Center for African Studies Calendar

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

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  • 12:00 pm   01:00 pm

  Cultural Heritage Preservation: Challenges and Opportunities for Heritage Protection Using AI

  • Webinar

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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  • 12:00 pm   01:30 pm
  • Room 306 Coble Hall

  Decolonizing Black Beauty: The Ambivalence of Afropolitan Women's Fashion in Paris

  • Lecture

Thursday, February 13, 2025

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  • 6:00 pm   07:30 pm
  • LATZER HALL

  Uman Tok: A Discussion on Period, Poverty and Global Collaboration

  • Lecture

Thursday, February 20, 2025

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  • 5:00 pm   8:00pm
  • Temple Hoyne Buell - 611 Loredo Taft Dr. Champaign

  Celebrating Afro-Cuban Artist Wifredo Lam

  • Lecture

Friday, February 21, 2025

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  • 6:30 pm   09:00 pm
  • Sun Room, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, Illinois

  International Black Music

  • Festival/Celebration

Monday, February 24, 2025

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  • 5:00 pm   06:30 pm
  • 809 S Sixth St. (GEO Office, McKinley Foundation)

  Q & A with Professor Erik McDuffie: The Second Battle for Africa

  • Webinar

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

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  • 12:00 pm   01:00pm

  Zinki AI

  • Webinar
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  • 6:30 pm   8:30pm
  • KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

  Passing on Stories

  • Performance