Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. What a Diary Confers: Children in the Zambezi Valley (October 24, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68478 68478-17086379@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 2:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Pamela Reynolds will speak about her book The Uncaring, Intricate World: A Field Diary, Zambezi Valley, 1984-85 (Duke 2019). Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, Reynolds is author of War in Worcester: Youth and the Apartheid State. As U-M Presidential Professor she conducted the 2001-02 Mellon Seminar: Contested Childhood in a Changing Global Order. Following her talk, she is available for further conversation at a reception and book signing held in her honor. Reception RSVP at lizgoode@umich.edu

Free and open to the public

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:18:19 -0400 2019-10-24T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion Lecture poster
DAAS Africa Workshop with Khalid Medani (McGill University) (November 12, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68656 68656-17130524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Biography:
Khalid Mustafa Medani
Chair, African Studies Program
Graduate Program Director, Islamic Studies Institute
Associate Professor
Political Science Department and the Islamic Studies Institute

Education
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
MA, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1995
MA, Development Studies, Georgetown University, 1990
BA, Brown University, 1987

Teaching and research interests
African Politics, Islam and Politics, Informal Economies, Middle East Politics, Ethnic and Civil Conflict, Comparative Politics, Political Economy of Development.

Representative publications
"State Building in Reverse: The Neo-Liberal "Reconstructio" of Iraq", Middle East Report, Summer 2004.

"Financing Terrorism or Survival? Informal Finance, State Collapse and the US War on Terrorism", Middle East Report, 2002.

"The Political Economy of an Islamist State: Sudan", Political Islam, Joel Beinin and Joe Stork, eds. (University of California Press, 1997).

"Identity in Sudan’s Foreign Policy (with Francis M. Deng)", Africa in the New International Order, eds. Edmond J. Keller and Donald Rothchild (Lynn Reiner Press, 1996).

"Sudan’s Human and Political Crisis", Current History, May, 1993.

"Funding Fundamentalism: Sudan", Review of African Political Economy, September-October, 1991.

Selected Conference Papers
“Informal Economies, Identities and Islamic Extremism,” Sociology Lecture Series, Yale University, March 31, 2005.

“The Political Economy of Religious Fundamentalism: A Comparative Perspective,’ Paper delivered at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 3, 2004.

“Globalization and Islamic Militancy: Giving some context to the attacks of 9/11,” paper delivered at the 45th Annual International Studies Convention. “Hegemony and its Discontents,” Montreal, March 17-20, 2004.

“Informal Markets and the Changing Face of Political Islam: the View from Cairo,” paper delivered at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, September 2-5, 2003.

“US Policy in Iraq: Prospects and Perils,” Paper delivered to the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISC), Stanford University, May 2003.

“Globalization, State Building and Collective Action: The Politic Economy of Remittance Inflows and Identity Politics in Northwest and Northeast Somalia,” Annual Conference of the Joint Berkeley-Stanford Conference on African Studies, April, 2001

Current Book Project
Globalization, Informal Markets and Collective Action: The Development of Islamic and Ethnic Politics in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:36:30 -0400 2019-11-12T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-12T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
ASC Event. Mellon Workshop: Historical and Contemporary Expressions of Populism in Africa and Beyond (November 17, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68026 68026-16986086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 17, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

Populism has re-emerged across the globe, displaying multiple, left and right leaning variants and provoking complex engagements with the limits of liberal democracy. There is a new generation of populists on the African stage, offering contradictory and often disturbing visions regarding Africa’s future. Some, including Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa, have re- imagined concepts and policies linked historically to theories on the left, while others, such as David Bahati and the anti-gay campaigners of Uganda, have advanced a deeply conservative and reactionary religiosity. These new forms of populism that are being expressed across the political spectrum invite careful analysis of the continuities and ruptures in African politics from the 20th to the 21st centuries, as well as the ways in which ideas and movements travel across national boundaries. Several contemporary populist movements are historically rooted in older movements on the continent, and those histories provide linguistic markers and affective registers for contemporary encounters. Yet the current brands of populism are also distinctive in their own right, rather than simply being a re- packaging and reiteration of national liberation. As in the 1950s and 60s—the era of decolonization— when newly independent African states were sometimes confronted with populist movements that challenged their technocratic and nationalist frames, the failures of postcolonial developmental projects have provoked contestations today. Moreover, in the 1970s, African dictators drew on new media— radio and television in particular—to define for their audiences new modes of political and cultural belonging. Social media today is different from that period in reach and in tone, but it has made possible the creation of new spaces and organisational forms for politics. For example, aided by social media, social movements, especially queer and feminist organisations, have escalated in intensity and appeal over the past several decades, and these also shape the contours of populism. Their aspirations and objectives significantly inform populist rhetoric, either acting as subjects of its many demands, or as the objects of derision.

This workshop will reflect on the cultural and political registers and infrastructures of populism in Africa (and elsewhere). What circumstances invite (some) people to see themselves as an oppressed majority? What work do authenticité and other nativist agendas do to clarify identities and marginalize minorities? What is the relationship between African forms of liberal democracy, and development in particular, and populism? Are populist movements opening up spaces for new forms of gendered political performances? Finally, what lessons can be learned from the past as African, American, and European democracies together confront a renewed wave of nativist enthusiasm?

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:43:51 -0500 2019-11-17T08:30:00-05:00 2019-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
ASC Event. Mellon Workshop: Historical and Contemporary Expressions of Populism in Africa and Beyond (November 18, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68026 68026-16986087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 18, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

Populism has re-emerged across the globe, displaying multiple, left and right leaning variants and provoking complex engagements with the limits of liberal democracy. There is a new generation of populists on the African stage, offering contradictory and often disturbing visions regarding Africa’s future. Some, including Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa, have re- imagined concepts and policies linked historically to theories on the left, while others, such as David Bahati and the anti-gay campaigners of Uganda, have advanced a deeply conservative and reactionary religiosity. These new forms of populism that are being expressed across the political spectrum invite careful analysis of the continuities and ruptures in African politics from the 20th to the 21st centuries, as well as the ways in which ideas and movements travel across national boundaries. Several contemporary populist movements are historically rooted in older movements on the continent, and those histories provide linguistic markers and affective registers for contemporary encounters. Yet the current brands of populism are also distinctive in their own right, rather than simply being a re- packaging and reiteration of national liberation. As in the 1950s and 60s—the era of decolonization— when newly independent African states were sometimes confronted with populist movements that challenged their technocratic and nationalist frames, the failures of postcolonial developmental projects have provoked contestations today. Moreover, in the 1970s, African dictators drew on new media— radio and television in particular—to define for their audiences new modes of political and cultural belonging. Social media today is different from that period in reach and in tone, but it has made possible the creation of new spaces and organisational forms for politics. For example, aided by social media, social movements, especially queer and feminist organisations, have escalated in intensity and appeal over the past several decades, and these also shape the contours of populism. Their aspirations and objectives significantly inform populist rhetoric, either acting as subjects of its many demands, or as the objects of derision.

This workshop will reflect on the cultural and political registers and infrastructures of populism in Africa (and elsewhere). What circumstances invite (some) people to see themselves as an oppressed majority? What work do authenticité and other nativist agendas do to clarify identities and marginalize minorities? What is the relationship between African forms of liberal democracy, and development in particular, and populism? Are populist movements opening up spaces for new forms of gendered political performances? Finally, what lessons can be learned from the past as African, American, and European democracies together confront a renewed wave of nativist enthusiasm?

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:43:51 -0500 2019-11-18T08:30:00-05:00 2019-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
ASC Event. Mellon Workshop: Historical and Contemporary Expressions of Populism in Africa and Beyond (November 19, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68026 68026-16986088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

Populism has re-emerged across the globe, displaying multiple, left and right leaning variants and provoking complex engagements with the limits of liberal democracy. There is a new generation of populists on the African stage, offering contradictory and often disturbing visions regarding Africa’s future. Some, including Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa, have re- imagined concepts and policies linked historically to theories on the left, while others, such as David Bahati and the anti-gay campaigners of Uganda, have advanced a deeply conservative and reactionary religiosity. These new forms of populism that are being expressed across the political spectrum invite careful analysis of the continuities and ruptures in African politics from the 20th to the 21st centuries, as well as the ways in which ideas and movements travel across national boundaries. Several contemporary populist movements are historically rooted in older movements on the continent, and those histories provide linguistic markers and affective registers for contemporary encounters. Yet the current brands of populism are also distinctive in their own right, rather than simply being a re- packaging and reiteration of national liberation. As in the 1950s and 60s—the era of decolonization— when newly independent African states were sometimes confronted with populist movements that challenged their technocratic and nationalist frames, the failures of postcolonial developmental projects have provoked contestations today. Moreover, in the 1970s, African dictators drew on new media— radio and television in particular—to define for their audiences new modes of political and cultural belonging. Social media today is different from that period in reach and in tone, but it has made possible the creation of new spaces and organisational forms for politics. For example, aided by social media, social movements, especially queer and feminist organisations, have escalated in intensity and appeal over the past several decades, and these also shape the contours of populism. Their aspirations and objectives significantly inform populist rhetoric, either acting as subjects of its many demands, or as the objects of derision.

This workshop will reflect on the cultural and political registers and infrastructures of populism in Africa (and elsewhere). What circumstances invite (some) people to see themselves as an oppressed majority? What work do authenticité and other nativist agendas do to clarify identities and marginalize minorities? What is the relationship between African forms of liberal democracy, and development in particular, and populism? Are populist movements opening up spaces for new forms of gendered political performances? Finally, what lessons can be learned from the past as African, American, and European democracies together confront a renewed wave of nativist enthusiasm?

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:43:51 -0500 2019-11-19T08:30:00-05:00 2019-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
ASC Event. Mellon Workshop: Historical and Contemporary Expressions of Populism in Africa and Beyond (November 20, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68026 68026-16986089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 8:30am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: African Studies Center

Populism has re-emerged across the globe, displaying multiple, left and right leaning variants and provoking complex engagements with the limits of liberal democracy. There is a new generation of populists on the African stage, offering contradictory and often disturbing visions regarding Africa’s future. Some, including Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa, have re- imagined concepts and policies linked historically to theories on the left, while others, such as David Bahati and the anti-gay campaigners of Uganda, have advanced a deeply conservative and reactionary religiosity. These new forms of populism that are being expressed across the political spectrum invite careful analysis of the continuities and ruptures in African politics from the 20th to the 21st centuries, as well as the ways in which ideas and movements travel across national boundaries. Several contemporary populist movements are historically rooted in older movements on the continent, and those histories provide linguistic markers and affective registers for contemporary encounters. Yet the current brands of populism are also distinctive in their own right, rather than simply being a re- packaging and reiteration of national liberation. As in the 1950s and 60s—the era of decolonization— when newly independent African states were sometimes confronted with populist movements that challenged their technocratic and nationalist frames, the failures of postcolonial developmental projects have provoked contestations today. Moreover, in the 1970s, African dictators drew on new media— radio and television in particular—to define for their audiences new modes of political and cultural belonging. Social media today is different from that period in reach and in tone, but it has made possible the creation of new spaces and organisational forms for politics. For example, aided by social media, social movements, especially queer and feminist organisations, have escalated in intensity and appeal over the past several decades, and these also shape the contours of populism. Their aspirations and objectives significantly inform populist rhetoric, either acting as subjects of its many demands, or as the objects of derision.

This workshop will reflect on the cultural and political registers and infrastructures of populism in Africa (and elsewhere). What circumstances invite (some) people to see themselves as an oppressed majority? What work do authenticité and other nativist agendas do to clarify identities and marginalize minorities? What is the relationship between African forms of liberal democracy, and development in particular, and populism? Are populist movements opening up spaces for new forms of gendered political performances? Finally, what lessons can be learned from the past as African, American, and European democracies together confront a renewed wave of nativist enthusiasm?

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:43:51 -0500 2019-11-20T08:30:00-05:00 2019-11-20T17:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) African Studies Center Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
ASC Event. 2019 UMAPS Colloquium Series (November 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68023 68023-16986083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

This series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Darlington David, University of Liberia, Liberia
“Mathematical Modeling of Cancer Self - Remission and Tumor Instability as Prey - Predator System”

Abigiya Tilahun, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
“Effect of Psychosocial Intervention on Survival of Breast Cancer Patients”

Valentine Ucheagwu, Chukwu Emeka Odumegwu University, Nigeria
“The Victims as well as the Caregivers: Reducing the Burden of Dementia in Developing African Nations (Nigeria as a Case Point)”

Doreen Agyei, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
“Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights: a Burden for the Ghanaian Law and Practice”

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Presentation Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:15:36 -0400 2019-11-21T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-21T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Presentation umaps_banner
DAAS Africa Workshop with Babajide Ololajulo (University of Ibadan) (December 3, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68658 68658-17130525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

This talk engages with posthumous paternity, a creative kinship practice of the Yoruba ethnicity of southern Nigeria. It explores how the practice, which survived the repugnancy doctrine of colonial jurisprudence, attests to the multiple interconnections and possibilities in the Yoruba endogenous epistemologies. The talk also explores the similar ideological premises of Yoruba posthumous births and assisted reproduction technology.

Biography:
Academic and Professional Qualifications: B.A (English), M.A, PhD(ibadan)

Academic Title: Dr

Academic Status: senior Lecturer

Area of Specialisation: Development Anthropology

Office: Room A322 Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology

Contact: Tel: +234-703-429-2290

E-mail:babjw74@yahoo.com

bo.ololajulo@mail.ui.edu.ng

Fellowships/Awards

Economic and Social Research Council Grants, UK 2013

3rd Prize: Best PhD Thesis Competition, University of Ibadan 2005/200

IFRA Doctoral Research Grant 2005

Sephis Laureate: 13th Factory of Ideas, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:46:55 -0400 2019-12-03T16:00:00-05:00 2019-12-03T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
ASC Event. 2019 UMAPS Colloquium Series (December 5, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68024 68024-16986084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 5, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

This series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Wawa Nkosi (Moody scholar), Stellenbosch University, South Africa
An Economic Analysis of the Characteristics of Cartels and Cartel Prosecution in South Africa: A Twenty-Year Review

John Hena, Kenyatta University, Kenya
Evaluation of Metabolomics Methods for Health-Related Research: Introducing Emerging Life Science Research Techniques at the University of Liberia

Chinwe Ikpo (Moody scholar), University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Investigating the Electrochemical and Structural Properties of Na2MnSiO4 and Li2MnSiO4 in CNT-Graphene Nanonetworks for Na/Li-ion Batteries

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Presentation Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:07:56 -0400 2019-12-05T15:00:00-05:00 2019-12-05T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Presentation umaps_banner
The 1619 Project Podcast: Episode 1: The Fight for a True Democracy (January 14, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70993 70993-17766493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

America was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one.


“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:58:04 -0500 2020-01-14T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-14T20:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
The 1619 Project Podcast: Episode 2: The Economy That Slavery Built (January 16, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70996 70996-17766496@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

The institution of slavery turned a poor, fledgling nation into a financial powerhouse, and the cotton plantation was America’s first big business. Behind the system, and built into it, was the whip. On today’s episode: Matthew Desmond, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of “Evicted,” and Jesmyn Ward, the author of “Sing, Unburied, Sing.”


“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:55:04 -0500 2020-01-16T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T20:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Cheikh Lô | Artist Q&A (January 25, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71438 71438-17827790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 25, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

Saturday, January 25, Noon-1:30pm
Blue Llama, 314 S. Main St
Free & Open to the Public

Cheikh Lô is one of the great mavericks of African music. A superb singer and songwriter as well as a distinctive guitarist, percussionist and drummer he has personalised and distilled a variety of influences from West and Central Africa, to create a style that is uniquely his own. Incorporating Senegalese mbalax with elements of salsa, Zairian/Congolese rhumba, folk, and jazz, Lô has created an infectious, hook-laden style of pop music. Born in 1955, to Senegalese parents in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, not far from the border with Mali, where he grew up speaking Bambara (language of Mali), Wolof (language of Senegal) and French. At 21 he started singing and playing percussion with Orchestra Volta Jazz in Bobo Dioulasso, and spent much of the 1980s working as a session musician in both Dakar, Senegal and Paris, France, while also developing his own repertoire. In 1995, Youssou N’Dour helped to produce his second solo record, and signature sound – a semi acoustic, Spanish-tinged take on the popular mbalax style – was an instant success in Senegal, gaining him a dedicated local following and subsequent international success.

Cheikh Lô will also perform two sets at the Blue Llama Jazz Club on Saturday, January 25 (7pm & 9pm). Visit https://www.bluellamaclub.com/event/cheikh-lo for ticket information for these performances.

This Artist Q&A is co-sponsored by Center for World Performance Studies and African Studies Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:10:01 -0500 2020-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-25T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for World Performance Studies Lecture / Discussion Cheikh Lo
Africa Workshop with Robert Launay (Northwestern) (January 28, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71004 71004-17766504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Biography
Robert Launay is a social/cultural anthropologist trained in the United States, England, and France. He has conducted extensive field work in West Africa (specifically in Côte d’Ivoire) with Muslim minorities historically specializing in trade. His first book, Traders without Trade (Cambridge University Press), focused on how this minority was able to adapt to its loss over its former trade monopoly. His second book, Beyond the Stream: Islam and Society in a West African Town (University of California Press), which won the Amaury Talbot Prize for best African ethnography in England in 1992, dealt specifically with religious change and controversy. He has recently edited a volume on Islamic Education in Africa: Writing Boards and Blackboards (Indiana University Press, in press).

After years of teaching the history of anthropology to undergraduates and graduates alike in the department, he has begun research on the history of the discipline, publishing several articles on the history of ethnography in Africa (particularly in French) and, more extensively, on the ‘prehistory’ of the field. His recently publishd book, Savages, Despots, and Romans: The Urge to Compare and the Origins of Anthropology, traces the ways in which “modern Europeans” came to define themselves with reference to non-moderns (ancient Greeks and Romans in particular) and non-Europeans from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. He has edited an anthology of early sources in anthropology, Foundations of Anthropological Theory: From classical antiquity to the eighteenth century (Wiley/Blackwell 2010)

Most recently, he has begun a project on French foodways in the Midwest, in collaboration with Aurelien Mauxion, a graduate of the program who wrote his dissertation under his supervision. The project takes as its starting point the fact that the Midwest was colonized by France before it became part of the United States. They are looking at how early French settlers adapted to specifically American foods and environments, and how contemporary descendants of French settlers express their identities in terms of what they cook and eat.

In Spring 2018, Prof. Launay spoke at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, the Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII in Bologna, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and the Universities of Bayreuth and Gottingen in Germany.
Research and teaching interests
The history and ‘prehistory’ of anthropological theory, as well as its contemporary developments; the anthropology of scriptural religions, with particular focus on Islam; the historical ethnography of West Africa; the anthropology of food, particularly French foodways in the American Midwest.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Jan 2020 10:19:47 -0500 2020-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
ASC Event. 2019 UMAPS Colloquium Series (February 13, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68025 68025-16986085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

This series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics, and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

Aminu Dramani, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Examining the Intractability of Low Intensity Conflicts in West Africa: The Case of Ghana

Tesfaye Habtu, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Representation and State Ideology in Ethiopian Drama: A Critical Study of Historical Dramas of King Thewodros II

John Imokola, Makerere University, Uganda
Perspectives on Television Local Content Regulation in Uganda

Johannes Machinya (Mellon scholar), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Migration and Politics in South Africa: Normalising Xenophobia through Political Demagoguery

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Presentation Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:11:37 -0400 2020-02-13T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Presentation umaps_banner
Order and the Underground: Governing the Goldfields of Madagascar (March 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73591 73591-18267638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Brian Ikaika Klein is a doctoral candidate in environmental science, policy, and management at the University of California, Berkeley. His research integrates the study of social and ecological conditions and processes to understand resource access and governance in extractive frontier settings across the Global South. Prevailing narratives among policymakers and in popular media consistently portray these spaces as unregulated and chaotic.
Klein challenges these representations by documenting and analyzing the complex governance arrangements that order activities, manage conflict, and determine livelihoods on the extractive frontier. He presents ethnographic and historical evidence from Madagascar to elucidate the emergence, evolution, and endurance of governance institutions in gold mining communities on the island, as well as to interrogate the global, national, and local dynamics by which these institutions are shaped.
At the center of his work is a commitment to producing policy-relevant research informed by interdisciplinary political-ecological analysis interested in achieving more equitable and sustainable development outcomes for smallholder resource extractors and rural communities–in Madagascar, and across sub-Saharan Africa.
Klein’s research has won support from the National Science Foundation, UC Berkeley’s Center for African Studies, and UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Law and Society (among other divisions on campus). His agenda for future research comprises extending this analysis to build a broader comparative project on frontier governance; examining the consequences of Chinese state-corporate investments and interventions in Africa’s extractive resource sectors for local institutions and livelihoods; and investigating the ways in which the growth of industries related to climate change mitigation is generating new globally-networked and locally-embedded mineral economies. He is also collaborating with U4/USAID/WWF as an expert consultant on natural resource governance and corruption in Madagascar.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:40:45 -0500 2020-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
CANCELLED - DISC Supplemental Lecture. Service Provision, Citizenship, and Governance: Exploring the Role of Islam in Mali (March 13, 2020 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72715 72715-18061844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Unfortunately and due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled.

Dr. Jaimie Bleck is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. She specializes in African politics with a focus on democratization, education, participation, and citizenship. Her first book, Education and Empowered Citizenship in Mali, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2015. She and Nicolas van de Walle published, Continuity in Change: Electoral Politics in Africa 1990-2015, with Cambridge University Press in 2018. Her work appears in the Journal of Politics, the Journal of Modern African Studies, Comparative Political Studies, African Affairs and Democratization. She spent 2014-2015 on sabbatical in Mali as an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow. Her research has been funded by grants from the Spencer Foundation, National Science Foundation, and USAID-DRG.

Professor Bleck is also a concurrent faculty member in the Keough School of Global Affairs, Senior Research Advisor with the The Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity, Faculty Fellow with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Faculty Affiliate with Notre Dame Program for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (ND PIER).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:27:05 -0400 2020-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T14:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion jamie_bleck
19 Historical Black Figures: “Celebrating Black Joy on JuneTeenth” (June 19, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74992 74992-19128258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 19, 2020 9:00am
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Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

In honor of Juneteenth, The Office of Multi-Ethnic Students Affairs, Trotter Multicultural Center and The Department Of Afro-American and African Studies have joined together in an effort to recognize and pay tribute to 19 historical Black figures and symbolically commemorate the date of Juneteenth. Every hour beginning at 9:00am we will be celebrating #Blackjoy on our social media pages throughout the day by posting images and short bios of the selected individuals from a curated list gathered by MESA, Trotter and the DAAS Staff. Nineteen different folks who were civil rights leaders, freedom rights fighters, abolitionists and activists etc., will be acknowledged and celebrated publicly as we pay homage to those who supported and contributed to freedom, equal rights, and justice etc., for all black people from all different decades throughout history. We encourage university administration, faculty, and staff to repost, share or join in on this day as we celebrate and pay tribute to a small sample of our African American freedom fighters. Please feel free to reach out with any questions about participating if interested.

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Other Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:04:10 -0400 2020-06-19T09:00:00-04:00 2020-06-19T18:00:00-04:00 Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Other Juneteenth Tribute
International Institute Webinar. The MIRS Advantage - Masters in International and Regional Studies (October 5, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/77308 77308-19838055@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

*This event will be held on the first Monday of October, November, and December*
10/5, 11/2, 12/7 from 11 AM EST to 12 PM

RSVP required to attend: http://myumi.ch/v2jDR

Join MIRS advisor Charlie Polinko for an informational webinar for the Masters in International and Regional Studies Program. Charlie will present on topics related to the program structure, admissions requirements, funding and financial aid, specialization tracks, and dual-degree opportunities for students interested in applying for the Fall 2021 term. Registration is required.

The Masters in International and Regional Studies combines an interdisciplinary curriculum, deep regional/thematic expertise, rigorous methodological training, and international experiences to enable students to situate global issues and challenges in their cultural, historical, geographical, political, and socioeconomic contexts and to approach them in diverse ways. MIRS is designed to prepare students for global career opportunities, whether in academia, private, or public sectors.

MIRS builds on the strengths of the International Institute’s interdisciplinary centers and programs. Our centers and programs rank among the nation’s finest in their respective fields of study; five have been designated as U.S. Department of Education National Resource Centers. Students have the unique option of pursuing either a regional or thematic track with multiple specializations anchored in one of our centers or programs.

Specializations include:
African Studies
Islamic Studies
Chinese Studies
Japanese Studies
Middle East and North African Studies
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies

For additional information, contact MIRS-Info@umich.edu.

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*If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact mirs-info@umich.edu*

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:57:44 -0400 2020-10-05T11:00:00-04:00 2020-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Livestream / Virtual MIRS_webinar-banner
Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste (October 5, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77774 77774-19919781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 5, 2020 5:30pm
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Registration Required: myumi.ch/O4P30

Join members of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) community as they explore the meanings and implications of Wilkerson's work.

Moderator
Earl Lewis
Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Public Policy; Director, Center for Social Solutions

Panelists
Aliyah Khan
Associate Professor of English and
Afroamerican and African Studies

Karyn Lacy
Associate Professor of Sociology

Magdalena Zaborowska
Professor of American Culture and
Afroamerican and African Studies

Damani Partridge
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies

Renée Pitter
DAAS Alum, Research Program Manager for the Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, U-M School of Nursing

This live, virtual conversation will occur as a community engagement opportunity following the Penny Stamps Speakers Series Event Ken Burns & Isabel Wilkerson: In Conversation on Friday, October 2 at 8:00 p.m. More information: pennystampsevents.org.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:03:09 -0400 2020-10-05T17:30:00-04:00 2020-10-05T19:00:00-04:00 1027 E. Huron Building Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion
Critical Conversations: #Politics (October 14, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76730 76730-19741036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2020-21. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

This semester's series will be entirely online -- please RSVP to receive the Zoom link (see "Related Links" for RSVP form).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:37:52 -0400 2020-10-14T12:30:00-04:00 2020-10-14T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion