When: July 5th, 2010 Monday, July 5th to Saturday, July 10th 2010
Where: University of Montreal
Contact: Rafaele Tahan: (http://www.cerium.ca/message430.html?lang=fr)
Information:
http://www.cerium.ca/Africa-not-as-Dark-as-You-Think,10454?lang=fr
Summer School at U. of Montreal: Africa, not as "Dark" as You Think
from Monday, July 5th to Saturday, July 10th 2010
Ten academics and experts from Africa, Europe and North America offer a fresh perspective to decode this pluralistic, complex and paradoxical continent and survey the successes, failures and challenges of today's Africa.
This course is intended for members of the public interested in international affairs and the cultures and peoples of the world, members of NGOs, public office holders, diplomats, journalists and business managers.
The course is offered by the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and can be taken for credit (3 credits, GEO6282) by graduate students. Undergraduate students may also enroll on specific conditions (http://www.cerium.ca/Why-these-differences-in-student?lang=fr).
Among topics covered :
-Africa face to face with its history
-African democratization processes
-The Sociology of armed conflicts
-International management of African crisis
-Africa and the emerging Global South : China, India, Brazil
-African migrations
-Africa and the environment
-Terrorism and Security policies in post-9/11 Africa
Among our Guest Speakers:
-Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (Université Paris-7)
-Célestin Monga (Banque mondiale)
-Leonardo A. Villalón (University of Florida)
-Bonnie Campbell (UQAM)
