Lecture on Marriage in 1930s Ghana

DEBATING MARRIAGE IN THE LADIES' CORNER OF THE 1930s: THE FORMATION OF A CIVIC COMMUNITY AND CULTURE IN ACCRA, GHANA

Wednesday,March 31st, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm, at The Faculty House, 2nd floor (Room 2), Columbia University The speaker will be Dr. Jinny Prais, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Committee on Global Thought and the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University. If you have not done so already, please RSVP by 12noon on Wednesday, March 31st: caruso@columbia.edu or 212-854-8045 Seminar participants who wish to join the speaker and co-chairs for an after-session dinner at a nearby restaurant, please contact Yuusuf at caruso@columbia.edu

On Campus Talk with New Mayor of Accra

If you have any burning questions on the new development initiatives that are being taken in Accra, Ghana attend today's talk with the newly elected Mayor the Honorable Alfred Vanderpuije! The details of the event are as follows:

IAS Brown Bag: Discussion with Honorable Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra, Ghana.

Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Time: 12:00-1:00pm

Location: Knox Hall, Room 208