mbnelson

Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University

Wesleyan Alum Speaks about Africa, Conflict

WESeminar: Youth at War, Youth Building Peace, Youth on the Margins As the next generation of leaders, young people are key players in creating sustainable peace in areas torn apart by war. In conflict zones youth constitute a reservoir brimming with potential energy, ready to be channeled for good or ill. Yet, what causes some…

Baucom Lecture Tonight

The English Department Lecture Series presents Ian Baucom Republicanism, Empire, and the Archives of the Atlantic Wednesday, October 6, 6 P.M. Russell House 350 High Street Ian Baucom is the author, most recently, of Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and the Philosophy of History, which traces the history and destiny of modernity through…

Honors for our faculty

Professor Andrew Curran (French) has been elected to the New York Academy of Medicine. Professor Ákos Östör (Anthropology) “was appointed to “Professor Catedratico” for the fall semester at the Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Epresa – Lisbon University Institute. This is the highest appointment offered in the Portuguese University system.”

In New York: November Conference on Development

The Center for Public Scholarship presents the 22nd Social Research conference at the New School: From Impunity to Accountability: Africa’s Development in the 21st Century John Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NYC Thursday and Friday, November 1819, 2010 Join distinguished experts in discussing the challenges of developmentfacing African countries as they work to combat…

Settling In, Talks at CHUM

It is the second week of classes and most of us are beginning to settle into our routines.  I want to quickly remind students to take advantage of the unique course offerings we have this term, with two courses being offered at CHUM engaging African studies. CHUM’s lecture series this fall also features several talks…

Fall 2010 Courses

Our “courses” page now lists courses that are both officially part of the African Studies Cluster as well as those that include a smaller, but significant focus on “Africa”. Fall 2010 Courses It is worth highlighting two new courses this term, both offered at the Center for Humanities (CHUM). CHUM312-01 Theorizing Globalization from the Third…

Kennedy Odede ’12, NY Times Op-Ed on “Slumdog Tourism”

One of our students, Kennedy Odede, was published in Monday’s New York Times with an Op-Ed on “Slumdog Tourism”. A brief excerpt: I was 16 when I first saw a slum tour. I was outside my 100-square-foot house washing dishes, looking at the utensils with longing because I hadn’t eaten in two days. Suddenly a…

Jessica Posner ’09 Wins VH1 “Do Something” Award

Last night, Jessica Posner won VH1’s “Do Something Award” for the project she co-founded with Kennedy Odede (Wesleyan ’12). That project supports health and education for girls and women in Kibera, Kenya. You can watch a video of Paula Abdul’s introduction of Jessica and their program HERE. You can watch Jessica win the top prize…

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Call for Papers

Courtesy UC Berkeley’s Center for African Studies: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Call for Papers Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a tri-annual, fully-refereed journal published jointly by the Association of Nationalism and Ethnicity and Wiley-Blackwell, invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on issues pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes. The editors are particularly…