Thursday, February 28

• 10:30 AM African Studies Coffee Break
• 12:00 PM "Modernization and Climate Adaptation: The Politics of Human Security in (a Globalizing) Ethiopia"
• 4:00 PM "RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND POLITICAL PARTIES: INTERACTION IN CONTEMPORARY SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA"

Friday, March 1

• 9:00 AM "The Impact of Good Intentions: Telling the Story of Foreign Aid in the 21st Century"

Monday, March 4

• 12:00 PM Rodney: "The Macabre Market: The Rise of Life Insurance in Swaziland"
• 5:30 PM "Disorder and the Unappreciated Order: Women, Migration, and Labor in Mozambique"
• 6:00 PM FILM: Shungu--The Resilience of a People

Tuesday, March 5

• 5:00 PM One Drop Rule: Colorism and Black Consciousness

Wednesday, March 6

• 2:30 PM Shell Oil Nigeria Country Chair to speak at UMASS Boston

Thursday, March 7

• 4:00 PM "Religion, Psychosocial Vulnerability and Evolution: Exploring the Link Between Religion and Health Via Ethnographic Case Studies of Asante Ritual Healing"

Saturday, March 16

• 8:00 AM "Africa Innovate: Celebrating Successes, Addressing Challenges

Monday, March 18

• 12:00 PM Rodney: "Regulation, Reproduction, and Commodification: A Brief History of Diamond Mining in Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo"

Friday, March 22

• 4:00 PM Fulbright Teachers Reflect & Teach About their Experiences

Monday, March 25

• 12:00 PM Rodney: “Spell of Invisibility and the Logic of Sovereignty in Nigerian Pentecostalism and the Nigerian State”

Tuesday, March 26

• 12:00 PM Pardee House Seminar

Wednesday, March 27

• 12:00 PM "Naming the Birds of the Cape Colony: Vernacular Knowledge, Scientific Facts, and Imperialism"

Friday, March 29

• All Day 21st Annual Graduate Student Conference in African Studies

Sunday, March 31

• 5:00 PM Culturefest Featuring BU's Cultural Student Groups

Monday, April 1

• 12:00 PM Rodney: “'School is the path now:' Gendered Dimensions of Environmental Change in Rural West Africa”

Thursday, April 4

• 5:00 PM Annual Frederick S. Pardee Distinguished Lecture

Monday, April 8

• 12:00 PM Rodney: “Discontent of Per diems: Qualitative research on allowance payments in Malawi and Uganda”
• 2:30 PM BUASO Pep Rally

Tuesday, April 9

• All Day BU ASO A Day of Service

Wednesday, April 10

• 7:00 PM "Politics, Policy and Public Health Symposium

Thursday, April 11

• 7:00 PM Dancing with Afrithms: Dance Workshop