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November 18

FLAS Info Session3:30 pm

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded funding to the Kansas African Studies Center for Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships for the 2014-2018 grant cycle. FLAS funds are awarded in a competitive process open to graduate and undergraduate students. Students must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents to be eligible to apply. FLAS awards are available for the study of Amharic, Arabic, Hausa, KiSwahili, Somali and Wolof, with additional African languages requests considered. Learn more at this information session.Malott Room, Kansas Union

December 2

Hall Center Resident Fellows Seminar: “Decorative Arts of the Tunisian Ecole: Fabrications of Modernism, Gender, and Class in Tunisia”Jessica Gerschultz, African & African-American Studies12:00 pm

Hall Center Conference Hall

November 4

Ujamaa Global Food For Thought: “Twice Married: Women, Secrecy, and HIV in Northern Nigeria”Katie Rhine, Department of Anthropology12:00 - 1:00 pm

Professor of Anthropology Katie Rhine explores the relationship between marriage and HIV transmission in northern Nigeria. She emphasizes the role of secrecy in women’s marital dissolutions as a window into the social inequalities that disproportionately expose married women to the virus.318 Bailey Hall

November 18

Ujamaa Food for Thought: “Troubled Seas of Eastern Africa: Kenya and U.S. Face Insecurity”Hannington Ochwada, Department of History12:00 - 1:00 pm

318 Bailey Hall

September 25-26

Inaugural Conference of the International Association of African Educators (IAAE)9:00 am Friday- 8:00 pm SaturdayThe theme of the conference is Erasing Invisibility: Equity, Social Justice and Educational Excellence of Africans in the Diaspora/Immigrants. This conference aims to bring together educators, researchers, students, community activists, agencies, families, and policymakers to engage in a rich Ubuntu-filled communal learning that furthers the work of erasing the invisibility of African immigrants and ensuring their educational and professional excellence. Spooner Hall & Kansas Union

October 22

FLAS Info Session3:30 pm

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded funding to the Kansas African Studies Center for Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships for the 2014-2018 grant cycle. FLAS funds are awarded in a competitive process open to graduate and undergraduate students. Students must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents to be eligible to apply. FLAS awards are available for the study of Amharic, Arabic, Hausa, KiSwahili, Somali and Wolof, with additional African languages requests considered. Learn more at this information session.Malott Room, Kansas Union

Fruit Stall, Jos, Nigeria. Photo credit: Andrew Moore.