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Nov 9, 2005 Campus Dialogue - Democracy as a Universal Value

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - University Union - Sandburg Lounge

Presented by Mario Morelli, Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies; Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies; and, Julia Albarracin, Assistant Professor of Political Science


Program Sponsored by American Democracy Project

This panel discussion will explore the thesis of Amartya Sen, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, that one of the great developments of the 20th century is the “emergence of democracy as the preeminently acceptable form of governance.” Panelists will discuss the merits of this claim by looking at how democracy has fared in Africa and Latin America...

Contact: Ann Comerford
Phone: 298-3232
Email: Ann.Comerford@doss.wiu.edu

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Nov 9, 2005 Lecture: "The Language(s) of the Text: Re-thinking African Literary Studies in the 21st Century"

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Stipes Hall 121

Dr. Harry Garuba, Scholar-in-Residence, will present a lecture open to the community-at-large.

Harry Garuba, Poet and Scholar

Currently a Mandela Fellow at Harvard University's DuBois Institute, Dr. Harry Garuba is a Poet and Professor of African Literature and Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Theory at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr.Garuba will be at WIU on a short visit as Scholar-in-Residence, based in the Department of African American Studies, and visiting classes and programs across the campus, from November 7 - 11, 2005. He will be located in Morgan Hall 232A, within the AAS department office.

Dr. Garuba's residency is being sponsored by the African American Studies Department, the English and Journalism Department, the Visiting Lecturer's Committee, the Center for International Studies and the Indigenous Africa and Diaspora Discourse Project (IADDP).

Anyone who wishes to reach Dr. Garuba in advance of his visit may contact him via email at: hgaruba@fas.harvard.edu

Contact: Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah
Associate Professor & Chair
African American Studies
309-298-1181
a-naallah@wiu.edu