The programs, institutes and centers in the Franklin College exist to bring our faculty and students greater opportunity to work within and across traditional disciplines. From certificate programs and study abroad to specialized cultural programming that brings important discussions and guests to campus, our international institutes in particular create a crucial nexus of teaching and learning on campus.
The African Studies Institute, for example, presents four terrific speakers on campus this month, in a cross-section of established lecture series and annual events. The schedule begins this week on Thursday Oct. 3 with ASI Visiting Scholar Mobolanle Sotunsa, professor of Languages & Literary Studies at Babcock University, Nigeria. Dr. Sotunsa' s public lecture “Yoruba Drum Language: Cultural Retention, Aesthetics and Transmission,” will be held in the room 217 pf the Hunter/Holmes Academic Building at 4 pm.
Other ASI events this month include:
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Wednesday, October 9 |
Apero Africana Brownbag Lecture
“The Evolution of the Co-Production of Public Safety and Public Order: Local Applications and Resulting Implications for Public Management” Dr. Brian N. Williams UGA Public Administration and Policy
481 Tate Center @ 12:15pm |
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Thursday, October 17 |
ASI FALL LECTURE
“Cotton Pickin’ Dilemma: The Case of Victoria’s Secrets and the Fair-trade Organic Cotton Fields of Burkina Faso”
Dr. Gilbert Werema School of Management Texas Woman’s University Denton, Texas
Richard Russell Building Special Collections Libraries @ 4pm Light refreshments will be provided |
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Wednesday, October 23 |
Apero Africana Brownbag Lecture
“African Pastoralism in Transition: Linked Social and Ecological Dimensions of Sustainability” Dr. Elizabeth King UGA Odum School of Ecology
481 Tate Center @12:15pm |
Image: View of the UGA arch from the Hunter Holmes Academic Building, via UGA photographic services. Photo by Dot Paul.