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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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‘WE BLEED THE SAME’ EXHIBITION AND OPENING EVENT
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From the Freilich Project Newsletter:
‘WE BLEED THE SAME EXHIBITION AND OPENING EVENT
We Bleed the Same, by photographer Tim Bauer and journalist and filmmaker Liz Deep-Jones, provides an account of racism in Australia today, as experienced through the eyes of First Nations people, immigrants and refugees. Whether it is overt, covert, or systemic, racism hurts. It’s dangerous and it divides us. We Bleed the Same challenges racist ideas and assumptions by conveying the deeply personal stories of thirty-seven people through stunning portraits and a short documentary. We Bleed the Same will be located in the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) building at ANU from late March 2022 to September 2022. It will be accompanied by a program of events on the theme of anti-racism in Australia.
We are very pleased to feature Lovemore N’dou – champion boxer and south Sydney lawyer – at the opening of the We Bleed the Same exhibition at 5pm on Tuesday the 29th of March. This event will be held in conjunction with ANU Alumni Week 2022. Find out more here and register here. Due to pandemic related restrictions on room occupancy, this is a limited and ticketed event. ‘Lovemore Ndou has also published his autobiography Tough Love which includes a description of his childhood growing up in Zimbabwe and apartheid South Africa.
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Africans and Afro-descendants 2022 ANU course
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Africans and Afro-descendants (HIST2315) is an undergraduate course offered by the School of History. starting in July, 2022.
Course convener Dr Karo Moret Miranda
For more details see
https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2022/course/HIST2315
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Australia Africa Universities Network Forum Postponed
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Extracted from
https://aaun.edu.au/2021/10/aaun-annual-australia-forum-and-agm-2021-2/
‘The Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN) Annual Forum and AGM 2022 will be held on 27-28 October 2022 (TBC) at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia. The Forum topic for this year is “Universities and Governments: Securities and Economic Development to 2030”.’
The AAUN Forum is being postponed from February, 2022.The Australian National University (ANU) is co-hosting the AAUN Forum, and sponsoring part of the program.
Conference Venue:
Moot Court, Law School, Australian National University (Canberra)