Month: March 2018
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Kirsty Wissing’s research on Water Sources in Ghana
Kirsty Wissing is a PhD student with the School of Culture, History and Language at the ANU. Her research looks at Indigenous religious affiliations to water sources and how introduced influences, including colonialism, Christianity and the hydro-power industry, have affected such affiliations. Her PhD field research will be conducted in the Eastern Region of Ghana
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Workshop on Democratic Systems in Africa
Workshop: Friday 6 April at the ANU, 10am From the School of Politics & International Relations “Scholars, early career researchers, and post-graduate students are invited to join Visiting Fellow, Professor Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham) for a workshop exploring the opportunities and challenges of democratic systems in new and post-colonial democracies. As Professor Cheeseman’s core
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Atem Atem resumes work on the South Sudanese in Sydney
In April Atem Atem will be returning to the ANU on a part-time basis to complete his PhD work on ‘Settlement Experiences of South Sudanese Families in Western Sydney’ while continuing to work at the Fairfield City Council as the Multicultural Officer He came to Australia from Sudan in 2002 as a refugee. He
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Bonnie McConnell: Singing and Health Promotion in the Gambia
The ANU’s Research and Innovation News (March 2018) has reported that Bonnie McConnell has ‘been funded over $250,000 by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and Medical Research Council for the project ‘Developing a Community Singing Based Intervention for Perinatal Mental Health in the Gambia’. An abstract of Dr McConnell’s article from the July