Center for African Studies

Synonyms: 
African Studies
AfSP
African Studies Program

Hot Metal Empire

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Type Design, Media, and Empire in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
Presenter: 
Tom Mullaney, Stanford University
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Mon, 02/06/2017 - 16:30 to 18:00

Beginning at the turn of the twentieth century, hot metal typesetting swept through newspaper plants and government printing offices across the United States and Europe – and soon through Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. With missionary-like zeal reminiscent of the Propaganda Fide, and a hunger for lucrative new markets, the manufacturing giant Mergenthaler Linotype and its European licensees carved up the world of script along already lines of empire, colonialism, and the rising power of the United States.

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3703 Posvar Hall
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Statebuilding, Peacebuilding & Hybrid Governance in Somalia

Presenter: 
Ken Menkhaus, Professor & Chair, Political Science Dept., Davidson College
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Tue, 01/24/2017 - 10:00

Somalia, often cast as the world's "most failed state," is starting to pull together a federal government. The challenges are daunting, and the hybrid forms of governance emerging there defy conventional statebuilding. Ken Menkhaus assesses the current conflict and governance trends, the role of corruption, and the changing security environment facing the next Somali administration.

Location: 
3610 Posvar Hall
Contact Email: 
DRC51@pitt.edu

Political Rights, Social Rights, and the Decolonization of Africa

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Dr. Frederick Cooper
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Thu, 01/26/2017 - 17:00

Frederick Cooper is a Professor of History at NYU. His interests include slavery and labor in the 19th- and 20-th century East Africa, the shifting nature of colonial thinking and practices, and the relationship of social change and conflict to decolonization in French and British Africa. His work seeks to counter both the national and the modern bars of most historical studies through the study of empires.

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602 Cathedral of Learning
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Racism in the African Diaspora

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Parallels Between Racial Issues in America and Apartheid in South Africa
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Wed, 01/25/2017 - 20:00 to 22:00

The aim of this event is to bring together students and staff at the University of Pittsburgh in a panel style discussion about the varies parallels between racism and the civil rights movement in America and Apartheid in South Africa. We want students and faculty to be able to recognize patterns in history in an effort to stop it from repeating itself and be able to see their part in any change that may come in the future regarding racial and social relations in America and worldwide.

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Assembly Room, WPU
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2017 National Model African Union Conference

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Thu, 02/23/2017 - 07:00 to Sun, 02/26/2017 - 20:00

Howard University in collaboration with the African Union Mission in Washington, D.C. and Member State Embassies sponsors an annual simulation of the African Union, the regional organization of African states, in the form of a Model African Union Conference. Celebrating thirty-seven years of simulation of the OAU and now AU, the 15th Annual National Model African Union Conference is scheduled for February 23-26, 2017.

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Howard University
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Career Networking Trip to Washington DC

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For Pitt Undergraduates
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Thu, 02/16/2017 - 07:00 to Fri, 02/17/2017 - 20:30

Students will meet with experts and alumni in various fields in order to learn about different careers and gain an insider's perspective on the different organizations. Students will participate in one of the four tracks:
* Global Health and Development
* Diplomacy and Security
* International Development and Education
* Human Rights and Refugees

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Washington, DC
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Implications for Duquesne’s Engagement and Strategic Initiatives with and in Africa

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Wed, 02/01/2017 - 13:00

Engaging Africa: Spiritan Traditions, Contemporary Perspectives

An inaugural transdisciplinary African studies conference to present historical information about Spiritan missions in Africa and how such understandings help Duquesne University’s mission and vision in engaging Africa.

Free and open to the public. Go to duq.edu/cas for more information!

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Union Ballroom, Duquesne University
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The Changing Spiritan Presence and Contemporary Issues in Africa

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Wed, 02/01/2017 - 10:00

Engaging Africa: Spiritan Traditions, Contemporary Perspectives

An inaugural transdisciplinary African studies conference to present historical information about Spiritan missions in Africa and how such understandings help Duquesne University’s mission and vision in engaging Africa.

Free and open to the public. Go to duq.edu/cas for more information!

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Union Ballroom, Duquesne University
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Spiritan Engagement with Africa:

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1841 to the Present
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Tue, 01/31/2017 - 16:00

Engaging Africa: Spiritan Traditions, Contemporary Perspectives

An inaugural transdisciplinary African studies conference to present historical information about Spiritan missions in Africa and how such understandings help Duquesne University’s mission and vision in engaging Africa.

Free and open to the public. Go to duq.edu/cas for more information!

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Africa Room, Duquesne University
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Model African Union

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Thu, 03/23/2017 - 07:30 to 16:30

We are proud to announce the 6th Annual Model African Union for high school students! This unique experiences provides students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to research and represent a given African country's interest in Parliamentary-style proceedings! This event is one of only a handful of high school African Union simulations in the country! Additionally, we provide a light breakfast and African lunch for all students. We also provide African entertainment during lunch. Finally, We do not charge any fees for schools to participate.

Location: 
O'Hara Student Center and the University Club
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Student Participants are sponsored by the ASP
Contact Person: 
Katherine Mooney
Contact Phone: 
412-648-1802
Contact Email: 
africanstudies@pitt.edu

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