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North African Women in Madrid: Intersections of Race, Religion and Gender and the 2004 Law Against Gender Violence (5th Annual AAA Conference)
Kristina Benson, UCLA Islamic Studies
Posted: 6/14/2010
Relating Modernity, Conflict and Sexual Violence: Discourses of Violence against Women in Post-war Sierra Leone (5th Annual AAA Conference)
Dayo Spencer, UCLA School of Public Health
Posted: 6/14/2010
Space and Time in Socialist Tanzania: The Dodoma Capital Project (5th Annual AAA Conference)
Duncan Yoon, UCLA Department of Comparative Literature
Posted: 6/14/2010
The Colonial Hauntings of Contemporary Gender- based Violence in Conflict Zones (5th Annual AAA Conference)
Tina Beyene, UCLA Department of Women's Studies
Posted: 6/14/2010
The New Progress Philosophy: Addressing Development and Psychology from the Traditional Perspective (5th Annual AAA Conference)
Marvin Boateng, California Lutheran University, Department of Public Policy
Posted: 6/14/2010
The State and the Performing Arts in Zimbabwe: Friends or Foe? (5th Annual AAA Conference)
Christopher Mlalazi, Villa Aurora Writer in Exile Feuchtwanger Fellow
Posted: 6/14/2010
Tracing the Development of the Code of Personal Status: The Tunisian Case (5th Annual AAA Conference)
Rayed Khedher, UCLA Department of Anthropology
Posted: 6/14/2010
Two Students Change the World, from South LA to Senegal
UCLA alumnus Brian Rishwain gave two $2,500 awards to urban planning doctoral students Ava Bromberg and John Scott-Railton, who brought an innovative, entrepreneurial spirit to social justice work. Scott-Railton is working in poor slums in Senegal to help the residents counteract devastating floods.
Posted: 5/26/2010
James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture: The Development and Democratic Challenges of Postcolonial Kenya
Dr. Paul Zeleza examines the forces and factors that led to the 2007 election violence in Kenya.
Posted: 5/10/2010
UCLA Center Rings in 50th with Senegalese Superstar Baaba Maal
The popular Senegalese musician and his band joined a gala celebration for the golden anniversary of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center.
Posted: 4/20/2010
UCLA's James S. Coleman African Studies Center to Celebrate 50th
The anniversary event on April 17 will feature a concert by Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal.
Posted: 4/15/2010
UCLA International Faculty Take 4 Guggenheim Fellowships
The winners include African Studies Center Director Andrew Apter and Center for Chinese Studies Co-director Yunxiang Yan. The 2010 fellowships will support UCLA research on Roman theater, Byzantine villagers, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and morality in contemporary China.
Posted: 4/14/2010
Graduate Student Profile: Romy Guzman
Video profile of graduate student Romy Guzman.
Posted: 2/18/2010
Africans Explore Diversity Initiatives on Campus
Two separate groups from Africa, one from South Africa and one from Sudan visited UCLA on Monday, February 1, 2010 to learn more about diversity-related initiatives on the UCLA campus.
Posted: 2/4/2010
Orientalism in the Works of Paul Bowles
Lecture by Philip Schuyler, University of Washington
Posted: 2/4/2010
As Ethiopia Expands Higher Ed, UCLA Seeks Partnership
UCLA's African Studies Center is developing a plan with Addis Ababa University to assist with new PhD programs in business and economics that are needed for Ethiopia's expanding university systems. The proposed partnership, involving the UCLA Anderson School, would elevate socio-cultural issues within business curricula at UCLA and AAU alike.
Posted: 2/2/2010
'Talking Drums' on Rural and Global Stages
For his dissertation field research, UCLA graduate student Jesse Ruskin went to southwestern Nigeria to understand the local uses and global reach of the Yoruba 'talking drum.' He also performed with local musicians.
Posted: 2/1/2010
Author Hits 'Reset' on Story of China in Africa
To write a sweeping new study of China's ramped-up engagement with African governments, "The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa," Deborah Brautigam of American University had to set aside most of what Chinese and Western media said on the subject.
Posted: 1/27/2010
Does 'Fair Trade' Help Those Who Harvest Tea?
As part of the International Human Rights Film Series, the Asia Institute put on a screening and discussion of an award-winning 2008 documentary, "The Bitter Taste of Tea," that takes a skeptical view of the fair trade movement's ability to protect laborers within this global industry. Listen to scholars, fair trade advocates and audience members delve into the issues in this audio podcast.
Posted: 1/27/2010
UCLA Hosts First Lady of Zambia
The First Lady of Zambia and the Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources visit the Ronald Reagan Hospital and UCLA Anderson School to strengthen ties with the University and promote women's empowerment.
Posted: 1/27/2010
Creating Nostalgia: European Womens Writing in Colonial Algeria.
A lecture by Patricia Lorcin, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Posted: 1/25/2010
Study Predicts Surge in HIV Drug Resistance
Applying their disease transmission model to San Francisco, the researchers found that the drug-resistant strains emerging in that city are also very likely to emerge in many African countries where treatment is just beginning.
Posted: 1/25/2010
The literature of settler societies: Camus, S. Yizhar and Amos Oz.
A lecture by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA
Posted: 1/25/2010
Fatna El Bouih: Talk of Darkness, Human Rights in Morocco
A public reading and lecture at UCLA, March 10, 2009.
Posted: 1/5/2010
Forum for Africa Scholarship, Opinion, Expression in 2nd Life Online
Since 1970 "Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies" has given marginalized voices on Africa, the African diaspora and related social issues a space to address general readers and scholars alike. Formerly in print, the peer-reviewed journal has two new issues available online and free of charge.
Posted: 12/10/2009
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