- Founded
1956 - Seminar Number
435
The seminar provides a lively forum for scholars engaged in the advanced study of Africa. Faculty and visiting scholars from Columbia University, Barnard College, and neighboring institutions actively participate in the regular series of sessions. Seminar discussions focus on theoretical and comparative approaches to the study of colonial and contemporary states, built environments and ecologies, gender, the arts, media, cultural studies, and processes in political mobilization and leadership.
Laura Fair
lf2694@columbia.edu
Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
asiddiqi@barnard.edu
Rapporteur
Anusha Sundar
as6151@columbia.edu
Advisory and Steering Committee
Emanuel Admassu
Robyn d’Avignon
Cécile Feza Bushidi
Laura Fair
Abosede George
Sean Jacobs
May Joseph
Julie Kleinman
Fabian Krautwald
Brian Larkin
Daniel Magaziner
Manjari Mahajan
Casey McNeill
Prita Meier
Abdul Nanji
Nana Osei Quarshie
Antina von Schnitzler
Shobana Shankar
Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
Rhiannon Stephens
Zoë Strother
Matthew Swagler
Adedoyin Teriba
Madina Thiam
Gregory Valdespino
Jennifer Wenzel
Elleni Centime Zeleke