Upcoming Events

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Lecture: Toward a Decolonial Africa-centering Science of (Well-) Being

Glenn Adams, University of Kansas

Friday, August 29

4 pm

Online (link to come next week) and in person at 547 Fraser

Kansas African Studies Center Welcome Picnic

Saturday, September 6-8 pm

Centennial Park, Lawrence, KS

Book Talk- Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency

Terry Peterson,Florida International University

Tuesday, September 9, 3:30-5 pm

Watson Library's 3 West

The Oscar Micheaux Monthly Film Series

Fri, Sep 12, 1-3PM

Bailey Hall, Bush/Harrison Seminar Room, rm 109

Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium Series: The Global Legacy of Ujamaa Thought

Ethan Sanders, Regis University.

Thurs, 25 SEP, 12:00 CDT (17:00 UTC)

Online here and in person at 204 Bailey Hall

MAAAS Conference

Friday and Saturday, October 10-11

Lincoln University, Jeff City

ASWAD

Wednesday to Saturday, October 29 to November 1

St Louis Missouri

The Oscar Micheaux Monthly Film Series

Friday, Nov 14, 1-3PM

Bailey Hall, Bush/Harrison Seminar Room, rm 109

African Studies Association Conference

Thursday to Saturday, November 20 - 22

Atlanta

Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium Series

Yvonne Otubea Otchere

Thursday, November 13, 12 pm

204 Bailey

Ujamaa Virtual Colloquium Series

Ridwan Muhammad, University of Kansas

Wednesday, December 3, 12 pm

Bailey 318