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“The Contribution of Constitutional Courts to the Democratic Quality of Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa” 04/09/2014
Please see the below information on an informal presentation by RegNet PhD Visiting Fellow, Charlotte Heyl. Charlotte is part of our DAAD Research Exchange Program with the GIGA Institute of African Affairs (Hamburg, Germany) led by Dr. Bjoern Dressel of the Crawford School. The Contribution of Constitutional Courts to the Democratic Quality of Elections in…
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Request for African Student Participants from Muuka Hlupho Dabali (Edith Cowan University)
My name is Muuka Hlupho Dabali and I am currently studying at Edith Cowan University (Western Australia). I am conducting a research project as a part of the requirements of my Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) Honours degree and would like to recruit participants through this website. My aim is to recruit roughly 100 participants. The study…
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Obituary
We regret to announce the death of Professor Samuel Kwesi Gaisie on 14th July, 2014. Sam joined the University of Ghana, Legon, in 1964 as a lecturer in Demography and Statistics. He obtained his PhD in Demography at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra in 1973, with his thesis topic Determinants of Population Growth in…
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Africa Australia Conference Opening
Senator Brett Mason, an ANU graduate, is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Australia’s Federal Coalition Government. His positive remarks to the Australia Africa conference held at the ANU on 15 July, 2014, can be found at https://ministers.dfat.gov.au/mason/speeches/Pages/2014/bm_sp_140715.aspx
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Humanitarian and skilled immigrants from Africa – Seminar, Friday 1 August
Friday 1 August 2014 2:30-3:30pm Seminar Room A Coombs Building (9) Fellows Road ANU Humanitarian and skilled immigrants from Africa: Their demography and human capital To date our study of Africans in Australia has compared Humanitarian entrants from Africa with other migrant categories. This presentation seeks comments on the next step which will focus on…
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Australia Africa Conference 2014 Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University
Date & time Monday 6pm 14 July 2014 to 5pm Wednesday 16 July 2014 6.00pm–5.00pm Venue Crawford School of Public Policy, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU Speaker Various speakers. The Australia Africa Conference 2014 is an upgrade of two previous initiatives. First, is the Africa Update conference held at ANU last year, which…
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Public Lecture – Thursday, 26 June 2014 – Professor Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley
Speaker/Host: Professor Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley Venue: Law Link Theatre, Fellows Lane, ANU College of Law, ANU Date: Thursday, 26 June 2014 Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Website: https://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/ssgm Enquiries: ANU Events on 6125 4144 https://billboard.anu.edu.au/event_view.asp?id=108205 A Tale of two gulfs: The social space of the frontier Professor Michael Watts draws upon events from two…
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New ANU Course: Law and Governance in sub-Saharan Africa
The Law Faculty is offering a new course on Law and Governance in sub-Saharan Africa, four days: October 2-3 and 7-8. https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/course/LAWS8071
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SSGM SEMINAR 3-4pm Tuesday June 24| Michael J Watts, UC Berkeley
SSGM Seminar Series Comparing Small Wars: A Political Ecology of Two Insurgenices Speaker: Michael Watts – Professor of Geography and Director of Development Studies at UC Berkeley 3-4pm Tuesday 24 June Lecture Theatre 2, Hedley Bull Centre Corner of Garran Rd and Liversidge St The Australia National University About the Seminar This paper compares two…
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Africa-Australia Dialogue 1st Symposium – June 28th La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
AFSAAP is a co-sponsor of the forthcoming 1st Africa Australia Dialogue Symposium to be held at La Trobe University on June 28th 2014. The Key Note Speaker, Former Zimbabwean Ambassador Jaqueline Zwambila, will join a host of other speakers to discuss the key issues. This will be a great event, and AFSAAP hopes that many…