Category: ANU
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August and September Events
August 14: “The Good Migrant: Gender, Race, and Naturalisation in Early Twentieth-Century South Africa and Australia,” Rachael Bright (Keele University, UK). https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/events/rachel-bright-keele-good-migrant-gender-race-and-naturalisation-early-twentieth-century August 16: “‘Just Exhaustion!’: Motherhood, Work, and Human Capital Investment in Senegal,” Kathryn E. McHarry (University of Chicago). https://africanetwork.weblogs.anu.edu.au/2019/08/13/just-exhaustion/ 23 August: “Becoming a Wrestler on the Outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan.” Paul Hayes (ANU)…
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“Becoming a Wrestler on the Outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan”
Date and time: Friday 23 August, 3–5pm Speaker: Paul Hayes (PhD Candidate in Anthropology, ANU) Location: Milgate Room, Level 2, A.D. Hope Building (#14), ANU This post-fieldwork seminar examines the bodily practices and related material culture of young men in Khartoum, Sudan, who practice ‘Nuba wrestling’, a combat sport indigenous to Sudan. Based on 12…
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“Just Exhaustion!”: Motherhood, Work, and Human Capital Investment in Senegal
Date &Time: Friday 16 August, 3pm-5pm Location: Milgate Room, A.D. Hope Building #14, Australian National University Abstract: Over the past two decades, the Senegalese state has reimagined national commitments to care for children and families as a politics of investment. Senegalese families today have unprecedented state support for their children following the creation of Senegal’s national early childhood care…
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Putting Africa Back into the Politics of British Decolonisation
Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture 2019 This annual public lecture – in honour and memory of Professor Anthony Low AO, ANU Vice-Chancellor (1975-82) distinguished scholar and university administrator in Africa, Australia and the United Kingdom – will focus on Professor Low’s acute observation that African decolonisation owed as much (if not more) to local African agency…
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Fighting Ebola: Achieving positive social & health outcomes in emergencies
The ANU College of Science presents an evening panel discussion on lessons learned from Ebola and other humanitarian settings to achieve positive and social health outcomes. Dates & times: Wed 4 Sep 2019, 5.30–7pm Speakers: Dr Kamalini Lokuge, ANU; Prof. Jennifer Leaning, Harvard University; Pete Buth, Médecins Sans Frontiéres Venue: Molonglo Theatre, Crawford School, ANU…
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The Good Migrant: Gender, Race, and Naturalisation in Early Twentieth-Century South Africa and Australia
Speaker: Rachael Bright, Keele University Wed 14 Aug, 4.15–5.30pm, McDonald Room, Menzies Library, ANU What does a good migrant look like? How do migration officials identify ‘good’ migrants and how do potential migrants navigate this process? This paper will explore the development of early twentieth century migration laws and bureaucracies in South Africa and Australia…
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Prosecuting South Africa’s Apartheid-Era Crimes (CANCELLED)
“Prosecuting South Africa’s Apartheid-Era Crimes: Helping or Hurting Reconciliation?” Professor Mia Swart (Visiting Professor at Wits University Law School, Johannesburg) THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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Indigenous Women in International Law
Veronica Fynn will be presenting her work on “Indigenous Women in International Law” and will be graduating from NCIS PhD program on the 19th July 2019. 18 July, 12.00, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, Level 3 Conference Room, John Yencken Building, ANU Abstract: The respect for human rights in international law entails a basic principle…
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Mortality in Africa and elsewhere
ANU School of Demography Seminar Date and Time: Tuesday 2 July 2019 – 11.30am – 12.30 pm Location: Jean Martin Room, Beryl Rawson Bldg #13, Ellery Crescent, ANU Presenter: Dr Sam Clark, Ohio State University Title: A General Mortality Model & Moving Verbal Autopsy from Research to Routine Use Abstract This seminar will have two…
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Gareth Evans on “The Responsibility to Protect in Africa”
On May 24, The Herbert and Valmae Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry partnered with The Humanities Research Centre to host ANU Chancellor and former Foreign Affairs Minister, the Hon Gareth Evans, for the 2019 Africa Week lecture, on the topic “The Responsibility to Protect in Africa.” Further details and photos are available on the Freilich…