
room 10383 (10th floor
Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

In her presentation, "Islam and Everyday Life: Navigating Health and Healing in Northern Senegal," Dr. Foley will explore the ways that Islam has shaped preventative and curative health strategies and the meaning of illness in Senegal. 

 

Dr. Ellen Foley is a medical anthropologist who teaches in the Health and Societies program at the University of Pennsylvania.  Her research addresses the impact of health sector reform on rural and urban women's health in Senegal.  She recently began a project on African immigrant women and HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia. 

 

 

Cost: free and open to the public

Special Instructions

The event is free. Parking is available for $7 in Lot 3. Refreshments will be served.

For more information please contact

James S. Coleman African Studies Center
Tel: 310-825-3686
jscasc@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/jscasc

Sponsor(s): African Studies Center, Center for Near Eastern Studies