IAD Seminar Series

Issues in African Development Special Topic Seminar Series (CRP 4770/6770) - Fall 2020 Theme: Environment, Sustainability and Health Challenges in Africa: Managing Human-Nature Interactions. Issues in African Development Seminar Series examines critical concerns in contemporary Africa using a different theme each semester. The seminars provide a forum for participants to explore alternative perspectives and exchange ideas. They are also a focal activity for students and faculty interested in African development. In addition, prepares students for higher level courses on African economic, social and political development. The presentations are designed for students who are interested in development, Africa’s place in global studies, want to know about the peoples, cultures and societies that call Africa home, and explore development theories and alternate viewpoints on development.

October

1 Africa’s Industrialization Prospects: Structural Transformation, Covid-19 Impact and the Debate on SustainabilityCarlos Lopes, The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town

Registration https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsf6hqT8jG9b6CN5bw5720j_EnziMQZRC

15 African Cultural Heritage: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Strategies of

Managing Diseases during Pandemics

Ladislaus Semali, Professor Emeritus of Comparative and International Education,

Penn State University

https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkf-Gurz0sHd0WqGZGgl4wpxWqT8nq7oRe

22 Industrialization as a Model of Development Revisited

Jean Kachiga, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, SUNY Brockport

https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkceqvrTwqHdRMs2ht9eHtRiJbN5L4jyrj

29 Tracking Sources of Neurotoxic Mercury Contaminating Tropical African Fisheries

Ryan Lepak, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Aquatic Sciences Center,

University of Wisconsin-Madison