Month: December 2019
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Africa Studies coursework resumes at ANU after several decades
When the Development Studies major at was set up at ANU around 1981, regional specialisations included Africa, East Asia and SE Asia. John Ballard taught a course in Post-Colonial Politics in Africa and the Pacific and Ian Hancock taught one in African History. Also Geography and Anthropology courses had substantial African material although Geography later
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Research on Africa at the Crawford School, aNU
CRAWFORD SCHOOL RESEARCH PROJECTS The Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) Helen Suich of the Crawford School leads the IDM country study in South Africa. Her research focuses on issues of poverty alleviation, examining the impacts of rural development interventions on multidimensional poverty and vulnerability. See https://individualdeprivationmeasure.org/ An international conference will be held in 2020. https://www.individualdeprivationmeasure.org/conference2020/ State
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Poetry by Ian Iqbal Rashid and Omar Sakr
Date & time Mon 09 Dec 2019, 5.30pm Location SRWB Theatrette, Sir Roland Wilson Building, ANU The Humanities Research Centre and the Freilich Project are honoured to host an evening of poetry and short films exploring the complexities of sexuality, culture, faith and identity. Ian Iqbal Rashid, born in Tanzania of Indian Muslim background,
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Clive Williams on ‘Poaching and wildlife crime in southern Africa’
Date & time 6–7pm Wednesday 4 December 2019 Venue Fellows Road Lecture Theatre 2, Building 6, ANU College of Law, 6 Fellows Road, Acton ‘This presentation looks at wildlife crime in southern Africa, with particular focus on South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe – drawing from Professor Williams’ recent research visit to the area. The