Dr. Ibrahima Seck offered two lectures at the University of Washington in both Bothell and Seattle campuses, May 29 2018.  His lectures discussed the history of the German Coast in the wider context of the Atlantic slave trade and touched on many topics related to the cultural legacies of slavery in Louisiana, which showed deeper

African Studies affiliated faculty Lynn Thomas, Johanna Crane and Nora Kenworthy just published a collection of essays from their “Humanistic Perspectives on U.S. Global Health Partnerships in Africa and Beyond” project. This publication is online at *Medicine Anthropology Theory*: http://medanthrotheory.org/issue/5-2/

Last March 1st 2018 Honorable Halifa Sallah, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of  The Gambia, spoke at the African Studies program at UW on citizens’ participation and transparent elections becoming increasingly threatened by dangerous political actors around the world. However, recent democratic experiments in Africa provide important lessons about the opportunities and

Paul Farmer, Chief Strategist and Co-founder, Partners in Health, and Professor and Chair of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School visited the UW for a series of events on February 7 and 8, 2018. Events were sponsored by the African Studies Program and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. Medical anthropologist and physician Paul

psu.jobs/job/72128 DIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM Date Closing: open until filled DESCRIPTION The Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the African Studies Program. The position is to be filled at the rank of tenured Associate Professor or Professor, effective July 1, 2018.

We are sad to report that one of the two faculty members who founded the African Studies program at the University of Washington passed away July 14, 2017. Please, visit the Department of Anthropology website for a full story. In fall 2007 with the support of Professors Edgar Winans and Simon Ottenberg, the African Studies

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Jackson School Assistant Director for African Studies and Latin America & Caribbean Studies Monica Rojas-Stewart received the annual Jackson School Student Association Student Service Award in recognition of her outstanding service to students. In addition, Excelencia Tumi USA, a Peruvian organization in the U.S., has awarded Dr. Rojas-Stewart with the 2016 “Professional of the Year for