African Events In And Around Chicago

The following events are arranged by date.
If you have an event that you would like to see included on this list please email
the pertinent information to me at mdelance@depaul.edu.

EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, AND CULTURAL EVENTS

Jeanne Magill (director)
"Milking the Rhino" Documentary Screening
Northwestern University
Library Forum Room
620 Library Place, Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Oct. 21, 2009 (5:30 pm)
Reading by Author Chris Abani (CWA Writer in Residence)
Northwestern University
University Hall Rm. 201
1897 Sheridan Rd., Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Nov. 2, 2009
Fassil Demissie (DePaul University)
Discussant - "Store Front Churches" Photo Exhibition
Schmitt Academic Center (SAC), Ste. 551
DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus
2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
tel: 773-325-7512
http://las.depaul.edu/diaspora/index.asp

Nov. 2, 2009-June 30, 2009 (11:00 am - 4:00 pm)
"Store Front Churches" Photo Exhibition
Schmitt Academic Center (SAC), Ste. 551
DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus
2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
tel: 773-325-7512
http://las.depaul.edu/diaspora/index.asp

Nov. 6, 2009 (6:00-9:00 pm)
Sandra Jackson (DePaul University)
Discussant - Authors & Texts, "Black Europe and the African Diaspora"
Schmitt Academic Center (SAC), Ste. 551
DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus
2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
tel: 773-325-7512
http://las.depaul.edu/diaspora/index.asp

Nov. 17, 2009 (7:00 pm)
"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" Film Showing
Northwestern University
Location TBA
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Nov. 18, 2009 (12:00 pm)
Reading by Author Goretti Kyomuhendo
Northwestern University
University Hall Rm. 201
620 Library Place, Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

LECTURES AND CONFERENCES

Oct. 4, 2009 (4:00 pm)
Severine Autessere (Columbia University)
"The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peace Building"
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies Conference Room
620 Library Place, Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Oct. 7, 2009 (12:00 pm)
Cristina Lombardi Diop (Northwestern University Visiting Faculty)
"The Making of Places in Migration: Senegalese in Italy"
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies Conference Room
620 Library Place, Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Oct. 13, 2009 (5:30 pm)
Oct. 19, 2009 (4:00 pm)
Ousman Kobo (St. Olaf College) and Abdulai Iddrisu (Ohio State)
ISITA Seminar on Islamic Reform
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies Conference Room
620 Library Place, Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Oct. 23, 2009 (12:00 pm)
Ghislaine Lydon (UCLA)
"Trans-Saharan Trade and Islamic Practice in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa"
Northwestern University
Program of African Studies Conference Room
620 Library Place, Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Oct. 26, 2009 (4:00 pm)
John Comaroff and Jean Comaroff (University of Chicago)
"Nations with/out Borders: Neoliberalism and the Problem of Belonging in Africa, and Beyond"
Northwestern University
Location TBA
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Oct. 28, 2009 (2:30-4:30 pm)
Teresa Reed (University of Tulsa)
"Sinners in the Choir: The Black Church and the Devil's Music
Richardson Library, Rosati Rm. 300
DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus
2350 N. Kenmore Ave.
tel: 773-325-7512
http://las.depaul.edu/diaspora/index.asp

Nov. 9, 2009 (12:00 pm)
Clair Metelits (Washington State University)
"Inside Insurgency: Violence, Civilians, and Revolutionary Group Behavior"
Northwestern University
University Hall Rm. 201
620 Library Place, Evanston Campus
tel: 847-491-7323
http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies

Last Updated:  9/29/2009