Political science department hosting two-day Africa conference
Released: April 22, 2008
Even though the semester is winding down, faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are continuing to look for new ways to improve curriculum for future political science department courses.
An excellent way they can do this is by attending “Teaching About Africa: Dispelling Myths, Exposing Realities,” the workshop being held May 2-3, 2008 for faculty at UW-Whitewater. The workshop will take place in University Center 259B.
Agenda for the workshop:
Friday, May 2
- Noon --Lunch and keynote speaker: Professor Crawford Young, UW-Madison
- 2 p.m. –Introduction: Professor E. Howard Grisby, UW-Whitewater
- 3:30 p.m. --Africa in History: Professor Lloyd Binagi, UW-Whitewater
- 5 p.m. --Education in Africa: Andrew Clement and Kristen Molyneaux, UW-Madison
- 6 p.m. --Dinner and film
Saturday, May 3
- 8:30 a.m. --Coffee and continental breakfast
- 9 a.m. --African Political and Economic Development: Professor Paul Adogamhe, UW-Whitewater
- 10:30 a.m. --Crisis in Darfur: Professor Sharon Hutchinson, UW-Madison
- 11:30 a.m. --Lunch
- 12:30 p.m. --Africa in Literature: Professor Geneva Moore, UW-Whitewater
- 2 p.m. --Africa and the Environment: Professor Matt Turner, UW-Madison
- 3 p.m. --Concluding remarks
“We decided to create a workshop about political, economic and social life in Africa in response to faculty who expressed a desire to know more about Africa,” said Jane Gottlick, political science department lecturer. “There is no shortage of negative and very sad data about life on the continent. We know that we can do more to understand how Africans see and think about Africa and to communicate responses on African life to students in our university core courses.”
Lecturer Anne Hamilton, Lecturer Jane Gottlick, Professor Charles Cottle and Associate Professor Paul Adogamhe, all from political science, have created and will coordinate the workshop. The goal of the workshop is to provide instructors of lower division courses with more information about Africa. In turn, they will be able to include more readings, films and discussions about Africa in their curriculum.
For more information contact either Anne Hamilton, hamiltoa@uww,edu; Jane Gottlick, gottlicj@uww.edu; or Charles Cottle, cottlec@uww.edu.
- Ashley Jones,jonesac08@uww.edu
