This inaugural lecture is in honour of former ANU Vice–Chancellor and great Commonwealth of Nations scholar and Africanist the late Professor Anthony Low. The speaker ANU Chancellor Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC  describes what remains one of the Commonwealth’s proudest achievements: its role in hastening the end of apartheid in South Africa. The…

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A UNITED KINGDOM The Canberra premiere of the inspirational true story and Opening Night film of the BFI London Film Festival, A UNITED KINGDOM, starring David Oyelowo (Selma) and Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl). This film is about Seretse Khama’s marriage to Englishwoman Ruth Williams which led to his exile from Bechuanaland (now Botswana). PALACE ELECTRIC…

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From the Australian Institute of International Affairs ACT Branch A panel discussion with Jacqueline Zwambila and Matthew Raymond will held on Thursday 27 October 2016, 6:00pm Refreshments served from 5:30pm AIIA Conference Centre – Stephen House 32 Thesiger Court Deakin ACT 2600 This panel discussion will address political and development challenges facing Southern Africa. Former…

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Crawford School of Public Policy | Resources, Environment and Development Group Date & time Monday 10 October 2016 10.00am–11.00am Venue Lennox Room, Level 1, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU Speaker   Dr Keith Shepherd, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. Keith Shepherd is a Principal Scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi…

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Date & time Thursday 29 September 2016 1.00pm–2.00pm Venue Brindabella Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU Speaker Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, MBE, Director, Up!-Africa Limited; Chukwu-Emeka was born in London to a Nigerian father and Sierra Leonean mother. He was formerly a Senior Economic Advisor to the Mauritian government on the private sector…

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ANU’S Contribution to Science and Communication in Africa Thursday 15 September, 2016, 6-7 pm. Venue: Australian Centre on China in the World Building Address: 188 Fellows Lane, ANU   For more details about registering etc., see https://www.anu.edu.au/events/science-and-innovation-in-africa Panellists include: Professor William Foley, Leader Animal-Plant Interactions Lab, ANU Research School of Biology. Mr Gboyega Adeniran, PhD…

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The AFSAAP Newsletter has given notice of an upcoming short course on Law and Governance in sub- Saharan Africa. “AFSAAP members will find this focused short course of interest. Held at ANU, the dates are 9-10 and 12-13 September. It is convened by Assoc. Prof. Jolyon Ford, and a course study guide is here.” His…

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The Faithful Servant, a play by Tom Davis, is set in Australia and Mozambique. It looks at the what it means to be good, as perceived by the three main characters: Raymond, an Australian doctor, played by P.J. Williams; His adopted daughter, Caroline, played by Tariro Mavondo; Coetano, a patriotic Mozambican, played by Dorian Nkono.…

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The 2017 round of applications for the John C Caldwell African Research Fellowship in Population, Health and Development has opened. The fellowship will support an early career researcher, including people in the final stage of a PhD, for up to three months at the Australian National University. The aim is to foster academic links between…

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The seminar will run from 3:00-4:15pm on Thursday (18 Aug) in the APCD boardroom (room 2.54 in the Hedley Bull building). Christian Enemark will take up the post of Professor of International Relations at the University of Southampton in September His latest book is Biosecurity Dilemmas: Dreaded Diseases, Ethical Responses, and the Health of Nations…

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