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Workshops & Symposia
Workshop on Africa's Response to Language Endangerment
December 2-4, 2010
The central goal of this workshop is to bring together experts working on language documentation to debate whether language endangerment in Africa differs from that in other parts of the world, and whether such differences merit an Africa-specific approach to documentation. Read More
UF representatives attend Wetlands Symposium in Botswana
UF PhD students and faculty affiliated with the National Science Foundation’s Integrated Graduate Research, Education and Training Program in Water, Wetlands and Watersheds (AMw3-IGERT) presented their research at the international symposium “Wetlands in a Flood Pulsing Environment: Effects and Responses in Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning and Human Society” in Maun, Botswana, the gateway to Southern Africa’s storied Okavango Delta.
For more information, click here.
Research Frontiers in African Politics 30-31 January 2010
The Center for African Studies and the Department of Political Science will host the Research Frontiers in African Politics workshop January 30-31. This workshop brings together PhD students from Cornell University, New York University, the University of California-Davis, the University of California-Los Angeles, and the University of Florida to discuss working papers that represent cutting edge research on the politics of sub-Saharan Africa. Please visit here for more info.
DWG
The Development Working Group and the Center for African Studies organize a Roundtable Discussion titled “On the Ground: Perspective on Fieldwork in Africa” on Monday, November 23rd from 12:45 to 3pm. Room 404 in Grinter.
This event aims to promote an open and fruitful dialogue among social scientists from different backgrounds who have carried out research in various parts of Africa. We want to exchange ideas and experiences, and learn from one another. The event format will leave plenty of time for questions from the floor. All interested faculty and graduate students on campus are welcome to participate, whether you are from the social sciences or not, and whether your interest is on Africa or on any other part of the developing world. Come and share your questions and experience with us!
Roundtable Speakers:
- Dr. Jonathan Kaminsky (Agricultural Economist, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Dr. Julie Silva (Economic Geographer, Department of Geography and Center for African Studies)
- Dr. Alyson Young (Medical Anthropologist, Department of Anthropology)
- Asking the right research questions
- Using research methods from multiple disciplines
- Common challenges in the field and lessons learned
- Strategies for being flexible
- Making research relevant to the populations you work with
Moderated by:
Dr. Renata Serra (Development Economist, Center for African Studies)
