Month: September 2019


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    Intra-Party Politics and Conflict in Ghana

    African Studies Reading Group, Thursday 24 October, 5 pm. Lady Wilson Room, Sir Roland Wilson Building, 120 McCoy Circuit, ANU. Recent studies on democratization and conflicts in Africa have largely focused on civil wars, as well as national, sub-national and local elections. Little attention has been given to conflict and violence as a result of…

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    Early Career Research Small Grants Scheme

    ANU’s Herbert & Valmae Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry is welcoming applications for the 2019 round of the Early Career Research Small Grants Scheme (for activities to be undertaken in 2020). Three grants of up to $5000 each will be awarded to emerging scholars to assist research into the causes, the histories and…

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    Exhibition: Photography, Race and Slavery: African Sitters of Qajar Era Iran (UNSW, Sydney)

    (Ordinarily we restrict posts on this site to events in Canberra, but this fascinating exhibition about a little known aspect of African and African diasporic history is an exception to the rule. -IA) Photography, Race and Slavery: African sitters of Qajar Era Iran – Seminar and Exhibition Opening Curated by Dr Pedram Khosronejad (Western Sydney University), this…

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    Congratulations to Ibidolapo Adekoya!

    Congratulations to Ibidolapo Adekoya, as well as Lithin Louis and Anushka Vidanage, prize winners in the ANU’s 2019 Three Minute Thesis event!

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