Spring 2013 Events
“Security Challenges in Niger Delta: A Governor’s Approach”
Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State, Nigeria
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 12:30-2pm
Bernstein-Offit Building, room 736
“Looking Past Kenya’s Election: Ethnic and Institutional Challengers to Inclusive Development”
Karuti Kanyinga, University of Nairobi
Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Brookings Institution
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 4:30-6pm
Rome Auditorium, Rome Building
“Tunisia: Are Economic Decline and Political Violence Prevailing?”
Moderator: Daniele Moro, African Studies JHU-SAIS
Panelist: Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Governor of Central Bank of Tunisia, Senior Advisor to World Bank Chief Economist
Emanuele Santi, Principal Country Economist- Tunisia African Development Bank
Stephen McIhirney, Executive Director Project on Middle East Democracy
Alexis Arieff, Analyst in African affairs congressional Research Services
Thursday February 21, 2013 5:30 -7pm
Rome Building, room 812
Click to see webcast
“Political Prospects and Democratic Challenges in Nigeria”
General Ike Nwachukwu, Chairman Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs
Monday March 11, 2013 12:30-2pm
Rome Auditorium, Rome Building
Event Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y51AOPxFbYc
'Understanding Who's Who in Northern Mali: Terrorists Secessionists and Criminals"
Moderator: Eamonn gearon, Adjunct Professor, African Studies, JHU-SAIS
Panelist: Michael Shurkin, Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
Larry Velte, Professor, NDU-NESA
Rida Lyammouri, Analyst, Navanti Group
Monday, March 11, 2013 4:30pm-6pm
Rome Auditorium, Rome Building
Event video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJOiygOsP8
“The Role of Governor’s in Nigeria’s Federal Democracy: Meeting the Challenges”
Governor T.A. Orji, Abia State, Nigeria
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:30-6pm
Bernstein-Offit Building, room 500
Event Video
Part one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K11vhA89WJA
Part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7abtIiLX0s
Part three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hSy4wXUxcA
“Does Information technology Flatten Interest Articulation? Evidence from Uganda”
Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:30-2pm
Bernstein-Offit Building, room 736
Event Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFpgt4oFoMY
“Informal Institutions, Trust and Democracy in Ghana”
Richard Asante, Northwestern University
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:30-2pm
Bernstein-Offit Building, room 736
Event Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rBAxsaui38
“Algeria between Reform and Stability”
Moderator: Daniele Moro, African Studies, JHU-SAIS
Panelist: I William Zartman, Professor Emeritus, Conflict Management, JHU-SAIS
Eamonn Gearon, Professorial Lecturer, African Studies, JHU-SAIS
Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:30-6pm
Rome Building, room 812
Governance and Security in the Sahelian States: From Crisis and Sustainable Recovery
Conference Agenda
Day One: April 11, 2013 Bernstein-Offit Building, room 500, 9am -4pm
Day Two: April 12, 2013 Rome building, Rome Auditorium, 9am-1pm
“Making and Unmaking Nations: The Dynamics of Mass Violence and Genocide in Contemporary Africa”
Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin
Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:30-6pm
Rome Building, room 812
"Poor Numbers: How we are misled by African Development statistics and what to do about it"
Morten Jerven, Simon Fraser University
Wednesdat, April 24, 2013 12:30pm-2pm
Bernstein-Offit building, room 736
"A New U.S. Policy Promoting Democratic Governance in the Congo."
Anthony Gambino, Eastern Congo Initiative
Sstephen R. Weissman, Woodrow Wilson Center
Monday, April 22, 2013 4:30-6pm
Rome building, room 806
"Exit Polling and the Kenya Election"
Clark Gibson, University of California, San Diego
James Long, University of California, San Diego
Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:30pm-6pm
Rome building, room 812
Fall 2012 Events
"Corruption, Democratic Institutions and Accountability in Nigeria"
Yahaya Baba, Usman dan Fodio University, Sokoto
Joseph Oleyinka Fashagba, Landmark University, Kwara
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 12:30pm-2pm
Nitze building, room 417
"Somalia Prospects after the Transition"
Ken Menkhaus, Davidson College
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:30pm-2pm
Rome building, room 102
"Mali: from Democracy to Emergency"
Gregory Mann, Columbia University
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:30pm-2pm
Bernstein-Offit building, room 736
"Post-referendum South Sudan: Political Violence, New Sudan and Democratic Nation-building"
Christopher Zambakari, Northeastern University
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 12:30pm-2pm
Bernstein-Offit building, room 736
"From Protest to Parties: Party building and Democratizations in Africa"
Adrienne Lebas, American University
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:30pm-2pm
Bernstein-Offit building, room 736
"The Politics of Urban Housing Provision in Africa: Consideration from Angola and Kenya"
M. Anne Pitcher, University of Michigan
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:30pm-2pm
Bernstein-Offit building, room 736
"How to promote local order and property rights under a weak rule of law? Results from a field experiment in Liberia"
Chirs Blattman, Columbia University
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Bernstein-Offit building, room 736
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
Anthony 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”
Colin Waugh
Wednesday, March 14, 12:30-2:00pm
Bernstein Offit Building, room 736
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbWHMKfe-iE&feature=youtu.be
"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
Events by Subject
Conflict and Political Transition