The Faithful Servant, a play by Tom Davis, is set in Australia and Mozambique. It looks at the what it means to be good, as perceived by the three main characters: Raymond, an Australian doctor, played by P.J. Williams; His adopted daughter, Caroline, played by Tariro Mavondo; Coetano, a patriotic Mozambican, played by Dorian Nkono.…

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The 2017 round of applications for the John C Caldwell African Research Fellowship in Population, Health and Development has opened. The fellowship will support an early career researcher, including people in the final stage of a PhD, for up to three months at the Australian National University. The aim is to foster academic links between…

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The seminar will run from 3:00-4:15pm on Thursday (18 Aug) in the APCD boardroom (room 2.54 in the Hedley Bull building). Christian Enemark will take up the post of Professor of International Relations at the University of Southampton in September His latest book is Biosecurity Dilemmas: Dreaded Diseases, Ethical Responses, and the Health of Nations…

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 Australians against Apartheid: Hawke, Evans and Holland The exhibition Memories of the Struggle at the Australian Museum of Democracy was launched on April 27th by former Prime Minister Bob Hawke. His description of Australia’s contribution to the demise of apartheid can be found at https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/bob-hawke-opens-apartheid-exhibition-in-canberra/7364762 For more details of the exhibition see: apartheid.https://moadoph.gov.au/exhibitions/memories-of-the-struggle/ Later that day…

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The ANU African Students Association (ANUASA) advises that the African Global Cafe will take place on Friday 5th August 2016 at Melville Hall, ANU. The function will start at 7pm and end around 10pm.This event is open to all.  ANUASA is especially inviting ANU staff and scholars who are involved in Africa. .  Global Cafe…

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The African Global cafe will take place on Friday 5th August 2016 at Melville Hall. The function will start at 7pm and end around 10pm. ANUASA is inviting  ANU staff and scholars who are involved in Africa. Further information later

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  Going beyond ‘politics matters’ in international development On Wednesday 6 July (12.30pm, Brindabella Theatre, Crawford Building ANU), Samuel Hickey, the Research Director of the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre and a Professor of Politics and Development at the University of Manchester, will present the findings of a five year research project…

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From Nathan Steggel, Director, Windscape Institute Windlab Limited is a Canberra headquartered company with strong links to both the ANU and Africa. Windlab was established from CSIRO wind prospecting technology in 2003 and since that time has identified and progressed wind energy projects from concept to construction ready across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa…

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Jack Caldwell’s memorial service was held on May 25th (appropriately this was Africa Day) at University House. In his May Upddate at https://bit.ly/VCBlog30May the Vice-Chancellor wrote “We also celebrated the life of Professor John Caldwell, Head of the University’s internationally-renowned Department of Demography from 1970 to 1988. Jack, as he was known to his colleagues…

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Jane Carruthers, Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, has published extensively on the history of conservation and science. Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2016 Time: 4pm Venue: McDonald Room, Menzies Library, Fellows Road, Australian National University Joint Seminar with the Fenner School of Environment and Society (CMBE, ANU),…

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