The Civil Life of the University: Enacting Dissent and Resistance on a Colombian Campus
Event Time: Fri, 02/23/2018 - 12:00pmPresented by: Carlo Tognato, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá; Director, Nicanor Restrepo Santamaría Center for Civil Reconstruction, Bogotá
...Invisible Histories: Racial Violence and Clandestine Migration from Mozambique to Zimbabwe 1900 ca.-1980
Event Time: Thu, 11/30/2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pmAllen Isaacman, Regents Professor of History, University of Minnesota
Abstract: From its earliest days, the field of African history has sought to render visible people whose past has been in the shadows of history. Despite efforts...
Capitalism & Conservation in the Age of Security: The Vitalization of the State
Event Time: Mon, 11/21/2016 - 3:30pmThe ICGC community welcomed alumna Elizabeth (Libby) Lunstrum for a recent campus visit. Libby is Associate Professor of Geography and Resident Scholar in the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University. Her research focus on the politics of...
Nonconformity in Africa’s Cultural History
Event Time: Tue, 10/18/2016 - 3:30pmICGC welcomed back our alumnus, Derek Peterson, who is professor of History and Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. His scholarly work concerns the intellectual and cultural history of eastern Africa. Derek's most...
The Practice of Post-Apartheid Freedom
Event Time: Fri, 04/29/2016 - 12:00pmThe Practice of Post-Apartheid Freedom
Presented by: Dr. Premesh Lalu, Director of the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape
Speaker Biography:...
The Privatization of Seeds: Sovereignty, Intellectual Property Rights, and Plant Genetic Resources
Event Time: Thu, 04/14/2016 - 2:30pm to 4:00pmPresented by: Dr. Sheri Breen, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota-Morris
Abstract: Food and crop systems have...
The Malawi Tanzania Border Dispute over Lake Malawi: Historical Perspectives
Event Time: Mon, 11/16/2015 - 3:30pm to 5:00pmDr. Wapu Mulwafu, Department of History, Chancellor College, University of Malawi
Abstract: The Malawi-Tanzania border conflict over Lake Malawi exemplifies the challenges of consolidating postcolonial...
Distinguished Lecture by Dr. John Mowitt
Event Time: Thu, 10/22/2015 - 3:30pm to 4:30pmPresenter: Dr. John Mowitt, Leadership Chair in the Critical Humanities at the University of Leeds and former Co-Director of ICGC.
Title: Left Leaning: Toward a Sinister Humanities
Abstract...
Women and Power in Post-Conflict Africa
Event Time: Fri, 02/27/2015 - 12:00pmPresented by: Aili Tripp, University of Wisconsin
(Per Aili Tripp: “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”, 2003 protests in Monrovia)
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Distinguished Lecture: It's A Black/White Thing - Author Donna Bryson
Event Time: Tue, 11/18/2014 - 3:30pm to 5:00pmPresented by: Donna Bryson
M.S. in Journalism and Author of “It’s A Black White Thing”
ABSTRACT: Donna Bryson's first book, It's a Black White Thing, explores the struggle to get...