Culture and Language

Global Africa: Whence Its Past? Whither Its Future?

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/CAS/MillerComm2008-02-13.rv
Date: February 13, 2008
Speaker(s): Michael A. Gomez
Organization:
Keywords: Africa; diaspora; Pan-Africanism; Transnational Culture; CAS Millercomm Lecture; Culture and Language
Research Clusters: Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
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Globalization and Language Endangerment: Africa vs. The Americas

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/CAS/MillerComm2008-04-09.rv
Date: April 9, 2008
Speaker(s): Salikoko Mufwene
Organization:
Keywords: Africa; Latin America; North America; Colonization; CAS Millercomm Lecture; Communication; Culture and Language
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Totebags, Teeshirts, and Tableware: The Domestication of Hokusai's Great Wave

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/CAS/MillerComm2008-03-04.rv
Date: March 4, 2008
Speaker(s): Christine Guth
Organization:
Keywords: East Asia; Japan; CAS Millercomm Lecture; Culture and Language
Research Clusters: Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Serene Shadows: Aura and Icon in Postcolonial Senegal

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/cas/cas20061106.rv
Date: November 6, 2006
Speaker(s): Allen F. Roberts
Organization: Center for Advanced Study
Keywords: Africa; diaspora; Senegal; Culture and Language; Migration
Research Clusters: Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Series: CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series
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African Popular Cinema, Pentecostalism, and the "Powers of Darkness": Contested Discourses on "Tradition" in Ghana

Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/CAS/MillerComm2007-11-08.rv
Date: November 8, 2007
Speaker(s): Birgit Meyer
Organization: Center for Advanced Study
Keywords: Africa; Christianity; Communication; Culture and Language; Intellectual Property; Media; Religion
Research Clusters: Informatics, Communications, and the Media; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 33 minutes
Series: CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series
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Culture and Politics in Mexico: The Symbolism Behind Political Campaigns

Web Address: http://cas.illinois.edu/Events/ViewPublicEvent.aspx?Guid=84E53ED1-5149-4764-B165-5697C4F48DE4
Date: September 6, 2006
Speaker(s): Larissa Adler Lomnitz
Organization: Center for Advanced Study
Keywords: Latin America; Mexico; Communication; Culture and Language; Governance; Media; Political Economy
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 29 minutes
Series: CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series
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Sacred Terror: Theirs and Ours

Web Address: http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/las/las-v-2007-6/gs20071031_hoodbhoy.smil
Date: October 31, 2007
Speaker(s): Pervez Hoodbhoy
Organization: Global Studies Initiative
Keywords: Culture and Language; Global Studies Initiative Lecture; International Relations; Religion; Security; Terrorism; Weapons of Mass Destruction
Research Clusters: International Security
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour 27 minutes
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Illinois International: Global Affairs with Rajmohan Gandhi

Web Address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3LKWIMWMdI&feature=gv
Date: June 22, 2007
Speaker(s): Rajmohan Gandhi
Organization:
Keywords: India; South Asia; Culture and Language; Developing States; Economics; Ethics; Illinois International
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study
Format: Google Video
Running Time: 31 minutes
Series: Illinois International
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Globalization from Below

Web Address: http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/globalstudies/fall2006/smil/gs20061115_macas.smil
Date: November 16, 2006
Speaker(s): Luis Macas, Ecuadoran Indigenous Leader and Human Rights Activist
Organization: Global Studies Initiative
Keywords: Latin America; Ecuador; indigenous movement; Culture and Language; Developing States; Economics; Political Economy
Research Clusters: Global Studies as a Field of Study; Language and Culture
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 50 minutes
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