The Distinguished Africanist Lecture series brings senior and up-and-coming scholars of Africa to campus. Visitors usually speak on issues of interest to specialists studying Africa, students, and the general public.
Distinguished Lectures 2019-2020:
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November 5th,
2019
5:30 PM
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Jody Benjamin
Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Riverside
“Dress Codes: Cloth, Mobility and Self-Fashioning in Western Africa During the Age of Revolutions”
Location: Franke Institute of the Humanities, Regenstein Library |
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February 11,
2020
5:30 PM
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Jean Allman
Professor of African and African-American Studies, History and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
“The African Revolution vs. Academic Freedom: Legon, 1964”
Location: Franke Institute of the Humanities, Regenstein Library |