November
Strategies and Perspectives of Migrants from Rural West Africa
Prof. Hans Hahn
Monday, November 23, 2009, 6:30-9:00 PM
Fedex Global Education Center, Room 4003, UNC-CH
Prof. Hans Hahn, of Frankfurt University in Germany will be speaking on the topic "Strategies and Perspectives of Migrants from Rural West Africa: Beyond the Rural/Urban Divide." This talk is part of the Carolina Seminar in African Ecology and Social Processes. This working group is comprised of Triangle area faculty and graduate students. Each month's meeting is an informal gathering for sharing new research and discussing contemporary issues in Africa. Light dinner is served. Open to all area faculty and graduate students in any discipline. Free. Please Contact: Barbara Anderson b_anderson@unc.edu for more information.
December
Constructing a Diaspora: The Gnawa Black West Africans in Morocco
Dr. Chouki El Hamel
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6:30-9:00 PM
Fedex Global Education Center, Room 4003, UNC-CH
Prof. Chouki El Hamel, of Arizona State University, will present a talk on the Gnawa in Morocco. The Gnawa are a diasporic culture and one finds artistic and spiritual parallels between the Gnawa order and other spiritual black groups in Africa: the Stambouli in Tunisia, the Sambani in Libya, and the Bilali in Algeria. Outside Africa, one can also see a parallel as in the case of the Candomble in Salvador, Brazil, and the Vodoun religion practiced in Caribbean countries. This talk is part of the Carolina Seminar in African Ecology and Social Processes. This working group is comprised of Triangle area faculty and graduate students. Each month's meeting is an informal gathering for sharing new research and discussing contemproary issues in Africa. Light dinner is served. Open to all area faculty and graduate students in any discipline. Free. Please Contact: Barbara Anderson b_anderson@unc.edu for more information.Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar
Friday, December 4, 2009 - Saturday, December 5, 2009,
FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH
The December session of the Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar on "Diversity and Conformity in Muslim Societies: Historical Coexistence and Contemporary Struggles" will take place in the Global Education Center. Dr. Chouki El Hamel will present a talk on race and slavery in North Africa. Please Contact: Terry Meyer meyert@email.unc.edu for more information.
April
SERSAS/SEAN Conference
Friday, April 23, 2010 - Saturday, April 24, 2010,
FedEx Global Education Center, UNC-CH
The South Eastern Regional Seminar on African Studies (SERSAS) and the Southeast Africanist Network will hold a conference themed "Faith, Art, and the Politics of Belonging in Africa." Please Contact: Stacey Sewall sewall@email.unc.edu for more information.
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