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Calendar of Events

May 9: "Kenya Human Rights Commission Report: Summary of Findings" . Valentine Mukuria, Education & Human Ecology.

May 8: "Voices of African Storytellers: the Jie people of Uganda, the Turkana people of Kenya". Mustapha Kemal Mirzeler, Western Michigan University.
May 10: African Night Cultural Show. Independence Hall, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 show. Call 316-8441.
May 16: "Using Archaeology to Reconsider Urbanism in Atlantic Africa: Town and Country of the Hueda (Whydah) Kingdom, c. 1650-1727. Neil Norman, History.
May 20: "Black Gold", FAES Movie Night, 6:30 p.m.
May 20: "Lord of War", Amnesty International Film, 6:30 p.m.
May 23 : "The Gold Coast Diaspora in the Americas: Ethnogenesis, Resistance, and Culture" . Dr. Walter Rucker, African American and African Studies.
 
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

New Course, History of Islam in West Africa, to debut Fall '08.

Developed and taught by Dr. Ousman Kobo of the Department of History, this course will explore the relationship between identity politics and Islamic movements in West Africa more.

Africa Network, Center for Global Health Host Spring Tea

The Africa Network at OSU is sponsoring a Spring Tea, hosted by The Ohio State Health Sciences Center for Global Health. The featured speaker will be Ms. Barbara Campbell-Ker , Executive Director, Hospice Witwatersrand and Vice Chairperson, Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa.  Following the presentation by Ms. Campbell-Ker, attendees are invited to view poster sessions and enjoy refreshments more.

Ugandan Agriculturalists win 2008 International Alumnus Awards

Two Ugandan scientists have been recognized for their excellence in agriculture by OSU. The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) director general Dr. Denis T. Kyetere and Makerere University's head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Dr. Bernard Bashaasha , are to receive their 2008 International Alumni Awards on March 1. Kyetere and Bashaasha received their doctorates from Ohio State University in 1995 and 1998, respectively, from the College of Food , Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. more

Three New Africa-focused courses to be introduced Spring Quarter 2008

Courses in Anthropology and Climate Change, Infectious Disease, and African Social Movements will be launched next quarter. more

African Wetland Social Scientist Visits Olentangy River Wetland Research Park

Barbara N. Ngwenya, Ph.D., is a visiting scholar and wetland social scientist at the Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park , School of Environment and Natural Resources, at The Ohio State University for December 2007 through July 2008. more

CAS promotes new global health courses

Two new global health courses will be taught through the College of Public Health in 2008, supported in part through CAS’s undergraduate Title VI grant. Introduction to Global Health will be taught Winter Quarter by Dr. Michele Shipp, a Research Assistant Professor in CPH’s Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion. Infectious Diseases in the Developing World will be taught Spring Quarter by Dr. Kurt Stevenson, MD, MPH, an associate professor of epidemiology at CPH as well as a faculty member in the Division of Infectious Diseases at OSU’s College of Medicine. more

Somali Language Programs Continue at OSU

Somali language courses continue their debut at OSU, both for students seeking foreign language credit as well as for Continuing Education students. more

Peter Materu: Education for Economic Competitiveness

The development of Africa 's education sector and the new emphasis on tertiary education were the subjects of a talk by Dr. Peter Materu of the World Bank on November 15th. Speaking to a group of over 100 students, faculty and community members at the Hale Center , Materu revisited the traditional emphasis that the World Bank and other development institutions have placed on primary education in Africa. more

Agunga Receives Fulbright

Dr. Robert Agunga is one of eight faculty members from The Ohio State University selected as a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright fellowship.  Recipients are selected by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, which administers the program for the U.S. Department of State.  Dr. Agunga, of the Department of Human and Community Resource Development, was awarded the Fulbright for "Lecturing and Research: Introduction to Development Communication; Assessing the Development Communication Program" at Bunda College of Agriculture, Blantyre, Malawi. more

Juma addresses African higher education, biotechnology

Reflections on Higher Education in Africa is the theme of this quarters’ speaker series at CAS. On October 16th, Dr. Calestous Juma of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government gave several talks on the themes of economic development, biotechnology, and new policy directions in African higher education.  Dr. Juma, a Kenyan national, is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. more

Somali Studies International Conference brings critical issues to light

Experts from around the world gathered on the Ohio State campus in August to explore the challenges and opportunities facing Somalia and its people. The discussions took place during the 10th annual Somali Studies International Conference, which was held Aug. 15 – 18. The conference brought more than 200 people to campus and was co-hosted by OSU’s Center for African Studies, Ohio University’s Institute for the African Child and the Somali Studies International Association. more

 




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