http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies A Collaborative Project of the University of California Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:20:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have just posted our preliminary schedule.  The final schedule will be available shortly. http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=88 We would like to announce a new blog that grew out of the conference, "Critical Investigations Into Humanitarianism in Africa," held in January 2009 with the active collaboration of the UC African Studies MRG. To view the blog, please go to: http://humanitarianismafrica.typepad.com/ We invite comments on current submissions as well as your own suggestions and contributions (the latter ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=79 Zimbabwe A film by Darrell Roodt, Zimbabwe 2008 Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:00 PM James Bridges Theater, 1409 Melnitz Hall Free and open to the public Pay-by-space and all-day ($9) parking available in lot 3. A young girl named Zimbabwe (so named by her patriotic father) finds that life gets even tougher in rural Zimbabwe ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=77 SPOTLIGHT AFRICA, in conjunction with the AFRICAN ACTIVIST ASSOCIATION, Presents Dr. Gilbert Maoundonodji from Chad Tuesday, May 19th @ 1:30 pm Bunche 11377  --  please note room 11377 is on the 11th floor of Bunche Hall   Dr. Gilbert Maoundonodji is president of the Association for the Promotion of Fundamental Liberties in Chad (APLFT), a human rights organization based in the ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=75 Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa and Beyond James Ferguson (Anthropology, Stanford University) Tuesday, May 19 / 11:00 AM McCune Conference Room South Africa has in recent decades gone through a wrenching transformation from a labor-scarce society to a labor-surplus one.  Labor scarcity through most of the 19th and 20th ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=72 TALK: "Rasta" Sufis and Muslim Youth Culture in Mali Benjamin F. Soares (African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands) Friday, May 1 / 11:00 AM 4020 HSSB In this talk, Benjamin Soares is concerned with understanding changing modalities of religious expression and modes of belonging among Muslim youth in contemporary Mali. While much recent scholarship about ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=70 BIANCA MURILLO, "The Politics of Consumption in the Gold Coast/Ghana, 1930-75" Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 12:30 pm Feminist Studies Seminar Room (4631 South Hall) Bianca Murillo is completing her dissertation and will give a talk based on her extensive research -- it's her practice job talk, so come and support her. [Dissertation Abstract] "The Politics ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=68 Brian Larkin (Columbia) will be at UCSB Thursday April 9 as part of Media Fields 2. The program can be found below.  MEDIA FIELDS 2: INFRASTRUCTURES UCSB, April 9-10, 2009 McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020) and Mosher Alumni House Media Fields 2: Infrastructures is an interdisciplinary conference on media and infrastructure hosted by graduate students ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=66 "Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa and Beyond"   The African Studies Center presents a talk by James Ferguson, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University   Date: Monday, April 6, 2009   Time: 11:30 AM -- NOTE EARLIER TIME FOR LECTURE   Where: 6275 Bunche Hall 6th floor History conference room Cost:  Free and open to the public; pay-by-space and ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=64 Goodbye Solo Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30pm FREE Sneak Preview - 91 minutes   Winner of the Venice Film Festival’s FIPRESCI International Critics Prize, Goodbye Solo is the latest movie from acclaimed filmmaker Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop, Man Push Cart).  On the lonely roads of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two men forge an improbable friendship that will change both ... http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/africanstudies/?p=62