Fowarded by Kirsty Wissing (ANU) From: The Anthropology-Matters forum mailing list on behalf of Tijo Salverda Sent: 27 August 2018 17:20 To: ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Call for abstracts: up to 2 fully funded places – Moral dimensions of economic life workshop in Cologne, November Dear all, Please see this CfP. We can fully fund up to

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Women’s Movement for Gender Quotas in Nigeria and Ghana Authors Ronke I. Ako-Nai, Babatunde F. Obamamoye Publication year: 2018 Publication type: Journal article Find this publication at: Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society https://edu.uhk.cz/africa/index.php/ModAfr/article/view/235 Ronke I. Ako-Nai and Babatunde F. Obamamoye, ‘Women’s Movement for Gender Quotas in Nigeria and Ghana’, Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society,

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In conversation with Sisonke Msimang ANU/The Canberra Times Meet the Author Tue. 4 September 2018 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Molonglo Theatre, Crawford School 132 Lennox Crossing Australian National University Acton, ACT 2601 “ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR Sisonke Msimang will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh MP on Sisonke’s new book, Always Another Country:

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The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific : Governance, Society and Culture 41st AFSAAP Annual Conference University of New South Wales, Sydney, November 21st – 23rd 2018 Deadline for abstracts extended August 1st Conference Convener: Dr. Anne Bartlett UNSW (Sydney) Contact: afsaap2018@afsaap.org.au Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS AFSAAP 2018 – Deadline for

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Location: Milgate Room, AD Hope Building, ANU Time: 2pm, Friday 27 July Speaker: Kirsty Wissing, CHL Abstract: By exploring Akwamu values and ritual uses of water, blood and other fluids in Ghana, this presentation will revisit the politics of purity and pollution. Rather than seeing categories of cleanliness and dirt as solidly bounded, I argue

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Presenter: Emmanuel Lokohko Awoh (PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne) Location: Milgate Room, AD Hope Building, ANU, Canberra Time: 3pm-5pm, Friday 13 July Abstract This presentation is based on my PhD thesis where I examined the role of traditional authorities in conflict management and peace building in the North-West of Cameroon. I compared two sites within

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Australia’s trade and investment relationships with the countries of Africa 21 June 2018 The report of the Senate Committee is available at https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/TradeinvestmentAfrica/Report The report can be viewed as a single PDF file or as the following separate downloadable parts: Committee Membership (PDF 25KB) Recommendations (PDF 37KB) Chapter 1 – Introduction (PDF 553KB) Chapter 2

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(From Professor Helen Ware, UNE) A celebration of the the life of Eddie Funde was held at Sydney Trades Hall on 19th June 2018. The venue was very appropriate because this was where Eddie established the African National Congress office after his arrival in 1983. After the breakdown of apartheid, Funde relocated to Johannesburg in

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Please note that the closing dates for 2018-2019 have past. For information only . Keep in view for 2019-2020. Africa Australian Award Scholarships for Africa for 2018-2019: information from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade For Africa the following countries are included https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Documents/africa-information-for-intake-commencing-2018-19.pdf Participating countries for 2019 entrance Scholarships and Short Course Awards 

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Australian Population Association conference program will be held in Darwin from July 18-20. See https://apaconference.cdu.edu.au/ The draft program includes four African presentations: ‘The Transition of polygamy in Benin: explanatory factors and sources of changes in time.’ Robert Djogbenou ‘Sexual behaviour typologies in the context of the HIV epidemic: socio-demographic determinants in rural South Africa, 2010-2011.’

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