Past Events 2012 Events “Extractives, Equity and Conflict: Lessons from work at local, national and international levels”
Tuesday, February 14, 9.30am to 11.30am
Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW “The Congo's Botched Election: Where Do We Go From Here?”
Wednesday February 15, 12:30-2:00pm
Tony Gambino, Fellow, Eastern Congo Initiative
Mvembe Dizolele, Hoover Institute
Jason Stearns, Yale University
Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
“Egyptian Administration During the Old Kingdom”
Leslie Ann Warden, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Friday, February 17, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Rome Building Auditorium 'Why Repeated Elections Don't Always Lead to Better Democracy: the Case of Côte d'Ivoire and the Need for Stronger Institutions'
Maja Bovcon, University of Oxford
Wednesday February 22, 12:30-2
Bernstein Offit Building, room 736
Event Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJGBCz3Rcz4 “Initiating and sustaining developmental regimes in Africa:
Findings from two European-led research programmes”
David E.F. Henley, Professor of Contemporary Indonesian Studies, University of Leiden; co-Coordinator Tracking Development Project (www.trackingdevelopment.net)
David Booth, Overseas Development Institute, London; Director, Africa Power and Politics Programme (www.institutions-africa.org)
Monday, March 12, 12:30-2:00
Bernstein Offit Building, room 500
“Charles Taylor and Liberia, Ambition and Atrocity in Africa's Lone Star State”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbWHMKfe-iE&feature=youtu.be
Colin Waugh
Wednesday, March 14, 12:30-2:00pm
Bernstein Offit Building, room 736 "Are Cracks Developing in the Museveni Regime?"
Maria Burnett, Human Rights Watch
Nelson Kasfir, Dartmouth College
Wednesday April 4, 12:30-2:00pm
Bernstein Offit Building, room 736 "What's Next? Mali in the Aftermath of the March 22 Coup d'état"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56O5iTS9b8g
Susanna Wing, Haverford College
Monday April 16, 12:30-2:00pm
Bernstein Offit Building, room 736 “Conference: The New African Democracy: Information Technology and Political Participation”
Tuesday, May 1: http://webcast.jhu.edu/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=8dcbad95e9cb44d583e342b36a866afb1d
Wednesday May 2: http://webcast.jhu.edu/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=67ba3d3208114925a97b8cd20fd391c71d
Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
To attend, please contact Jessica Carsten: jcarste1@jhu.edu
Fall 2011 Events
"State- and Nation-building in the new Libya"
Dirk J. Vandewalle, Dartmouth College
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
September 7 "Political Uprisings in Senegal: Insghts, Context, and The Way Forward"
Arame Tall, PhD Candidate, SAIS African Studies
SAIS Nitze Building, room 417, 1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
September 8 “The Role of China, India, Brazil and Other Emerging Nations in Africa”
Ambassador David Shinn, Adjuct Professor, George Washington University
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
September 14 "The Gravedigger Paradox: How Museveni’s Success is Creating Conditions for His Fall"
Andrew Mwenda, Independent Publications Limited
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 500, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
September 20 "Salafist Insurgencies in West Africa: the Enigma of Boko Haram"
Andrew Lebovich, The New America Foundation
Paul Lubeck, UC Santa Cruz
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
September 21 "The Second Presidential Elections in the DRC"
Médard Mulangala Lwakabwanga, Depute National and member of the opposition, Democratic Republic of Congo
SAIS Nitze Building, room 417, 1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
September 22
Video Part 1
Video Part 2 “Rule of Law for 2011: Fair Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo”
Kengo Wa Dondo, Presidential Candidate, Democratic Republic of Congo
Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
September 27, 2011 4:30-6:00 pm
“South Sudan in the Post-CPA Era: Prospects and Challenges”
Christopher Zambakari, Northeastern University
Jok Madut Jok, U.S. Institute of Peace
Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
October 4 "Advocacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Stakeholders Conference"
Day one: How the Story of Congo Gets Told
Laura Seay, Morehouse University and Texasinafrica
Mvemba Dizolele, Stanford University
John Prendergast, The Enough Project (invited)
Kambale Musavuli, Friends of Congo
Rome Auditorium, Rome Building 1619 Massachusetts Ave
October 5, 9:30-11:30am Day two: Advocacy and the Way Forward
Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International
Rick Goss, Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC)
Eric Kajemba, Observatoire Gouvernance et Paix (OGP)
Claudine Tsongo, Dynamique de Femmes Juristes
Kenny Auditorium, Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave
October 6 "A New Approach to Sustainable Peace in Burundi"
Marguerite Barankitse, Maison Shalom
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
October 17, 12:30-2:00 "A Critical Analysis of Leadership Changes in Africa Since the End of the Cold War"
Issaka Souare, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
October 19, 12:30-2:00pm "How to End the Stalemate in Somalia"
J. Peter Pham, Michael S. Ansari Africa CenterAtlantic Council
Bronwyn Bruton, Michael S. Ansari Africa CenterAtlantic Council
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 500, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
November 1, 4:30-6:00pm "U.S. Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Programs: Policy shifts following the Arab Spring"
Daniel J Epstein, Africa Bureau, U.S. Department of State
Victor L Nelson, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
November 2, 12:30-2:00pm "Emerging Africa - Rwanda: a case of a top reformer?"
Stephan Klingebiel, Head of Department "Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation," German Development Institute
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
November 9,12:30-2:00pm "Book Launch: The Sahara: A Cultural History"
Eamonn Gearon, Author
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 500, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
November 14, 12:30-2:00pm "Populism in Africa: How the Opposition Won the 2011 Zambian Election"
Nic Cheeseman, University of Oxford
Room 203, Bernstein-Offit Building, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
November 15, 4:30-6:00pm “I Assure You of Fresh Air: Incumbency, Choice & Cynicism in the Nigerian Elections of April 2011”
Dr Abdul Raufu Mustapha, University of Oxford
SAIS Bernstein-Offit Building room 736, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington DC
November 30, 12:30-2:00pm | 
