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ANU Africa Network
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This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Another outcome of that project was a major research report, published in August 2021, African Studies at the Australian National University and in the Australian Capital Territory, analyzing the past, present and future of the study of Africa at the Australian National University and the wider Australian University sector.
The major innovation on this updated website is the creation of the ACT Africa Expert Directory which lists experts on Africa from institutions around the ACT, primarily the ANU. We will continue to curate this list, offering a key resource for media, government and non-government organizations seeking expert facts and opinions on Africa. Individuals can request to be added to the list by contacting the website managers.
Another notable addition is the expanded directory of PhD theses on Africa produced in the territory’s universities, a solid measure of the vitality of the study of Africa in the city of Canberra.
Reviewing these directories, it is revealing to note that the vast majority of research on Africa is produced by disciplinary experts (environmental scientists, economists, demographers, etc.) rather than area studies experts. This means that the study of Africa is woven into the fabric of the research culture of the ANU and the ACT’s other universities in ways that are not necessarily apparent.
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AFSAAP Symposium, May 2023 Rego Update
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This is a reminder that the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) <afsaapaustralia@gmail.com> is organising the upcoming AFSAAP Symposium, ‘Locating African Studies in the Global South: Fostering New Directions and Global Solidarities’, to be held at Western Sydney University in the heart of the Parramatta CBD from 24-25 May 2023.
To get the program and other details of this hybrid event click on https://events.humanitix.com/afsaap2023 or type into your browser. To register, scroll to ‘Get Tickets’ and choose either ‘In person (Free)’ or ‘Online (Free)’. The online/live stream link will be available in due course, as will be details of the Conference dinner on Wednesday, May 24th.
For queries please email secretary@afsaap.org.au
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Infectious diseases and One Health: a new research project
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Honorary Professor Robyn Alders, Development Policy Centre, ANU, is involved in this three-year project in West Africa. ‘One Health is an integrated approach that “recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and interdependent”.’
https://devpolicy.org/infectious-diseases-and-one-health-a-new-research-project-20230417/
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Handbook of Feminist Governance
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Handbook of Feminist Governance: book launch
date: 5:30pm, 27 March 2023
Location: RSSS Auditorium, Level 1 146 Ellery Crescent Acton, ACT 2601
‘Join the Gender Institute for the launch of the Handbook of Feminist Governance, edited by Marian Sawer AO, Lee Ann Banaszak, Jacqui True and Johanna Kantola. This is the first comprehensive survey of the extent to which feminist values and practices have been introduced into governance over the last 50 years.’
The book will be launched by Natasha Stott Despoja AO and Virginia Haussegger AM.’
‘Part V explores regional innovations in feminist governance and how regional institutions have become a key site for such innovation. Differing contexts, differing political opportunity structures and differing feminist perspectives affect the regional variation in forms taken by feminist governance. For example, Chapter 30 explores how regional integration practices culminating in the creation of the African Union have provided new entry points for feminist activism. It highlights both endogenous and exogenous factors involved, including African women’s organising, new indigenous legal instruments and global normative frameworks like
the Women, Peace and Security agenda.’Registration and more information. see:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-handbook-of-feminist-governance-tickets-568709935727