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Calendar of Local Events: Focus on Africa January 4, 11, 18, 25: Model African Union meetings. 7:30 - 8:30 pm, Hale 134. ___________________ January 10: War and Slavery: Child Soldiering in Central Africa. Hosted by Unplugging Society. Hale Hall, MLK Lounge 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. details ___________________ January 13: "Encountering Afropolitanism: Music, Mbembe, and Mali in the African World". Dr. Ryan Skinner, AAAS/Music. University Hall, 12:30 - 2:00. details ___________________ January 13-27: Le Havre. Aki Kaurismaki film. Wex at the Gateway program. details ___________________ January 27-28: Somalia at Crossroads: Foreign Intervention, Humanitarian Crisis, and Aspirations for Statehood. Hagerty & Denny Halls. details ; program ___________________ February 23: Dr. Ali Mazui, “Islam in Africa’s Experience: Expansion, Revival, and Radicalization”. with MESC, CCWA. TBA. ___________________ February 23 - 27 : Model African Union Summit, Washington, DC. ___________________ March 2: Immigration and Ohio: Local Perspectives. Panel featuring the Somali Documentary Project. TBA ___________________ March 3 : Columbus International High School Model African Union Summit, TBA.   About CAS The Center for African Studies disseminates knowledge and promotes inquiry about Africa throughout the university, the city, the state, and the nation. more

 

Sustainable Agriculture Article Receives Award

Mark Erbaugh, Associate Professor, OSU Extension was awarded Journal Article of the Year (2010) by the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education for an article on Integrated Pest Management in Uganda, in collaboration with several co-authors including two from Makerere University. Read article

Kirwan Institute Receives Grant to Examine Land Acquisition in Africa

The Kirwan Institute's Food Justice Program has been awarded a seed grant by OSU's Food Innovation Center to support the launch of the Large Scale Land Acquisitions Mapping Project, which will examine the impact of foreign investors' acquisition of millions of hectares of arable land in Africa since 2001. more

Maymester Uganda Study Abroad

With a seed grant from the Office of International Affairs, CAS will pursue the development of a new "May-mester" Study Abroad program in Uganda for 2013.

Sudan Studies Conference Addresses Regional Issues

Sudan scholars from around the world met in Gerlach Hall May 13 - 15 to present and discuss ideas regarding Sudan's history, political economy, recent referendum, gender, religion, development and other issues in the context of the recent referendum establishing a new nation of South Sudan.

OSU receives $24M USAID Grant to Boost Agriculture, Food Security in Tanzania

Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has been awarded a $24 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve agricultural productivity and food security in the East African nation of Tanzania. more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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