Provisional Conference Program

(please visit http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies/index.html for an updated version of the program)

 

Wednesday, November 1

Harris Hall 107, Northwestern University

 

5 pm    Public Lecture by Wole Soyinka :  “Othello’s Dominion, Immigrant Domain”

            The Othello Project of the English Department, Northwestern University

 

7 pm    Reception

           

 

Thursday, November 2

Michigan Room, Norris University Center, Northwestern University

 

9 am                 Politics and Literature in Nigeria   

 

11:00am           Nigerian Humanities: Responding to Conflict and Uncertainty

 

1:30 pm            The Niger Delta Crisis

 

4 pm                Private Sector Growth & Poverty Reduction

                                   

 

Friday, November 3

Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, Northwestern University

 

 

9 am                 HIV&AIDS in Nigeria: The Challenge of Prevention

 

11 am               Islam and the Political Arena

                                   

1:30 pm            Democracy Building and the 2007 Elections

                                   

4 pm                “Democracy and the Nigerian Ambiguity” Wole Soyinka

 

5 pm                Roundtable Discussion

                                                                     

 

Saturday, November 4

Program of African Studies, 620 Library Place, Northwestern University

 

9 am                 Strengthening Higher Education

                                   

 

11 am               The 2007 Transitions: Priorities for Collaborative Action