Author: David William Lucas
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Jessie Webb Travel Record “Cape Town to Cairo” 1922 by Margaret O’Callaghan
This monograph describes a journey undertaken from Cape Town to Cairo, from April to December in 1922 by Jessie Webb and her friend and fellow Melbourne University colleague Dr Georgina Sweet OBE, who was a parasitologist. Material has been transcribed from the handwritten diary and letters, and includes her photographs. An introduction, maps and references…
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FROM THE ETHIOPIA EMBASSY
“My Name is Michael Davis – Liaison Officer at the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in Canberra. My role at the Embassy is to share all things Ethiopian with communities in Australian and New Zealand. I promote public awareness of everything from Ethiopian food and culture, to Ethiopia’s economic growth and renewable…
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SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH COMMISSION
Mr Sibusiso Ndebele, the High Commissioner-designate for the Republic of South Africa to Australia, has already made contact with the academic community in Canberra. On his left is Alec Thornton from UNSW Canberra, the Vice-President of the African Studies Association of Australia and the Pacific. On his right is David Lucas from the ANU. Mr…
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Emeritus Professor Donald Anthony Low AO (1927-2015)
We regret to announce the death of Anthony Low, one of the ANU’s most distinguished Africanists, in Canberra. Appropriately for the first President of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, Anthony Low announced his retirement from African Studies at the 2012 AFSAAP conference at Burgmann College, ANU. He had thus spent over…
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Diane Johnstone
Congratulations to Di Johnstone of Deakin, ACT, who became AM (Member in the General Division) in the Australia Day Honours, ‘For significant service to international relations through support for creative arts in South Africa, and to the community in Canberra.’ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/di-johnstone-honoured-for-services-to-art-animals-and-community-20150125-12ww1b.html Di and another former Australian diplomat to South Africa, Bruce Haigh, were founding donors…
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38th AFSAAP Conference – Deakin University 2015
38th AFSAAP Conference Deakin University, Melbourne CBD 28 – 30 October 2015 See https://afsaap.org.au/conference/conference-20 ‘The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific welcomes to its 2015 conference, papers from academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policy makers with interests in African studies, both on the African continent and in the Australasia and Pacific region. Papers from all…
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2015 Australasian Aid conference
The 2015 Australasian Aid Conference, hosted by the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School, ANU, and the Asia Foundation, will be held on 12th and 13th February. Click here to see registration. The full program is now available [pdf]. The last session on Friday afternoon includes one presentation with African content: ‘Effective strategies for transformation: a review on…
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Ghana International Trade Fair
The Ghana High Commission in Canberra has advised the Australia Africa Business Council that the 19th Ghana International Trade Fair will be held in Accra from 26th February to 8th March 2015. A letter from the High Commission is attached. 19TH GHANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR-AABC
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COMMONWEALTH RESEARCH
The ACT Branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society has announced the first Phyllis Montgomerie Commonwealth Award of up to $5000, which is restricted to Australian citizens resident in the ACT. “Proposed projects must be carried out in a Commonwealth country and applicants are being asked to include a clear statement of identifiable outcomes.” “Application forms,…
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The first Caldwell African Research Visiting Fellow
Dr Makandwe Nyirenda from the Africa Centre for Health & Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa has been awarded the first John C Caldwell African Research Visiting Fellowship and should arrive at the ANU later this year. The Fellowship is funded through the John C (Jack) Caldwell Chair in Population, Health and Development…