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ANU Africa Network
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This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Another outcome of that project was a major research report, published in August 2021, African Studies at the Australian National University and in the Australian Capital Territory, analyzing the past, present and future of the study of Africa at the Australian National University and the wider Australian University sector.
The major innovation on this updated website is the creation of the ACT Africa Expert Directory which lists experts on Africa from institutions around the ACT, primarily the ANU. We will continue to curate this list, offering a key resource for media, government and non-government organizations seeking expert facts and opinions on Africa. Individuals can request to be added to the list by contacting the website managers.
Another notable addition is the expanded directory of PhD theses on Africa produced in the territory’s universities, a solid measure of the vitality of the study of Africa in the city of Canberra.
Reviewing these directories, it is revealing to note that the vast majority of research on Africa is produced by disciplinary experts (environmental scientists, economists, demographers, etc.) rather than area studies experts. This means that the study of Africa is woven into the fabric of the research culture of the ANU and the ACT’s other universities in ways that are not necessarily apparent.
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Gareth Evans to lecture on Commmonwealth Diplomacy and the End of Apartheid
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This inaugural lecture is in honour of former ANU Vice–Chancellor and great Commonwealth of Nations scholar and Africanist the late Professor Anthony Low. The speaker ANU Chancellor Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC describes what remains one of the Commonwealth’s proudest achievements: its role in hastening the end of apartheid in South Africa. The lecture will focus — from his his insider’s perspective as Foreign Minister in these crucial years — on the central part in that enterprise played from the beginning by Australia.
Register now at
https://bellschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/4694/anthony-low-commonwealth-lecture-commonwealth-diplomacy-and-end-apartheidBell School Public Lecture
Date & time
Thursday 17 November 2016
5.30pm–7pmVenue
APCD Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Centre (130), corner of Garran Road and Liversidge Street, ANU
CanberraSpeaker
Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QCContacts
Bell School
bellschool@anu.edu.auAn obituary for Anthony Low was posted on this weblog in February 2015 at https://africanetwork.weblogs.anu.edu.au/page/5/
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A BRITISH FILM SET IN BOTSWANA
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A UNITED KINGDOM
The Canberra premiere of the inspirational true story and Opening Night film of the BFI London Film Festival, A UNITED KINGDOM, starring David Oyelowo (Selma) and Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl).
This film is about Seretse Khama’s marriage to Englishwoman Ruth Williams which led to his exile from
Bechuanaland (now Botswana).PALACE ELECTRIC CINEMA, NEW ACTON, CANBERRA
Tuesday 25 October
6.15pm Opening Night pre-film reception including drinks, British fare and live music.
7.15pm A UNITED KINGDOMPalace Movie Club $35
General Admission $40
Buy Tickets: https://britishfilmfestival.com.au/events/canberra
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Political and development challenges in Southern Africa
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From the Australian Institute of International Affairs ACT Branch
A panel discussion with
Jacqueline Zwambila and Matthew Raymond will held on
Thursday 27 October 2016, 6:00pm
Refreshments served from 5:30pmAIIA Conference Centre – Stephen House
32 Thesiger Court
Deakin ACT 2600This panel discussion will address political and development challenges facing Southern Africa. Former Zimbabwe Ambassador to Australia, Jacqueline Zwambila, will give her perspective on developments in the political realm as she reflects on the changing face of the political landscape from the protest cycles in Zimbabwe to other political developments in the region. Zambia-based educator and development practitioner Matthew Raymond will speak on development difficulties and successes in Zambia, with an emphasis on education, and why achieving development goals seems to be so slow, at times even unattainable, in southern Africa
________________________________________This is an AIIA ACT Branch event.
To register, please do so through the following link:
https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/events/political-and-development-challenges-in-southern-africa/