Author: David William Lucas
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Yandisa Ngqangashe on South African Diet
Yandisa Ngqangashe of REGNET at the ANU has published a chapter on ‘Vegetarian and Vegan communities in South Africa’ in the 2019 book: To Eat Or Not to Eat Meat: How Vegetarian Dietary Choices Influence Our Social Lives’, Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
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Virtual African Wilderness Reality at the NMA
A National Geographic VR Exploration into the Okavango Delta Now showing daily at the Circa theatre of the National Museum of Australia, with sessions starting at a quarter past the hour from 9.15am. Tickets $20 at the Information Desk ‘Come face-to-face with elephants, lions and hippos as you explore one of the world’s largest wetlands.…
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Belonging in a Cosmopolitan Society: Perspectives from African Migrants in the Diaspora
University of Melbourne, 12-14 March, 2020 Background ‘Borders, Identities and Belonging have been at the centre of debates on the profound transformations wrought by globalisation. But perhaps the movement of people across geographical borders, and the transformative impact of the digital revolution that has ushered in the information age, are the most illustrative examples.’ African…
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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…
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Beyongo Dynamic’s thesis on Chinese investments in Zambian copper mining
Beyongo Dynamic’s 2018 thesis ‘Regulating foreign direct investments in resource-dependent African countries : the case of chinese investments in Zambia’s copper mining sector’ is available digitally at: https://library.anu.edu.au/search~S1/?searchtype=Y&searcharg=Beyongo+Dynamic&searchscope=4&sortdropdown=-&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=YBeyongo+Dynamic%26SORT%3DD ABSTRACT Several studies have examined the diverse social, economic and political impacts of Chinese investments on African countries. While some studies argue that Chinese investments has positively…
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Zambian PhD scholar: Audrey Kalindi
ANU scholarship holder Ms Audrey Kalindi has arrived in Canberra. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Population Studies at the University of Zambia, where she is involved in teaching and research, and is the course convener of a new postgraduate diploma in programme monitoring and evaluation offered by the University. Audrey’s research…
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A public panel discussion, ‘State fragility and how to escape it’,
A public panel discussion, ‘State fragility and how to escape it’, will be held on Friday 29 November 4:30-6pm, at Molonglo Theatre, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU For more details including registration see https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/department-news/15492/state-fragility-and-how-escape-it?utm_source=Devpolicy&utm_campaign=eaf9a7f704-Devpolicy+News+Dec+15+2017_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_082b498f84-eaf9a7f704-250032321 ‘About half of the world’s poor live in fragile and conflict-affected states. The governments in these countries lack the legitimacy…