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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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Past events Legalising Authoritarianism in Egypt
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Professor Amr Hamzawy
Date & time
6–7pm 14 March 2017
Location
The Auditorium, 188 Fellows Lane, 2601 Acton‘This talk examines the ways in which successive Egyptian governments have utilised lawmaking to eliminate opponents and silence voices of dissent since the coup of 3 July 2013.’
Professor Amr Hamzawy studied political science and developmental studies in Cairo, The Hague, and Berlin and is a former member of the People’s Assembly.
Professor Hamzawy’s visit to the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies is supported by the Council for Australian-Arab Relations’ (CAAR), through its International Speakers Program. The CAAR is a non-statutory, regional council in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
For more details see:
https://www.anu.edu.au/events/legalising-authoritarianism-in-egypt
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UNFPA chief to talk about Global Health
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Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will talk on global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Dr Osotimehin is a global leader with expertise in public health, women’s empowerment and young people. He has a particular focus on promoting human rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as population and development.
He has previously served as Nigeria’s Minister for Health, and also as the Director General of the Nigerian National Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDS.
Monday 27 March 2017
6.00pm–7.30pm
Venue
Molonglo Theatre , Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANUFor more information and registration, see
https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/9302/tackling-global-health
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ANU hosts Mineral and Energy Economics course
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This six-week Mineral and Energy Economics course represents a collaborative initiative between the University of Pretoria South Africa, and The Australian National University, and is funded by DFAT under the Australia Africa Awards scheme.
The first two weeks will be held in Pretoria and the subsequent four weeks at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, from Monday 27 March to Friday 21 April. The participants will be from the following African nations: Kenya, Swaziland, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Madagascar, Tanzania, Zambia, Liberia, Malawi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali.
ANU Enterprise will organise a Networking Event at the Crawford School on Tuesday 28 March.
This short course will be repeated from Monday 2 May to Friday 26 May.