{"id":103,"date":"2016-08-30T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/african-studies\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2017-10-05T08:28:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T13:28:04","slug":"fall-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/african-studies\/fall-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"2017- 2018 Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Fall 2017<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">September 20:<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Farooq Kperogi<\/strong>\u00a0(Kennesaw State University, Communications)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Digital Media Activism, Democracy, and Participation in Nigeria&#8221;<br \/>\n3:10-5:00 PM in the\u00a0Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">October 16:\u00a0<\/span><strong>Fall Writer&#8217;s Symposium\u00a0<\/strong>(with Novelist and Memoirist Professor Okey Ndibe)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">October 23:<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Yolanda Convington-Ward\u00a0<\/strong>(University of Pittsburgh)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">November 2:<\/span><strong>\u00a0ILens Film Show<\/strong>\u00a0(<\/span><span class=\"s1\">featuring\u00a0<b>KALUSHI<\/b>, an acclaimed South African film)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">November 8:<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Patricia Tang<\/strong>\u00a0(MIT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">November 13:<\/span><strong>\u00a0Student research symposium \u00a0<\/strong>(details TBD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">December 6:<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Kenneth G. Kelly<\/strong>\u00a0(University of South Carolina)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Spring 2018<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">January 17:<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Kwame Otu\u00a0<\/strong>(University of Virginia)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">February 5:<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Roundtable on Edutainment<\/strong>\u00a0(or advocacy entertainment)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Feb 21:<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Aili Tripp<\/strong>\u00a0(U Wisconsin-Madison)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">March 12-18:<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Africa Week<\/strong>\u00a0featuring Ndirangu Wachanga&#8217;s film on Writer, Ngugi wa Thiong&#8217;o. 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