Category: Seminars


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    Breaking Barriers: Overcoming challenges faced by African-Australian young people

    By Dr Matthew Mabefam (Melbourne University) This Thursday, June 13, at 1pm Perth time, the Centre for Australia-Africa Relations at Curtin University will host a seminar by Dr Matthew Mabefam, a lecturer in Development Studies and Melbourne Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Social and Political Sciences. Dr Mabefam is visiting the Centre for Australia-Africa…

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    CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – AFRICAN STUDIES WORKSHOP 2022

    CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – AFRICAN STUDIES WORKSHOP 2022 at ANU Studying Africa at ANU: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Workshop: Friday, 9 December 2022Proposals due: Thursday, 24 November 2022 We welcome attendance and active participation from scholars at any level. This workshop has been funded by the Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) workshop grant which will cater…

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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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    ANU Healthcare in Africa Seminar – Recap by Margaret O’Callaghan

    Canberra members of AFSAAP were delighted to have the subject of Africa appear on the ANU agenda on the 6th May – an uncommon occurrence given the prevailing bias towards Asia and the Pacific. In order to promote discussion on maternal and sexual health, access to healthcare and education and Female Genital Mutilation the ANU…

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    ANU Circle for Gender Equity: Healthcare in Africa Seminar

    Wednesday at 6:00pm – 8:00pm 6th May 2015 Gravity Wave Building #38B 38B Science Road Acton ACT 26 The ANU’s Circle for Gender Equity is proud to hold its second seminar for the semester with the discussion focusing on healthcare in Africa! We will be promoting discussion on maternal and sexual health, access to healthcare…

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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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    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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    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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    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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    Why the war ended in Somaliland but continued in Somalia

    Why war ended in Somaliland but continued in Somalia: A political settlements approach   Sarah Phillips – University of Sydney Lecture Theatre 2, Hedley Bull Centre (130), corner of Garran Road and Liversidge Street, ANU Tuesday, 6 May, 2014 – 15:00 to 16:00   ABSTRACT The case of Somaliland offers insights into why some domestic…

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