September 4 September 8KASC Welcome Back ReceptionBailey 109

Join us for food and conversation

“Creating a Spiritual Past: African American Heritage Connections to West African Islam”Beverly Mack (AAAS)Place, Race & Space SeminarHall Center

3:30 - 5:00 pm 3:30 - 5:00 pm*

September 25

November 193:30 pmFLAS Info SessionFor students interested in studying African languages, come learn about Foreign Language and Area Studies FellowshipsMalott Room, Kansas Union

September 17Mbira Dzavadzimu Players (Shona music, Zimbabwe)Erica Azim and Fradreck MujuruLied Center Pavilion

Free and open to the public

* Hall Center Seminar Series open to faculty, staff, and graduate studentsPhoto: Pirogues à Saint-Louis, Sénégal

Photo: Lake Victoria, Entebbe, Uganda

‘You Must be God’s Servant’: Medical Missionaries, Colonialism and Biomedicine in Uganda and KenyaHannington Ochwada Ujamaa Food for Thought Bailey 318Lunch provided

November 12

FLAS Info SessionFor students interested in studying African languages, come learn about Foreign Language and Area Studies FellowshipsMalott Room, Kansas Union

October 23October 21“Literary Bridges: The Local and Global as Envisioned in the Works of Sindiwe Magona”Dianne ShoberEnglish, University of Fort Hare English Room, Kansas Union

October 110:00 am - 4:00 pm International ExpoUndergraduate options for international programs, resources, and opportunities at KU Kansas Union

“Black Orientalism: Spiritualists, Muslims, Minstrels, Masons & the Making of Black Culture”Jacob Dorman (History/AMS)Resident Fellows Seminar Hall Center

12:00 - 1:30 pm*October 15October 3-4

Concepts and Practices for Decolonizing KnowledgeMid-America Alliance for African Studies 20th Annual Meeting (MAAAS)

Keynote Speaker: Garth Myers, Trinity College

The Commons, Spooner Hall

www.kasc.ku.edu

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Listen, Plan, Educate, Propel UgandaMickey Woolard Ujamaa Food for ThoughtBailey 318

Lunch provided

12:00 - 1:00 pm

October 29“The Suppression of Oppression: Impact of (Retouched) Racial Segregation Photos on Present Day Attitudes”Ludwin Molina (Psychology)Place, Race & Space SeminarHall Center

3:30 - 5:00 pm* October 20

7:00 pm

Fall EventsCalendar

2014

11:30 am -12:30 pm“Barack Obama and the Future of Black Politics” Marwa Africana LectureFred HarrisPolitical Science, ColumbiaAlderson Auditorium, Kansas Union

3:30 - 5:00 pm 3:30 pm