2019 – 2020
| Oct 15th | Emily Lynn Osborn Professor of History, The University of Chicago “On the Anthropocene and History in a Small Place in West Africa” Discussant: Matthew Knisley (PhD Student in Anthropology) |
| Oct 22nd | Zoë Berman PhD Student in Comparative Human Development “Intergenerational Memory Practices in Post-Genocide Rwanda” Discussant: Perry Wong (PhD Student in Anthropology) |
| Nov 5th | Distinguished Lecture Jody Benjamin 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 |
| Nov 12th | Hlonipha Mokoena Professor of History, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa Location: The Smart Museum of ArtLecture in conjunction with the Smart Museum Exhibition Meleko Mogosi: Bread, Butter, and Power (on view from October 19th – December 29th) |
| Dec 3rd | Johanna Pacyga PhD Student in Anthropology “African Habits: Vocation & Daily Life at the Convent of Saint Joseph” Discussant: Gregory Valdespino (PhD Student in History) |
| Jan 14th | Katie Hickerson (or Sarah Garver) |
| Jan 28th | Debbie Durham Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame |
| Feb 11th | Distinguished Lecture Jean Allman Professor of African and African-American Studies, Washington University in St. Louis Location: Franke Institute of the Humanities |
| Feb 25th | Gregory Valdespino PhD Student in History |
| Mar 10th | MAPSS and Early Student Presenters |
| Apr 7th | Johanna Oh PhD Student in Sociology |
| Apr 21rd | Geoffrey Traugh Harper-Schmidt Fellow |
| May 5th | Distinguished Lecture Maya Angela Smith Assistant Professor of French, Division of French and Italian Studies, University of Washington, Seattle Location: Franke Institute of the Humanities |
| May 19st | Natacha Nsabimana Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
| Jun 2th | Matthew Knisley PhD Candidate in Anthropology |