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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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Pure water: purity and power in ritual meanings and uses of water in Ghana
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ANU School of Demography Seminar: Pure water: purity and power in ritual meanings and uses of water in Ghana
Date and Time: Tuesday 19 February 2019 – 11.30am – 12:30 pm
Location: Jean Martin Room, Beryl Rawson Bldg #13, Ellery Crescent, ANU
Presenter: Kirsty Wissing
Kirsty is an anthropology PhD candidate at the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. She is also affiliated with the Department of Sociology at the University of Ghana, Legon.
For more details see https://demography.cass.anu.edu.au/events/pure-water-purity-and-power-ritual-meanings-and-uses-water-ghana
Contact susan.cowan@anu.edu.au
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ACFID VACANCY
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Vacancy: Communications and Policy Adviser at ACFID
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) is seeking a creative and propositional Communications and Policy Adviser to bring fresh ideas and new thinking to the secretariat, based in Canberra. Applications close on the 17th of February 2019.For more information see:
https://acfid.asn.au/get-involved/acfid-jobs
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Round table with Dr Donald Kaberuka
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Dr Donald Kaberuka, Former President, African Development Bank and Rwanda’s Minister of Finance. will be at ANU next week.
Devpolicy have reached out to the High Commissions to organise a round table discussion with Dr Kaberuka while he is here
11am, Monday 18 February .
Venue: the China and the World Boardroom.
If you wish to attend please contact
Madeleine Flint, Program Officer, Development Policy Centre
Phone: +61 2 6125 7620