Tuesday Noon Talks
Spring 2008
February 19 John Prendergast – Co-Founder of the “Enough Campaign”, a joint initiative
Of the International Crisis Group and the Center for American Progress.
“Stopping Genocide in Darfur” NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THIS
TALK: OAK ROOM, IMU
February 26 Summer Tritt (IU-SLIS) “Understanding the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Connections between Information Access and National Development.”
March 4 Samuel Obeng, African Studies, Linguistics
"Ghanaian Political Criticism through Hip-Life: Textuality, Contextuality,
and Intertextuality”
March 11 SPRING BREAK
March 24 MONDAY: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Paul Zeleza, University of Illinois, Chicago
“Education in Africa”
March 25 Gracia Clark
“Assemblilng a Livelihood from Regional Options”
April 1 Tristan Purvis, Linguistics Department
“Linguistic Features of Oral History of the Dagomba:
Planned Discourse, and the Differences Between Speech and Writing”
April 8 Verlon Stone, Indiana University Liberia Collections
“Selecting Digital Equipment for Field Work: Video, Photo & Audio”
April 15 Kathryn McHarry, University of Chicago
“Childcraft: The Biopolitics of Human Capital and National Development in Senegal”
Special Talk:
April 21 MONDAY: 2:30 Adewale Maja-Pearce, writer/publisher (Nigeria)
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Fall 2007
* September 18 2007
Elizabeth Perrill, Art History
Topic: "Contemporary Zulu Ceramics: Kusempondo zankomo kuze kube Ukucwebezela (From the early hours until the shining)"
* September 25 2007
Michael Reece, HPER
Topic: "Research on HIV-Related Mental Health in Kenya: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations"
* October 2 2007
Kate Schroeder, Library
Topic: "Legislating Race and Marriage in German Südwest Afrika"
* October 9 2007
Gracia Clark, Anthropology
Topic: "Traders Talk: A Collaborative Workshop"
* October 16 2007
Takyiwaa Manuh, African Studies, University of Ghana
Topic:"Empowering Women? Passing Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana"
* October 30 2007
Jessica Hurd, African Art History
Topic: "The Power is in the Pot:” Exploring Themes Addressed in Dogon Artist Amahinguere Dolo’s Recent Installation, “Les Ceramiques"
* November 6 2007
Ruth Stone, Folklore/Ethnomusicology, and Verlon Stone, , Liberia Collections
Topic:
"War, Wealth and Music in Liberia: The Dynamics of Digital Research Processes"
* November 13 2007
NO NOON TALK - CANCELLED
* November 20 2007
Stephen Ndegwa, World Bank
Topic: "Development Issues"
* November 27 2007
Laura Arntson, Senior Global Health Specialist, US-AID Nigeria
Topic: "The HIV Epidemic in Nigeria"
* December 4 2007
Angela Stone-MacDonald, Education
Topic: "Curriculum for Community Integration for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Tanzania"
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Spring 2007
* February 6
Cybil Cole and Peter Finn, Human Subjects Review Committee
topic “Qualitative Research and the Human Subjects Review Process”
* February 13
Prof. Maxi Schoeman, Political Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
topic “South Africa in Africa: Hegemon, Partner, or Just Another Kid on the Block?”
* February 20
Cullen Strawn, Folklore/Ethnomusicology
topic “Kunfè Ko: Uncertainty in Malian Wasulu Hunters’ Music Performance and Hunting”
* February 27
Kathryn Boswell, Anthropology
topic “’It is no longer the same thing’: Burkinabe Repatriation to Burkina Faso Following Conflict in Cote d’Ivoire.”
* March 6
Jeremy Rich, Middle Tennessee State University, History
topic “African Atlantic Migrations after the Slave Trade: The Case of Gabon, ca: 1860-1914”
* March 20
Bryn Bakoyema, Anthropology
topic “Forests are for Whom? Dissecting Conflicting Interests in Uganda”
* March 27
Muziwandile Moses Hadebe, History
topic “Pleading for Clemency through Poetry: Discursive Issues in the 1906 Poll Tax Rebellion”
* April 3
Sheasby Matiure, Folklore/Ethnomusicology
topic “Performing Zimbabwean in North America: An Ethnography of Mbira and Marimba Performance Practice in the United States”
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Fall 2006
* September 19
Amos Sawyer, IU Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
Topic: ""
* September 26
Christine Mathenge, IU Geography Dept.
Topic: ""
* October 3
Paul Schauert, IU Folklore/Ethnomusicology
Topic: "Negotiating Nationalism: Performance, Power and Representation in the Ghana Dance Ensemble"
* October 10
Getie Gelaye, African Literature, Hamburg University
Topic: "Qererto and Fukkera: Two Favourite Poetic Forms for the Rural People in Ethiopia"
* October 17
Nathan Plageman, IU History Dept.
Topic:""
* October 24
Austin Okigbo, IU Folklore/Ethnomusicology
Topic: "Social Activiism in South African Religious Choral Music: A Historical and Cultural Analysis"
* October 31
Craig White, IU History Dept.
Topic: ""
* November 7
David Goodman, IU History Dept.
Topic: ""
* November 14
Khalfan Mohammed, IU Political Science Dept.
Topic: ""
* November 21
Liz McMahon, University of Illinois, History Dept.
Topic: ""
* November 28 2007
Herman Wassermann (visiting Fulbright scholar), Journalism, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Topic: "Shifts in the Landscape: South African Media After Apartheid"
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Spring 2006
* February 14 2006
Abdul Salau, Visiting Scholar
Topic: "The Historical, Cultural, and Linguistic Linkages Between Yorubas of West Africa, and Ancient Egyptians"
* February 21 2006
Mahmoud Lawan, Visiting Scholar
Topic: "The State of Human Rights and the Challenge of Democratic Self-Governance in Nigeria 's Fourth Republic: An overview"
* February 28 2006
Akin Adesokan, Comparative Literature
Topic: "How They See It: Politics in Videofilms"
* March 7 2006
Pamela Jagger, Political Science Department/SPEA
* March 21 2006
Kitty Johnson, IU Art History Department
Topic:"Matatus in Nairobi: Aesthetic Strategies in Action"
* March 28 2006
Atieno Adala, IU, School of Education
Topic:"E-Learning and the African Virtual University"
* April 4 2006
Marissa Moorman, IU History Department
Topic:"Semba is Our Flag: Music in Postcolonial Angola"
* April 11 2006
Hannington Ochwada, IU History Department
Topic:"Archdemon or Archdeacon of Kavirondo? Walter Edwin Owen of the Church Missionary Society in Kenya, 1918-1945"
* April 18 2006
John Hanson, IU History Department
Topic:"Islam in Early 20th Century Gold Coast: the Origins of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Among Akan Speakers"
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Fall 2005
* September 15 2005
Elizabeth Johnson, IU Lilly Library
Topic: "The Travels of Mungo Park Adapted for Children"
* October 4 2005
Andreas Eckert, University of Hamburg
Topic: "Cultural Commuters: African Employees in Late Colonial Tanzania"
* October 11 2005
Dee Mortensen, IU Press
Topic: "Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities and Social Sciences"
* October 18 2005
Cyprian Adupa, IU History Department
Topic: "Ecology, History and the Northern Uganda Conflict: A Perspective"
* October 25 2005
Fekade Azeze, Department of Ethiopian Languages and Literature, Addis Ababa University - Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Topic: "Forms of Poetry: The Amharic Couplet"
* November 1 2005
Jane Goodman, IU Communications and Culture
Topic:"Local Songs, Global Circuits: Berber Culture on a World Stage"
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Spring 2005
February 15
Linda Semu
Topic: "The Walkman' As a Hunger Beater: The Politics of Shaming and Blame During the 2001-2003 Food Shortage in Malawi."
February 22
Lauren Morris MacClean
Topic: "Mediating Ethnic Conflict at the Grassroots in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire."
March 1
Matthew Carotenuto
Topic: "Riwruok e Teko: Cultivating Luo Identity in 20th Century East Africa"
March 8
Samuel Atindanbile
Topic: "The Aetiology, Diagnosis and Management of Mental Disorders: The African Traditional Healer's Perspective."
March 15: Spring Break
March 22
Joseph Opefeyitimi
Topic: "Indices of Wisdom in Yoruba and English Poetry."
March 29
Kunle Oyerinde
Topic: "Constitutional Order and Patterns of Associational Life among The Yoruba of Nigeria."
April 5
Paul Diakite
Topic: "Religion, A Factor of Deomcracy Strengthening: The Case of Mali."
April 12
Eileen Julien
Topic: TBA
April 19
Jack D. Rollins
Topic: "Narrative and Culture in Swahili: The Case of the Oriental Seminar in Berlin."
April 26
Stephanic Santos
Topic: TBA
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Fall 2004
- September 28
Heather Akou, IU Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design
Topic: "Ruining the
Country: The Aesthetics of Somali Dress, 1960-1991."
Note: Special time : 11:30-12-30 (this
talk only)
- October 5
Chalmer Thompson, IU School of Education
Topic: "The Heritage Project:
Background and Future Plans."
- October 12
Yekutiel Gershoni, Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University,
Israel
Topic: "The Search for a National Symbol: The
Case of Liberia."
- October 19
Kwame Dwamena Dakwa, IU School of Education
Topic: "Ghana's Education
Reform: Voices from the Field."
- October 26
Cyprian Adupa, IU School of
History
Topic: "The Path to Armed Conflict: The
Case of Northern Uganda."
- November 2
Hannington Ochwada, IU
History
Topic: "The Church Missionary and Maps of
Englishness: New Trades among Abaluyia and Joluo, 1900-1960."
- November 9
Haseenah Ebrahim, University of the Witwatersrand, South
Africa
Topic: "Beyond the Indian Diaspora: Bollywood
in South Africa."
- November 16
Nathan Plageman, IU History
Topic: "Emerging Men and Composing Women:
Masculinities and Highlife Music in Urban Gold Coast, Ghana, 1930-1970."
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Spring 2004
Woodburn Hall 218, 12:00pm~1:00pm
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| January 20 |
Alexander Agordoh
University of Ghana, Legon |
"The Influence of African American Religious Music
Models on the Ghanaian Church." |
| February 17 |
Linda Semu
Sociology Department |
"We are a People because we have Land: Gender, Identity and
Survival in a Changing Matrilineal Malawi." |
| February 24 |
Osita Afoaku
African Studies and SPEA |
"Ethnicity, Citizenship and Democracy in post-Mobutu Congo:
The Case of the Banyamulenge." |
| March 2 |
Ibro Chekaraou
School of Education |
"Teacher Responses to a New Bilingual Education Policy in
Niger." |
| March 9 |
Ann Reed
Anthropology |
"Sank) fa Site: Cape Coast and its Museums as Memorials." |
| March 16 |
No Nook Talk - Spring Recess |
| March 23 |
Angela Bratton
Anthropology Department |
"Constructing Sexuality: Schooling and Sex Education in
Ghana." |
| March 30 |
Dorothea Schulz
Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany |
"Muslim Women's Associations in Urban Mali." |
| April 6 |
Hannington Ochwada
History |
"The Church Missionary Society and 'Proper Marriage' among
Abaluyia and Joluo in Colonial Kenya." |
| April 13 |
Elisabeth McMahon
History Department |
"The Public, Private and Unseen: Civil Society Institutions on
Pemba during the Protectorate Period." |
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Fall 2003
Woodburn Hall 218, 12:00pm~1:00pm
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| September 16 |
Sonja Verwey
Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa |
"What Lies Beneath? Truth, Reconciliation and the Media." |
| September 23 |
Dee Mortensen
Indiana University Press |
"African Studies Publishing:
Perspectives and Practical Advice from an Insider." |
| September 30 |
Kevin Hunt
Anthropology |
"Study of Dry-Habitat Chimpanzee Behavior in Western
Uganda and its Implications for Human Evolution." |
| October 7 |
Nolutho Diko
School of Education |
"There are Two Worlds Out There: Education Reform in
South Africa." |
| October 14 |
Theodore Bouabre
Comparative Literature |
"Magical Realism in Africa and the Black World:
A Question of Power." |
| October 21 |
Peter Mwesige
Journalism |
"Radio Talk Shows, Political Participation, and
Democratization in Uganda." |
| October 28 |
No Noon Talk
African Studies Association Annual Meeting (October
30 ~ November 2) |
| November 4 |
Marion Frank-Wilson
Library |
"Thirteen Years of Missionary Life in the South Sudan:
Eleanor Vandevort's Nuer Field Notes. A Digital Library
Project." |
| November 11 |
Obioma Nnaemeka
IUPUI |
"Cultural Dimensions of Human Rights: An Igbo Case." |
| November 18 |
Rosaleen Nhlekisana
Folklore and Ethnomusicology |
"Echoes of Societal Norms in SeTswana Wedding Songs." |
| November 25 |
No Noon Talk
Thanksgiving Recess Begins |
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Spring 2003
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| January 21 |
George Echu, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon |
"The Language Question in Cameroon." |
| January 28 |
Alexina Arthur, University of Ghana, Legon |
"Beyond the Language Choice Debate: Leadership and Advocacy
in Ghana's Education." |
| February 4 |
Kgafela oa Magogodi, University of Witwatersrand, South
Africa |
"Word Heads and New Dreads: The Scene of Spoken Poetry in
Contemporary South Africa." |
| February 11 |
ASP External Review - No Noon Talk |
| February 18 |
Alex Gboyega, University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
"Corruption and Governance in Nigeria: Recent Developments." |
| February 25 |
Mary Goetze, School of Music |
"Global Voices in Song: Using Technology for Oral
Transmission of South African Music in Classrooms and Choirs." |
| March 4 |
Jeremy Rich, Cabrini College |
"Hypnotized by their Offices: Clerks, Social Conflict, and
the Production of Colonial Knowledge in the Gabon Estuary, 1920-1945." |
| March 11 |
Emily Frank, Anthropology |
"Brokering Peace on the Horn: New Roles for NGOs in Africa." |
| March 18 |
Spring Break - No Noon Talk |
| March 25 |
Toye Asabe, University of Jos, Nigeria |
"Power and Ethnic Relations in Kaduna State of Nigeria." |
| April 1 |
Kodzo Gavua, University of Ghana, Legon |
"The Cultural Context of Economic Development in Ghana." |
| April 8 |
Alexina Arthur, University of Ghana, Legon |
"'New Agenda' for Russia-Africa Relations: From International
Relations Theory to Journalism." |
| April 15 |
Kwame Dakwa, School of Education |
"Ghana's Educational Reforms: A Challenge for Excellence in
Delivery of Quality Education for All." |
| April 22 |
Ibro Chekaraou, School of Education |
"Educational Reform in Nigerian Bilingual Pilot Schools." |
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Fall 2002
All Noon Talks occur at 12:00 noon in Woodburn 218
For additional information, please contact the African Studies Program:
(812) 855-6825
| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| September 10 |
David Thelen (History) |
"Now South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Challenges the Modern Discipline of History and its Civics." |
| September 17 |
Babacar Fall (Université of Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar,
Senegal) |
"Women in Senegalese Social and Political History:
Perspectives from Life Histories." |
| September 24 |
Baffour Agyeman-Duah (Center for Democracy and Development,
Accra, Ghana) |
"Elections in Emerging Democracies." |
| October 1 |
Gaston Combasset (Independent Sociologist and Videographer) |
"A Visual Perspective on Pastoralist Festivals in Niger." |
| October 8 |
Marshall Lewis (West African Languages Institute) |
"Stylistics, Voice, and Construction Choice in the Grammar
of Gen (Togo/Benin)." |
| October 15 |
Tracy Luedke (Anthropology) |
"Body Politic: Transformation and Contestation in Mozambican
Healing." |
| October 22 |
Jon Unruh (Geography and CIPEC) |
"Land Tenure and Environmental Change in Zambia." |
| October 29 |
Esther Mwangi (SPEA) |
"The Politics of Institutional Change: Property Rights
Transitions in Kenya's Maasailand." |
| November 5 |
Olayinka Agbetuyi (Comparative Literature) |
"Beyond(?) the Western Norms: Towards a Postmodern
Theory of a Stable African Democratic Practice." |
| November 12 |
Daniel Reed (ATM and Folklore & Ethnomusicology) |
"Dan Ge Performance: Identity and Resistance in
Contemporary Côte d'lvoire." |
| November 19 |
Juliet Thondlana (University of Zimbabwe) |
"The Language Situation in Zimbabwe: Making a Case for
Computer-Assisted Language Learning." |
| November 26 |
No Noon Talk -- Thanksgiving week |
| December 3 |
No Noon Talk -- African Studies Association Annual Meeting,
December 5-8 |
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