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October 2023
Book launch Political Sociology: The Paradox of Violence
Dr. Leslie Anderson and Dr. Juliana Restrepo Sanin are speaking at a book launch for the book, The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela. (published 2022). This is a book of political sociology with a lot of information about living under an authoritarian regime and coping with the total breakdown of democratic institutions. Smilde is a very well-known sociologist and the Favrot Professor of Human Relations at Tulane. Veronica Zubillaga is an Associate Professor at Simón Bolívar University in Caracas and…
Find out more »WG State and Institutions: Research Presentation by Dr. Noah Nathan
The Working Group State and Institutions in the Center for African Studies Is Pleased to Present Explaining Urban Order: The Autocratic Origins of Africa's City Street Networks. Noah Nathan Massachusetts Institute of Technology OSF Preprints | Explaining Urban Order: The Autocratic Origins of Africa's City Street Networks Abstract: I connect the political incentives of state leaders to the physical geometry of urban built environments. Drawing on a novel combination of street network data, archival maps, and satellite imagery, I test…
Find out more »RSP Friday, Oct 20: 2:30-4 Mock Conference Panel
Dear colleagues and graduate students, Please join us for a Mock Graduate Conference RSP this Friday, October 20 2:30-4. Panelists include Walker Chavatel, Suren Mohammed and Dilruba Tas who received departmental funding to attend upcoming conferences with Drs. Stacey Liou and Juliana Restrepo Sanin serving as panel discussants. The panel will include draft versions of the graduate students’ planned conference presentations, with the goal of providing departmental practice and feedback prior to the conference.
Find out more »OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOEACH OTHER IN A TIME OF WAR UF ETHICS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE &GEORGE A. SMATHERS LIBRARIES JOIN SCHOLARS FROM THERELIGION DEPARTMENT FORA CONVERSATION ABOUT THEONGOING WAR IN GAZA. This discussion will feature Religion Professors Yaniv Feller, Terje Ostebo, and Anna Peterson. The moderator will be April Hines, Journalism and Mass Communications Librarian. War Event Flyer_ When: November 1, 2023, 5pm - 6:30pm Where: Smathers Library
Find out more »November 2023
Black Americans and immigrants in Paris, France Event
On Wednesday, November 8th at 1 pm in Turlington Hall, Room 3310, Mr. Kevi Donat, Owner of the Le Paris Noir (Black Paris) tour company, and Dr. Sharon Austin, Professor of Political Science, will discuss the experience of Black Americans and immigrants in Paris, France. Dr. Austin will also discuss her 2024 African Americans in Paris spring break course. Lunch will be provided. Mr. Donat will also present "Black Seine, White Masks" on Thursday November 9th at 6:30 pm at the Cotton Club Museum…
Find out more »SASA @ Lunch with Richard Kweitsu, University of Florida
The Center for African Studies presents: SASA @ Lunch with Richard Kweitsu, University of Florida The Significance of Post-Election Legal Challenges for Democratization in Africa Wednesday 15 November @ 11:45am in 471 Grinter Pizza and soft drinks provided.
Find out more »RSP Next Tuesday, Nov. 21: 2:30-4 Mock Conference Panel!!!
Dear colleagues and graduate students, Please join us for a Mock Graduate Conference RSP on Tuesday November 21, 2:30-4 in Anderson 117. Panelists include Baba Adou and Richard Kweitsu who received departmental funding to attend upcoming conferences with Dr. Nicholas Kerr serving as panel discussant. The panel will include draft versions of the graduate students’ planned conference presentations, with the goal of providing departmental practice and feedback prior to the conference.
Find out more »January 2024
RSP Tuesday, Jan 9: 2-3:30 Mock Conference Panel
Dear colleagues and graduate students, Please join us for a Mock Graduate Conference RSP next Tuesday, January 9, 2:00-3:30. Panelists include Marcelline Amouzou, Sarah Snowmann and Corinne Tomasi who received departmental funding to attend upcoming conferences with Dr. Ben Smith serving as panel discussant. The panel will include draft versions of the graduate students’ planned conference presentations, with the goal of providing departmental practice and feedback prior to the conference.
Find out more »Forthcoming talk by Justine Davies from the University of Michigan
The Working Group State and Institutions in the Center for African Studies Is Pleased to Present Uncivic Legacies: Civil Society & Democracy Promotion in Post-Conflict Africa Justine Davies University of Michigan Abstract: My book project addresses a question of global significance: How do societies build democracy after war? In the past two decades, international donors have allocated approximately 25 billion USD to civil society organizations (CSOs) in African countries affected by civil war. I focus on the phenomenon of civil…
Find out more »February 2024
Weaponizing the Past: Collective Memory and Jews, Poles, and Communists in Twenty-First Century Poland
Please mark your calendars for an upcoming RSP on Monday, February 19, 4p in 216 Anderson Hall. The RSP will feature an Author Meets Critic panel on Weaponizing the Past: Collective Memory and Jews, Poles, and Communists in Twenty-First Century Poland by Kate Korycki (Western University). Commentators include Natalia Aleksiun, Michael Bernhard, and Lenka Bustikova.
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