Category: Seminar
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Of Non-native Cultivation: The Indigenization of the Arabic language in Nigerian Arabic Novels
The Majlis at the ANU: A cross-disciplinary roundtable on historical and contemporary issues across North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia Fri 21 Oct 2022, 1–2pm (AEDT, UTC+11), Online via Zoom The use of indigenized Arabic forms a collective identity for the Nigerian writers of Arabic to distinguish their literary outputs from other Arabic…
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Decolonial Gazing and Hermeneutic Resistance: Black German Challenges to White German Cultural Hegemony in the Museum
Tomorrow, Thurs 6/10 @4:30pm AEDT (with apologies for late posting) This work in progress essay highlights the ways that Black Europeans, in this case in the German context, challenge universalizing notions of cultural heritage to highlight decolonial possibilities and interrogate the collection, display, and spectatorship of museum objects in majority-white contexts. I use the Berlin…
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Transforming Small-Scale Irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 2–5pm Small-scale irrigation schemes have been identified as a major vehicle to improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers and their communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including improving food security, education, health and adapting to climate change. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded the project Transforming Small-scale Irrigation in…
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Studying Africa in Australia – Report and Public Lecture
The results of research into the current situation of African studies in the Australian Capital Territory, are available online. A lengthy report, contextualizing the past and present situation of African studies in Canberra, with reference to international developments, and a shorter article recently published in the Australasian Review of African Studies, focusing on changes in…
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Studying Africa in Australia: The Future of the Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Lecture
On Africa Day, May 25, Dr Ibrahim Abraham (Humanities Research Centre, ANU) presents the annual Future of the Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture, a critical overview of the study of Africa in Australia in the past and present, with an eye to the future. In a time of increasing disciplinary fragmentation in the humanities and…
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Tomorrow (20 May): Senegambian Rhythmic Traditions, Embodied Knowledge, and Adaptation
Senegambian Rhythmic Traditions, Embodied Knowledge, and Adaptation Lamine Sonko and King Marong Date & time: Thursday 20 May 2021, 3.30–5pm Location: Kingsland Room, Level 6, ANU School of Music In this research seminar, Lamine Sonko and King Marong will reflect on their longterm engagement with embodied knowledge of ancient rhythmic traditions in West Africa, as…
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God, Development, and Technology Transfer: Mediated Ethics between Chinese and Ethiopians
Dr. Liang Chen Australian Centre on China in the World Thursday, 22 April 2021, 4.00pm – 5.30pm Online and in person, China in the World seminar rooms (Building 188), Fellows Lane, ANU Details and link to registration here. Abstract The rolling out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and overseas projects provides a window to…
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Truth and Reconciliation: South Africa and Victoria
Date and time: Thursday 08 Apr 2021, 1–2pm Speaker: Ibrahim Abraham Event series: Freilich Research Network Event Location: online zoom webinar, register here Victoria’s recently announced Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) draws inspiration from the famous TRC initiated in South Africa in 1995. Both initiatives endeavour to reveal historical truths and heal broken and unjust…
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Books that Changed Humanity: J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace
Date and time: Friday 19 Mar 2021, 5.30–6.45pm Speakers: Dr Ibrahim Abraham (Humanities Research Centre, ANU) Location: Zoom (registration required) Series: Books that Changed Humanity Dr Ibrahim Abraham explores this controversial masterpiece of post-apartheid South Africa at the turn of the twenty-first century. Disgrace is the novel that not only earned Coetzee (another) Booker Prize but…
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Africa and its People: Interdisciplinary Lessons from ANU Research
Wed., 4 March 2020, 9:00am–4:30pm Fenner Seminar Room, Fenner Building (#141), ANU This symposium style event will examine the ANU’s research work in Africa, and facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration.A lunch will be provided, allowing for networking and informal discussion. More details. Register here