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SUMMARY:Nelson Mandela Lecture
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for a lecture with Nadia Davids\, award winning So
	uth African playwright and novelist\, for the 2026 Nelson Mandela Lectur
	e. Discussion will follow the lecture. Light refreshment will be provide
	d.\n\nIn 2005\, the Africana Research Center and the Department of Afric
	an and American Studies created the Nelson Mandela Lecture Series to rec
	ognize and introduce the Penn State community to the scholarship of an A
	frican human rights activist. The ARC named the lecture after Nelson Man
	dela\, not only because he changed the sociopolitical structure of South
	 Africa\, but because he challenged the world to have a conscience in ad
	dressing human rights.\n\nNelson Mandela received the 1993 Nobel Peace P
	rize\, accepted it “on behalf of all South Africans who suffered and sac
	rificed so much to bring peace to our land.” He was inaugurated as the f
	irst democratically elected State President of South Africa on May 10\, 
	1994\, and served until June 1999. Despite retiring from public life\, h
	e continued to give voice to local and worldwide issues until his death 
	in December 2013.\n\nThe ARC has hosted leading scholars\, activists\, a
	nd artists for the past 20 years in honor of Nelson Mandela's legacy.\n\
	nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/nelson-mandela-lectur
	e/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>Join us for a l
	ecture with Nadia Davids, award winning South African playwright and nov
	elist, for the 2026 Nelson Mandela Lecture. Discussion will follow the l
	ecture. Light refreshment will be provided.</p><p>In 2005, the Africana 
	Research Center and the Department of African and American Studies creat
	ed the Nelson Mandela Lecture Series to recognize and introduce the Penn
	 State community to the scholarship of an African human rights activist.
	 The ARC named the lecture after Nelson Mandela, not only because he cha
	nged the sociopolitical structure of South Africa, but because he challe
	nged the world to have a conscience in addressing human rights.</p><p>Ne
	lson Mandela received the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, accepted it “on behalf
	 of all South Africans who suffered and sacrificed so much to bring peac
	e to our land.” He was inaugurated as the first democratically elected S
	tate President of South Africa on May 10, 1994, and served until June 19
	99. Despite retiring from public life, he continued to give voice to loc
	al and worldwide issues until his death in December 2013.</p><p>The ARC 
	has hosted leading scholars, activists, and artists for the past 20 year
	s in honor of Nelson Mandela's legacy.</p><p>For more details: <a href='
	https://events.la.psu.edu/event/nelson-mandela-lecture/'>https://events.
	la.psu.edu/event/nelson-mandela-lecture/</a></p></body></html>
URL:https://arc.la.psu.edu/the-nelson-mandela-lecture-series/
LOCATION:110 Robb Hall, Hintz Family Alumni Center
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