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Science Circus
Dr Graham Walker (ANU National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science) has taken his science shows to 41,000 children in Africa as part of an 11-week tour through five countries. Dr Walker and teammate Joe Duggan lugged magnets and other everyday items to be transformed into science experiments on their Science Circus tour of
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Dr Linda Devereux
Congratulations to Linda Devereux who completed her thesis in 2015, entitled, “Narrating a congo missionary childhood (1958 – 1964) : memory and meaning examined through a creative non-fiction text and exegesis.” The study analyses the transnational childhood experience of the daughter of medical missionaries who worked for the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) in the Democratic
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HIV and older adults in South Africa
ANU Demography seminar Presented by School of Demography and National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Researching health and well-being of older adults in a context of a severe HIV epidemic: A personal perspective Presenter: Dr Makandwe Nyirenda Date and time: Thursday 3 December 2015, 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, Building 62
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When China Met Africa film screening
When China Met Africa is a 74 minute film in Chinese with English subtitles. It will be screened at 5.30 on Wednesday, December 2nd, in The Auditorium, China in the World Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU. Fellows Lane is behind the Law Building, enter near the bridge. The screening will be followed by a discussion with
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BETWEEN THE PLOUGH AND THE PICK
From Margaret O’Callaghan (Crawford School, ANU) In November, 2015, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific through the Crawford School’s Resources Environment and Development Program, hosted an international conference on informal (or artisanal) mining in the contemporary world as part of two ARC research grant funded projects. The primary purpose was to engage with the scholarly understanding
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Three African Events in Melbourne, October 28th-30th
The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific AFSAAP will hold its 38th annual conference at the Deakin University campus at 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne, from October 28-30, 2015. Wednesday 28th will be the Postgraduates Day. The main conference will be held on the Thursday and Friday. Contributors from the ANU will include Cristina Kenny, Ibi
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AFRICAN CULTURAL DAY 24 OCTOBER
African Cultural Day Program with the African Australian Community This African Cultural Celebration will include: • African books, poetry reading, a photographic exhibition, African music, sculptures, fabric and jewelry displays • A new book by author, Kabu Okai-Davies, about African migration and memories, Evidence of Nostalgia and Other Stories, will also be launched at this
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The ANU in Malawi
The Global Undergraduate Leadership Program (GULP) is an ANU initiative, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota, which aims to develop skills and experience in the area of sustainable development, and will culminate in a two-week field trip to Malawi. Their fundraising event will be held at University House at 6pm on Monday, October
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Africanists Return
Jo Ford returned to the ANU in July as an Associate Professor in the Law Department. His research interests include law, governance and development, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and his forthcoming book is on ‘Regulating Business for Peace’. See https://law.anu.edu.au/staff/jolyon-ford Jo will teach an LLM course ‘Law and Governance in sub-Saharan Africa’ in 2016. Welcome back
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Australia Africa Conference at ANU
The above conference, hosted by the the AAUN, the Australia Africa Business Council, the ANU’s Crawford School of Public Policy, and the Heads of African Missions, is on again this year at ANU, from Wednesday, August to Friday, August, 28th. The the panels at the Crawford School on the Thursday will cover: * Investment and