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African Studies| Events

Spring 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"
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
Wednesday May 2
Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
To attend, please contact Jessica Carsten: jcarste1@jhu.edu
For more information or to RSVP contact 202.663.5676 or itolber1@jhu.edu

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For more information on the SAIS African Studies Program, please contact:   

Dr. Peter Lewis
Director
202.663.5681
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Imani Tolbert
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202.663.5676
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