Over the years, the African Feminist Initiative has run different types of program to further our mission. Here you will find information on our past lecturers, film screenings, events and more!
Feminist Residency/Visiting Scholars
As part of our mission to create productive and equitable partnerships with African feminist scholars and activists, we created a Feminist Visiting Scholars Program at Penn State. Although Feminists Visiting Scholars spend most of their time working on scholarly or creative projects, they also have opportunities to network with members of the larger Penn State community, through either classroom visits, guest lectures, or one-on-one meetings. From January to May 2023, Laura Hartmann will be joining us as a Fulbright Scholar from Philipps University of Marburg in Germany. Past residents include Dr. Mary Hames (University of the Western Cape, September 2016), Dr. Zimitri Erasmus (Wits University, April 2018), and Sanja Nivesjo (Stockholm University, August-December 2018). Please check back for additional details on future residencies as they become available.
Past Lectures
Elias Bongmba
African Feminist Conversations - Writing Sex Work
Past Event Fliers
![The Limitations of Nostalgia: The Past, Present, and Future of Displaced Zimbabwean Women - February 2016](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/Arrington-lecture-Feb-201616.png)
![African Feminist Conversations: Writing Sex Work and Prostitution in History and Fiction - April 2017](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/George-and-Unigwe-April-201736.png)
![Film Screening of Mariannes Noires - April 2019](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/Mariannes-Noires-Niang-Flyer-4.17.1975.png)
![Helpless Against the Tides: The Spirit of the Times in Doris Lessing's Autobiographies - October 2015](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/Olaussen-lecture-Oct-201576.png)
![African Muslim Feminism: A Panel Discussion - April 2016](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/Panel-discussion-flyer-April-201617.png)
![Feminist Art and Activism on Campus: A Transnational Discussion - September 2015](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/Panel-Discussion-Flyer-sept-2015.png)
![Reclaiming the P Word flyer, Sept 2015[11] smal](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/Reclaiming-the-P-Word-flyer-Sept-201511-smal.png)
![Putting it into Practice: Activism, Archives, and Thinking through Colonial Violence - February 2017](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/TJ-Tallie2.jpg)
![Film Screening of Voice of Muslim Women - April 2016](https://afi.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2021/09/Voices-of-Muslim-Women-film-screening-April-201633-e1631725435263.png)