Events archive

Bram Fischer and the Democratic Transition in South Africa

Stephen Clingman, University of Massachussetts Amherst & biographer of Bram Fischer
27 February 2014 - 3:30pm
Rhodes House, South Parks Road
There is no need to register for this lecture.

Dance Circles: Movement, Morality and Self-fashioning in Urban Senegal

26 February 2014 - 1:00pm to 1:45pm
Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road
Wednesday 26 February | 13:00 – 13:45 (lunch from 12:45) | Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road The themes raised by Hélène Neveu Kringelbach's book will be discussed by Dr Ramon Sarro... Read more

Constructing Community in Early Twentieth Century South Africa: III

25 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Prof Beinart's room, ASC
Dominic Davies (DPhil, English Literature) will talk through an aspect of his dissertation. Presentation title: ‘Geography, Topography and Infrastructure: Mapping the Frontier in the Novels of John... Read more

Horn of Africa Seminar: Yekatit 12: The Massacre of Addis Ababa, 19 February 1937

Ian Campell (Independent)
25 February 2014 - 5:00pm
ASC Seminar Room

Additional African Studies Seminar and Book Launch: Dispatcher: Lost and Found in Johannesburg.

Mark Gevisser, author of Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred
25 February 2014 - 1:00pm
African Studies Centre Seminar Room, 13 Bevington Road

OCAF and African History and Politics Seminar: Beyond the Horizon: Governance, Legitmacy, and Representation in the Central African Republic

Andreas Mehler (GIGA, Hamburg)
24 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room 2, ODID, 3 Mansfield Road

OCAF Seminar: Force and Right: Money, Violence, and Consent in Kinshasa's Electoral Cycle

Joe Trapido (SOAS)
21 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Clay Room, Nuffield College

African Studies Seminar: Fair Trade, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and Uganda

Christopher Cramer, SOAS
20 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Dahrendorf, St Antony's College

Zambia Discussion Group: Discussion on Democratisation in Zambia

19 February 2014 - 4:00pm
Dr Larmer's Office, ASC, 13 Bevington Road

The Making of Nelson Mandela III

18 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Dahrendorf, St Antony's
The discussion will explore Mandela’s reconstruction of himself through his autobiography, A Long Walk to Freedom . Amongst other areas of exploration, the discussion will also consider whether this... Read more

Horn of Africa Seminar: Reconstruction and memorial in Gogrial: managing the difficult past in a small town in South Sudan

Zoe Cormack (Durham)
18 February 2014 - 5:00pm
ASC Seminar Room

OCAF Seminar: The Politics of Cessation in Central Africa

Georgia Cole (Green Templeton, Oxford)
14 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Conference Room, Nuffield College

African Studies Seminar: Bullets over Ballots: Electoral Exclusion, Coups and Civil Wars in Africa

Brian Klaas, Oxford University
13 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Dahrendorf, St Antony's College

Constructing Community in Early Twentieth Century South Africa: II

11 February 2014 - 5:00pm
Prof Beinart's room, ASC
Michael Ndlovu (MSc, African Studies) with/and/or Khumisho Moguerane (DPhil, History)) will discuss an aspect of his/their/her dissertation(s). The presentation will explore how some members of the... Read more

Horn of Africa Seminar: Security in the Absence of a State: Traditional Authority, Livestock Trading, and Maritime Piracy in Somalia

Andy Harris (Oxford)
11 February 2014 - 5:00pm
ASC Seminar Room

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