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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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Fighting Ebola: Achieving positive social & health outcomes in emergencies
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The ANU College of Science presents an evening panel discussion on lessons learned from Ebola and other humanitarian settings to achieve positive and social health outcomes.
Dates & times: Wed 4 Sep 2019, 5.30–7pm
Speakers: Dr Kamalini Lokuge, ANU; Prof. Jennifer Leaning, Harvard University; Pete Buth, Médecins Sans Frontiéres
Venue: Molonglo Theatre, Crawford School, ANU
About this Event:
‘During the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, engaging with local communities to understand their culture and needs, while implementing evidence-based programs in partnerships with local health staff, was critical to effective control.
Much has been written by the global public health community since then about the lessons learnt from this outbreak, but we are now again confronted with a seemingly intractable Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. How much have we really learnt?
Join us for an evening of insightful discussions and Q and A with experts in global health security and humanitarian action. Hear their insights from working alongside local communities and practitioners in outbreaks such as Ebola, and achieving positive social and health changes in a range of other humanitarian settings.’
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The Good Migrant: Gender, Race, and Naturalisation in Early Twentieth-Century South Africa and Australia
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Speaker: Rachael Bright, Keele UniversityWed 14 Aug, 4.15–5.30pm, McDonald Room, Menzies Library, ANUWhat does a good migrant look like? How do migration officials identify ‘good’ migrants and how do potential migrants navigate this process? This paper will explore the development of early twentieth century migration laws and bureaucracies in South Africa and Australia in order to address these questions. It will particularly focus on Jewish and female migrants, drawing on a range of official migratory documentation and private diaries of those who sought to regulate and control the migratory process: as migrants, interested charities, and bureaucrats.
Rachel Bright is Senior Lecturer in Global and Imperial History at Keele University, UK. She specialises in migration and identity in the British settler colonies, especially South Africa and Australia. Her PhD from King’s College, London was followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of East Anglia, and lecturing at the London School of Economics and Goldsmith’s College, London. Rachel is currently a Visiting Fellow at ANU researching female naturalisation in the early twentieth century, with funding from Keele University’s Institute of Social Inclusion and an Australian Bicentennial Research Fellowship from the Menzies Centre of Australian Studies, King’s College London.
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Prosecuting South Africa’s Apartheid-Era Crimes (CANCELLED)
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“Prosecuting South Africa’s Apartheid-Era Crimes: Helping or Hurting Reconciliation?”
Professor Mia Swart (Visiting Professor at Wits University Law School, Johannesburg)
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED