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 Weekly Newsletter, November 30th 2016

From the Department of Global Health: 
- Today: Kenya Research and Training Center Weekly Seminar Presents Jill Neary
- Public Health in Action: Research and Implementation in Zimbabwe Info Session

Announcements:
New Study Abroad Opportunities in Peru, Senegal, and Tanzania
- The Politics of Blackness and Indigeneity in Peru, Summer 2017
- On the Move: Migration, Community, and Storytelling in Senegal, Early Fall 2017

- Tanzania: Critical Perspectives on Ecotourism, Early Fall 2017

Closing Reception: Tamrat Gezahegne: Connecting the Dots


SAVE THE DATE: African Studies & Latin American and Caribbean Studies Holiday Party
From the Department of Global Health
 

Kenya Research and Training Center Weekly Seminar Presents Jill Neary
Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:30 -1:30 p.m.
NJB (908 Jefferson St., Seattle) Room 1309
Also Available via Adobe Connect – https://uwmedical.adobeconnect.com/_a821077065/krtc

Speaker: Jill Neary, MPH Candidate in Epidemiology at UW School of Public Health 
Sponsors: Department of Global Health, Kenya Research and Training Center
 

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Public Health in Action: Research and Implementation in Zimbabwe Info Session
Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 12:30 p.m.
Mary Gates Hall (Benton Lane NE, Seattle), Room 211

A unique opportunity to view public health in practice, this Zimbabwe immersion experience with the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZCHS) Zichire Program, will allow evolving learners interested in global health careers to have a first hand experience learning how accruing an evidence-basis in resource-limited settings is crucial for population health. The program is being offered for 2017 Summer B-Term. 

Announcements:
New Study Abroad Opportunities in
Peru, Senegal, and Tanzania
NEW: The Politics of Blackness and Indigeneity in Peru

Term Offered: Summer 2017 A-term
Approximate Dates of Instruction: June 17, 2017 to July 19, 2017
Application Deadline: February 15, 2017

This interdisciplinary program examines diversity in a non-US setting by asking how identity and history are constructed, negotiated, and renegotiated in Peru through artistic production and expressive culture, and how art engages the politics of historical memory and imaginations of Blackness and Indigeneity. Students will study the longer history of Peru while observing, working alongside, and learning from performing artists, community leaders, and activists who have played crucial roles in preserving Afro-Peruvian and Indigenous artistic and performative traditions.

For more information go here!

NEW: On the Move: Migration, Community, and Storytelling in Senegal

Term offered: Early Fall Start 2017
Approximate Dates of Instruction: August 23, 2017 to September 16, 2017

People all over the world are on the move, but move differently based on identity, economy, community and opportunity. This program introduces students to West African culture and society with a focus on Senegal.

For more information go here!


Tanzania: Critical Perspectives on Ecotourism

Term offered: Early Fall Start 2017
Approximate Dates of Instruction: August 22, 2017 to September 18, 2017

On this exploration seminar students will learn firsthand about ecotourism and its role in development, conservation and land rights. Students will work directly with grassroots activists and Maasai secondary school students to learn about community conservation in the Serengeti region of Tanzania. Contact Program Directors, Benjamin Gardner or Ron Krabill.

For more information go here!

Closing Reception - Tamrat Gezahegne: Connecting the Dots

When: Sunday December 4, 2pm to 5pm
Where: Tobya Art Gallery
2929 Rainier Ave. S. Seattle WA 98144

Painter, sculptor and performance artist Tamrat Gezahegne is the current, November- December 2016, featured artist at Tobya Art Gallery . The exhibit Tamrat Gezahegne: Connecting the Dots, which opened on Nov. 3, includes nineteen mid to large size paintings on canvas and fourteen mixed media works on paper. In addition to exhibiting his works, Tamrat presented his themed-performance Indigenous Wisdom at Seattle University.

In the last fifteen years, Tamrat prolifically produced and partook in residencies in Egypt, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Germany. Tamrat also exhibited in Ethiopia, and abroad in Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and US.

 
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