Dear all, Happy New Year! Apologies if you have already received this announcement through another means, but I wanted to let you know about the Year of South Africa Short Course schedule that is taking shape for this semester: http://southafrica.qc.cuny.edu/south-africa-short-course Please note that our first lecture will be this week, *Wednesday Feb. 4*, and will focus on the history, politics, and epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. We are bringing in two excellent visiting scholars that work in this area, Dr. Ida Susser from Hunter College and Dr. Mark Lurie from Brown University, and the discussion will be moderated by our own Dr. Holly Reed (Sociology). *Apartheid and HIV in South Africa: How a century of policies left the new democratic South Africa vulnerable to HIV* Wednesday, Feb. 4 12:15 pm Godwin-Ternbach Museum Klapper Hall 405 The first Spring 2015 lecture in our Short Course on South Africa will feature Professor Mark Lurie (Brown University) and Professor Ida Susser (Hunter College-CUNY), who will discuss historical, social, political, and epidemiological dimensions of HIV in South Africa. Professor Lurie will focus on the role of industrial development, apartheid, and patterns of migration in creating social conditions conducive to the spread of HIV. Professor Susser will discuss the history of protest that led to effective treatment and preventions options for South Africans living with HIV. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Holly Reed (Queens College-CUNY). For more details, please see: http://southafrica.qc.cuny.edu/apartheid-and-hiv-in-south-africa Please distribute this message widely and hope to see you all there! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larissa Swedell, Ph.D. Professor, Queens College, City University of New York Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town