Africa Week
The African Studies Program presents
AFRICA WEEK 2012
Saturday, April 14th
The Walsh Exchange: The Undergraduate International Relations Research Conference
9:30am-6:30pm
Georgetown University Main Campus
The Walsh Exchange is an undergraduate international relations research conference being inaugurated this April. Conceptualized by current co-chair Jon Askonas, the Walsh Exchange will provide undergraduate international relations students the opportunity to present their work in a more formal setting. For more information please visit: www. walshex.org
Monday, April 16th
Richard Hull: Israel and Africa During the Cold War
April 16, 2012, 12:00pm
Location: CCAS boardroom, ICC 241
Dr. Richard Hull is a professor in the Department of History at New York University. He specializes in studying democratization in Africa and the origins of segregation in South Africa. His lecture will be based on his recent book Jews and Judaism in African History (Princeton: Weiner, 2009). A Q&A session will follow the event. Lunch will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.
Invisible Children Georgetown presents: Bobby Bailey
April 16, 2012, 8:30pm
Location: Lohrfink Auditorium
The Lecture Fund, College Democrats, and College Republicans are co-sponsoring an event with one of the founders of Invisible Children, Bobby Bailey. Bobby helped to start the organization and has become a well-known activist for eradicating extreme poverty in Africa.
Wednesday, April 18th
Tanzania Summer Trip Orientation
*For admitted students only
April 18, 2012, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Car Barn 230
African Leadership: The Downfall or Opportunity for a Continent?
His Excellency President Rupiah Banda
April 18, 2012 6:30pm-8:00pm
Location: ICC 550
His Excellency President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, 75, served as Zambia’s ambassador to the United Nations, ambassador to the United States, then vice president under President Levy Mwanawasa, taking over as acting president in June 2008 when Mwanawasa died after suffering a stroke. He was elected president in October 2008, oversaw notable national growth rates during his tenure with GDP peaking at 7.6 percent in 2010, and was narrowly defeated for reelection in September 2011.
UNICEF Spring Film Festival: ASG Movie Screening
April 18, 2012, 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: ICC 115
ASG screening "I Am Because We Are", a documentary produced by Madonna premiered at the Cannes Film Festival that documents concerns over millions of orphans of Malawi who lost their family to HIV/AIDS.
Tuesday, April 24th
AFSP Senior Thesis Presentations
April 24, 2012, 6:00pm
Location: Mortara Center for International Studies
Please join us as our African Studies Certificate/Minor senior thesis students present their research findings that culminate their studies at Georgetown University and in the African Studies Program.
Wednesday, April 25th
Tanzania Summer Trip Orientation
*For admitted students only
April 25, 2012, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Car Barn 230
Thursday, April 26th
Child Soldiers in Africa: Critical Perspectives
Speaker: Veronica Isala Eragu Bichetero, Gender and Conflict Advisor, The World Bank
April 26, 2012, 11:00am-12:30pm
Location: Reiss Science Building, Room 112
Veronica Isala Eragu Bichetero is a lawyer and an advocate of the Courts of Judicature of Uganda. She is a senior consultant with EDG Venture Consult and an expert in women's rights, children's rights, vulnerable persons' rights, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding in Africa. Ms. Bichetero currently works with the World Bank as Gender and Conflict Advisor. She also does consultancies in human rights, governance, and rule of law for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO).
