Fall Quarter: Africa/Food

Friday, October 25, 2013. 2-4 pm, Many Nations Longhouse – Dr. Judith Carney, Department of Geography, UCLA and Mr. Michael Twitty, Independent Culinary Scholar

“Afroculinaria: Exploring the Foodways Legacy of Trans-Atlantic Slavery”

• Exploring the Foodways Legacy of Trans-Atlantic Slavery”, will be a dynamic dialogue between two amazing people. We are excited to host Judith Carney (UCLA) and Michael Twitty (Antebellum Chef and Kosher/Soul) – each with rich experiences and perspectives – as our conversation participants. The discussion will be moderated by Riki Saltzman of the Oregon Folklife Network.For more information on the speakers please visit:
  Judith Carney, http://www.geog.ucla.edu/people/faculty.php?lid=594&display_one=1&modify=1
  Michael Twitty, http://afroculinaria.com

• Watch the video of Carney and Twitty talk here: http://media.uoregon.edu/channel/2013/11/06/afroculinaria-exploring-the-foodways-legacy-of-trans-atlantic-slavery/

Wednesday, October 30, 2013. 12-1.15pm – Dr. Daphne Gallagher, Department of Anthropology, UO

“Shea butter and land management in precolonial Burkina Faso (100-1600 CE)”

• Dr. Gallagher joined the UO Department of Anthropology in 2010 as a lecturer, courtesy research associate and undergraduate adviser. During this time she initiated the African Studies Lecture Series as co- organizer. Dr. Gallagher received her MA and Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and has conducted research in Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Tunisia. Her research interests include cultural context of agricultural practice, human ecology of savanna environments, and vegetal salt industries of West Africa.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013. 12-1.15pm – Dr. Larry Becker, Department of Geography, Oregon State University

“Land Sales on the Urban Fringe in Mali: Food and Equity in Jeopardy?”

• Dr. Becker is a professor of Geography and the Director of Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Program at Oregon State University. His specialties are agricultural, food systems, and development in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire. He gained extensive experience while completing his post-doc work with West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) in Cote d’Ivoire (now called the Africa Rice Center). He received his M.A. in education from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in Geography from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His current research interests include agrarian change and natural resource management.

Winter Quarter: Africa/Democracy

Wednesday, January 22, 2014. 12-1.15pm – Dr. James Long, Department of Political Science, University of Washington

“The Impact of Elections on Kenya’s Path to Democratization”

Wednesday, February 12, 2014. 12-1.15pm – Ambassador Eric Benjaminson, Former Ambassador to Gabon

“A 21st Century African Transition: Gabon as a Case Study of the Unanticipated Frictions of Democratization”

Wednesday, February 26, 2014. 12-1.15pm – Dr. Lisa Gilman, Program in Folklore/Department of English, UO

“Ethnic Pride or Tribalism: The Formation of Ethnic Associations in Multiparty Malawi”

Spring Quarter: Africa/Economies

Thursday, April 3, 2014. 12-1.15pm – Dr. Stelios Michalapolous, Department of Economics, Brown University

“On the Institutional Origins of African Development: National versus Ethnic-Specific Legacies”

Thursday, April 11, 2014. 12-1.15pm – Dr. Isaac Mbiti, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University

“Mobile Money in Kenya”

Thursday, May 8, 2014. 12-1.15pm – Dr. Melissa Graboyes, African Studies, UO

“Economies of Blood in East Africa: From Witchcraft to Transfusions”