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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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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)
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Adegboyega Adeniran, PhD Seminar – “The standpipe is broken again!” Infrastructure renovation and failure: connecting people, time, place, and space in Nigeria
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PhD Seminar – “The standpipe is broken again!” Infrastructure renovation and failure: connecting people, time, place, and space in Nigeria
About the speaker
Adegboyega Adeniran is a PhD student at the Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University. He tutors and works as a research officer at the School
About the event
‘Repeated malfunction and failure of water supply infrastructure poses a critical challenge to equitable and sustainable water access and the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in most sub-Saharan African countries. A governing approach that ignores power and historical relations in water infrastructure management presents interesting conceptual, theoretical, and practical problems. With Nigeria as a case study, I seek to understand these problems by asking the question: what are the changing effects of power on water infrastructure failure?’
9.30am, Thursday 9 Dec 2021
Frank Fenner Seminar Room
141 Linnaeus Way, Acton ACT 2601
Attend in person or register online for the Zoom webinar
For more information and registration see
https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/phd-seminar-standpipe-broken-again%E2%80%9D-infrastructure-renovation-and-failure