Continuing education
Diploma in African Studies 2022-23
10 Aug - 03 Apr 2023
Completed
Modality
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General information

Africa is, without a doubt, the continent of the 21st century. That is why it is urgent to open a space where several academics can share their research work with students interested in the continent. The Diploma in African Studies seeks to enable participants to venture into African studies, broaden their knowledge and become decision-makers on issues related to the African region.

Admission Profile

Professionals and specialists from different disciplines belonging to the public or private sector, academics, undergraduate and graduate students and the general public related to the subject.

Some aptitudes such as verbal skills, critical thinking and analytical skills will be very useful in the course. Through these characteristics we seek to establish a profile that will allow students to develop research and job opportunities that respond to their professional interests.

Why this diploma course?

The PUEAA-UNAM Diploma in African Studies is a continuing education program, which, unlike others, focuses on key issues of contemporary Africa to broaden the understanding and perception of the region.

The thematic axes were proposed by specialists who have dedicated their professional lives to research on the continent who, in addition, will be able to advise you during and after the diploma course.

Instructors

The instructors and module coordinators are mainly UNAM professors and researchers with extensive experience in African studies. Many have lived and studied in African universities. The information they have and will transmit throughout the course is first-hand.

What do I get at the end of the course?

Students who successfully complete the diploma course, in addition to receiving their diploma endorsed by UNAM, will have a greater ability to perceive the different phenomena that occur in Africa.

Development of the diploma course

The course will be taught in 6 modules with a total duration of 120 hours.

Duration: from August 10, 2022 to April 3, 2023.

Schedule: Wednesdays from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Program click here


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Registrations
Details of the registration process

Request information and resolve doubts to the following e-mail: educon.pueaa@unam.mxbefore applying for registration.

  1. After receiving information, confirm your interest to participate as a student to the same email.
  2. Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive an email within 3 business days with an attached file with the payment form and a small registration form.
  3. Print the payment form and go to any BBVA branch to make the payment before the due date.
  4. Once the payment has been made, you must send by mail the original payment receipt, with your name and signature on the back, and a copy of an official ID.
  5. If an invoice is required, please notify us at the time of submitting your proof of payment, along with the fiscal data to make it. OTHERWISE, IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE INVOICE LATER.
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  7. If you have any doubts, please contact us at educon.pueaa@unam.mx

IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE VALIDATED ONLY AFTER THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PROOF OF PAYMENT.

Fees

Recovery fee: $14,900.00

One-time payment for general public: $11,920.00

Payment in one exhibition UNAM community: $10,430.00

Payment in installments for the general public: 3 payments of $4,966.67

Payment in installments UNAM community: 3 payments of $4,470.00

Module Fees

The price of each module is 2,483.33 pesos.

Accreditation requirements
  • 80% attendance
  • Payment of the recovery fee
  • Participate in the Final Evaluation

Evaluation

A written paper is submitted. The topic of the essays will be chosen according to the lines proposed by the module coordinators.


Aditional Information

There will be readings in English throughout the course of the course.

Space is limited

Program
Module I Economic, Political and Social Education
10 August, 2022 - 07 September, 2022

Coordinators: Adriana Franco and Marco Reyes


Número de horas: 16
10 August, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
* Introduction * The African Origin of Civilization
Marco Reyes
Autonomous University of Mexico City
10 August, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
The empire of Kush
Juan Vicente Estigarribia
Center of Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean Studies
17 August, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Silk Road and Chinese cartography
Francisco Haro
University of Colima
17 August, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Expansion of Islam
Indira Sánchez
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
24 August, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Oral tradition, kingdoms and cosmosensations
Adriana Franco
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
24 August, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Ubuntu philosophy
Jean Bosco Kakozi
Center for Asian and African Studies
The College of Mexico
31 August, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
African religions
José Alberto Cabán
University of Puerto Rico
31 August, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Slavery and Capitalism: The Long Night of Colonialism
Javier Sacristán
University Program of Studies on Asian and African
National Autonomous University of Mexico
07 September, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Inventions
Marco Reyes
Autonomous University of Mexico City
07 September, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Gender and coloniality
Natalia Cabanillas
University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony
Module: II Nation-State and contemporary political systems
14 September, 2022 - 12 October, 2022
Número de horas: 20
14 September, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Colonialism, decolonization and African independence
Sergio Padilla
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
21 September, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
The African postcolonial state
José Luis Gázquez
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
28 September, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Ethnicity, development and democracy in contemporary Africa
Don Bosco Mbawmbaw Iyensay
Anahuac University of North Mexico
05 October, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Ethiopia: society and politics
Rubén Peña
Faculty of Higher Education – Aragón
National Autonomous University of Mexico
12 October, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Gender and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Emily Riley
Center for Asian and African Studies
The College of Mexico
Master lecture: Eurocentrism and the History of Regions
19 October, 2022 - 19 October, 2022
Número de horas: 4
19 October, 2022 - 15:00 hrs
Eurocentrismo y la historia de las regiones
Hernán G.H. Taboada
Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean
National Autonomous University of Mexico
19 October, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Reflexiones teóricas sobre la xenofobia y el racismo
Olivia Gall
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Sciences and Humanities
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Module III: Diaspora and Transnational Mobility
26 October, 2022 - 23 November, 2022
Número de horas: 16
26 October, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Introduction: The African Diaspora
Tomás Milton Muñoz
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
26 October, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Migration policies of the United States and the European Union
Damaso Morales
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
09 November, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Economic and political impact of migration and remittances in Africa
Azamiou Barry
Autonomous University of the State of Mexico
16 November, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Africans and Afro-Mexicans
Cynthia García
Universidad Veracruzana
16 November, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
The Haitian Revolution
Johanna Grafenstein
Dr José María Luis Mora Research Institute
23 November, 2022 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Africans in the Americas
​Bernarda Zubrzycki
National University of La Plata
23 November, 2022 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Contemporary African migration in Mexico
Javier Urbano
Iberoamerican University
Roundtable-Workshop
30 November, 2022 - 04 April, 2025
Keynote Lecture
07 December, 2022 - 07 December, 2022
07 December, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Conferencia magistral
Etienne Mulumeoderhwa
University of Colima
Module IV: Integration in the African continent within the framework of the African Union. Dynamics and Challenges in the 21st Century
06 January, 2023 - 25 January, 2023
Número de horas: 16
06 January, 2023 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Evolution and overview of cooperation and integration dynamics. An introductory dialogue
Myrna Rodríguez
Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla
09 January, 2023 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
The African Union in the framework of Agenda 2063. Dynamics and challenges
Silvia Perazzo
United Nations Associations of Argentina
11 January, 2023 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Nigeria and South Africa as relevant geopolitical and economic sub-regional actors
18 January, 2023 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Nigeria como actor subregional geopolítico y económico relevante
Eduardo Carreño
Universidad de Chile
25 January, 2023 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
The Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCTA), its history and most important challenges
Beatriz Escobar
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Module V: Geopolitics and Crisis
01 February, 2023 - 22 February, 2023
Número de horas: 20
01 February, 2023 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Conflicts of the 21st Century
Beatriz Escobar
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
01 February, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Regionalization: The case of French West Africa
Zoumana Diaraba Keita
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
08 February, 2023 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Internal and external variables of geopolitics
Gladys Lechini
Programa de Relaciones y Cooperación Sur-Sur
Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales
Universidad Nacional de Rosario
08 February, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
UN Security Council involvement in the conflicts in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire
15 February, 2023 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Gender and Children
Cecilia Costero
College of San Luis
15 February, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Social organizations and movements
Louis-Valentin Mballa
Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi
22 February, 2023 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Education and its links to science and technology
Jorge Tenorio
Permanent Seminar on African Studies
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
22 February, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Public health and major medical treatments. The latest pandemic
Mircea González
Clínica 32, IMSS
01 March, 2023 - 15:00 a 16:00 hrs
Nuevas Tecnologías
Zoumana Diaraba Keita
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
01 March, 2023 - 16:00 a 17:00 hrs
Areas of opportunity and cultural linkages
Rosamaría Villarello
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
01 March, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Resumen temático del módulo V
Jorge Tenorio
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Module VI Society and Culture in Africa
08 March, 2023 - 29 March, 2023

Coordinators: Nair Anaya and Javier Sacristan

Número de horas: 16
08 March, 2022 - 15:00 a 19:00 hrs
Identity in proverbs and traditional music
Cecilia Mendoza
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
National Autonomous University of Mexico
15 March, 2023 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Identities in transformation
Nair Anaya
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
National Autonomous University of Mexico
15 March, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Cultural industries: Nollywood
Javier Sacristán
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
National Autonomous University of Mexico
22 March, 2023 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Performing arts news in sub-Saharan Africa
22 March, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Wole Soyinka and his work
Karina Lamas
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
National Autonomous University of Mexico
29 March, 2023 - 15:00 a 17:00 hrs
Restitution and museography
29 March, 2023 - 17:00 a 19:00 hrs
Identity and clothing
Contact

University Program of Studies on Asia and Africa

Phone: 55-54-24-37-85

educon.pueaa@unam.mx

difusion.pueaa@unam.mx


Evaluation

In order to accredit the diploma course, it will be necessary to submit a final essay corresponding to the module of your choice. The essay must comply with the following requirements:

a) Length: 2,500 to maximum 4,000 words including bibliography.

b) Content: introduction, development, conclusions and references. The introduction should state the objective of the work and the statement of the problem. References should be academic (journals, books, official government documents, and references that have not undergone peer review should be avoided, as well as blogs and wikis).

c) It should be presented in Arial font, 12 point font size with 1.5 line spacing.

d) It must indicate which module it corresponds to since the papers will be evaluated by the corresponding module coordinator.

Work material
Module I Economic, Political and Social Education
Module: II Nation-State and contemporary political systems
Master lecture: Eurocentrism and the History of Regions
Module III: Diaspora and Transnational Mobility
Roundtable-Workshop
Keynote Lecture
Module IV: Integration in the African continent within the framework of the African Union. Dynamics and Challenges in the 21st Century
Module V: Geopolitics and Crisis
Module VI Society and Culture in Africa