CANCELLED: Lagos Landing
*The film festival has been postponed until Fall 2020.* Lagos Landing is a romantic thriller, a love story inspired by true events. It was created in Nigeria. This screening is […]
Refashioning Worlds: Nature, Science, and the Human in the Thought of Hannah Arendt (Workshop)
What is the human being today? Do we need to rethink who we are in order to respond to the unprecedented threats posed by environmental and scientific change? This workshop […]
Museum Nights: Beyond the Mask
The HARN Museum of Art presents Museum Nights: Beyond the Mask. Immerse yourself in exhibitions that feature contemporary and historical art by artists from across Africa and the African diaspora, […]
Kannywood and Contestations and Negotiations between Sufi and Salafi Muslims – Musa Ibrahim
Join UF’s Musa Ibrahim for this public lecture about Sufi and Salafi Muslims in Nigeria. Presented by the Islam in Africa Working Group, the Center for African Studies, the Center […]
Digital Ethnography: Grounded Engagements with Online Worlds (Workshop) – Victoria Bernal
The workshop features short presentations by UF faculty members and students, followed by an open dialogue with Dr. Victoria Bernal of UC Irvine. It is open to anyone interested in […]
From the Excess to the Apocalyptic: Media and the Production of Religious Surplus in Africa – Asonzeh Ukah
The Center for Global Islamic Studies is organizing this lecture as part of the Henry Luce Foundation project, “Islam and Africa in Global Context.” Dr. Ukah is a sociologist of religion and […]
10th South East African Languages and Literatures Forum Conference
The South East African Languages and Literatures Forum (SEALLF) is an annual conference organized by a group of scholars working on African language pedagogy, linguistics, and literature. This year’s theme […]
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Baldwin | Achebe Africa | America @40
*Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this event was moved from April to October. Some of the speakers, locations, and times listed below may be subject to change as plans for […]
Media and ‘Public’ Islam in Africa and Elsewhere (Workshop)
The Center for Global Islamic Studies is organizing this Workshop as part of the Henry Luce Foundation project, “Islam and Africa in Global Context.” The workshop will feature presentations on mediated religion […]
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Blackness in French – Mame-Fatou Niang
Mame-Fatou Niang is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on contemporary France, Sub-Saharan Africa, Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, Media, and Urban Planning. […]