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Events for 2009-2010
FALL 2009
International Education Week 2009
CAE is thrilled to be part of the Office for International Student Services' International Education Week 2009. We are co-sponsoring two events: "Growing up with/in Zimbabwe: Living & learning in the postcolony" and "TED Talks on Africa: Screening and moderated discussion".Growing up with/in Zimbabwe: Living & learning in the postcolony
Thursday November 19th
1pm-2pm
Private Dining Room, Grace Dodge Ground Floor, Teachers College
Join CAE for a Brown Bag Event: a moderated conversation with a group of 20- and 30-somethings sharing experiences from 3 decades of Zimbabwean independence. Through reflections on childhood, education, and young adulthood, we hope to shed a more personal light on the big issues confronting Zimbabwe today: the unity government and the country's political future, land and property rights, race and ethnic identity, and Zimbabwe's place in a global society.
Light refreshments will be served.
This event is co-sponsored by:The Center for African Education * The African Studies Working Group * The Office for International Student Services
TED Talks on Africa: Screening & Moderated Discussion
Wednesday November 18th
7pm-8pm
Horace Mann 150, Teachers College
Please join us for a screening and moderated discussion of two TEDtalks. TED is a non-profit that brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers and challenges them to give the talk of their lives. The two talks we will view and discuss are Hans Rosling’s new insights on poverty and Andrew Mwenda’s new look at Africa.
As described on the TEDtalks website, “Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.” Come to the screening to find out what it is!
Andrew Mwenda “asks us to reframe the ‘African question’ – to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war and helplessness and see the opportunities for creating wealth and happiness throughout the continent.”
Refreshments will be served as we watch the talks and discuss the ideas presented by Rosling and Mwenda.
This event is co-sponsored by:The Center for African Education * The African Studies Working Group * The Society for International Education * The Office for International Student Services
Past Events
SPRING 2009
February 12th Brown Bag Lecture with Professor Kate Crehan
SPRING 2008
MAY 2008
1) CAE/ASWG Farewell celebration for Professor Vavrus,
2) CAE/ASWG end of year celebration of African Studies,
APRIL 2008
1) Evolving relationship between China and Africa
2) Critical Connections: Law, Education, Scholarship & Practice: Reimagining Africa(ns) in light of Global Emigration & Neocolonialismco-sponsored with African Law Student Association April TBA @ 10:00 am -- 4:30 pm, Location TBD
3) Muslim Youth in NYC Public Schools, Wednesday, April 30 Cowin Auditorium, Teachers College
MARCH 2008
1) Lawrence Cremin Series Lecture featuring Professor Frances Vavrus
Tuesday, March 4 @ 3:00 pm -- 5:00 pm Location TBD
2) ASWG/CAE Newsletter, Africa in Focus Launch
Tuesday, March 11@ 5:30 pm (tentative) Location TBD
3) Careers in African Education panel
Moderator: Prof. Monisha Bajaj, Date TBD, Location TBD, Formation of Ethnic identity in the African Diaspora, Week of March 10, Location TBD, Gaining Educational Equity Around the World
4)CIES Conference
March 17 -- 21, Various Teachers College Locations, Please visit website for further information
HYPERLINK "http://www.tc.edu/its/cies/" http://www.tc.edu/its/cies/
5)Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility
AERA Conference, March 24 - 28, Various locations in Manhattan, NY
Please visit website for further informationHYPERLINK "http://www.aera.net/meetings/Default.aspx?menu_id=342&id=2936" http://www.aera.net/meetings/Default.aspx?menu_id=342&id=2936
FEBRUARY 2008
African Diaspora Scholars Initiative Opening Reception
The African Diaspora Scholars Initiative is an opportunity for doctoral students studying topics and issues related to people of the African descent to engage in a series of professional development and network opportunities with Teachers College faculty and other scholars of the African Diaspora. For more information contact HYPERLINK "mailto:cae@tc.columbia.edu" cae@tc.columbia.edu.Tuesday, February 26 @ 6:00 pm, Russell Hall (library), Room 306
JANUARY 2008
ASWG Book Breakfast Co-sponsored by Gottesman Library
Monday, January 25 @ 9:00 am -- 11:00 am Russell Hall (library), 2nd Floor of library
FALL 2007
DECEMBER 2007
Fundraiser for Amani Children's Hme
In an effort to suport the Amani Children's Home in
NOVEMBER 2007
Elections in Nigeria: A Tal with Dr. Andrew Okolie
Co-Sponsored by the Institute for African Studies, this event featured TC Professor, Andrew Okolie, former senior advisor to the Nigerian Vice President
ASWG Research Potluck
Student researchers gave presntations on previous or current research conducted in Afric or on the Diaspora. A variey of topics were discussed, including environmental education in
ASWG Afri-Cafe Lecture Series: Human Rights in Africa
This panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Okolie, featured three Human Rights Fellows at Columbia University: John Caluker, Executive Director of Forum of Concience; Christian Mounzeo, President of Meeting for Peace and Human Rights; and Nzene Halles, Policy Officer for Global Village Cameroon.
OCTOBER 2007
ASWG Kiswahili Language Group begin meetings for both advanced and beginner conversational practice.
Tanzanian Education: A view from the Inside Out
Mr Charles Moshi, an assistant principal at a secondary school in