CAS Seminar Series

Every year, CAS organises a series of bespoke seminars, with outstanding Guest Speakers and Discussants. All our seminars take place on a Wednesday (3:30pm and 5pm).

The Centre of African Studies is delighted to announce their Seminar Series for the new academic year 2024/2025.

List of Seminars for Semester 1 (October 2024-November 2024)

South Africa, Apartheid, and Lessons for the World (Panel Discussion)

Wednesday 18th September 2024 (3.30pm-5pm) - Click here for more info!

This is a panel discussion with participants TBA

Venue: F.21, 7 George Square, EH8 9JZ

Co-badged by PIR Middle East Research Group

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Race, Taste and the Grape: Forces that Shaped the South African Wine Industry

Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (3.30pm-5pm) - Click here for more info!

Speaker: Professor Paul Nugent, Professor of Comparative African History, UoE

Discussant: Dr Wayne Dooling, Senior Lecturer in the History of Southern Africa, SOAS

Venue: G.07 Meadows Lecture Theatre - Doorway 4 (Medical School, Teviot)

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"Distributive Labour" in South Africa: Debt, work and welfare

Wednesday 16th October 2024 (3.30pm-5pm) - Click here for more info!

Speaker: Professor Deborah James, Professor of Anthropology, LSE

Venue: G.07 Meadows Lecture Theatre - Doorway 4 (Medical School, Teviot)

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When judges make policy: Exceptional criminal courts and the judicialization of politics in Benin

Wednesday 30th October 2024 (3.30pm-5pm) - Click here for more info!

Speaker: Dr Sophie Andreetta, Research Associate, Anthropology, University of Liège

Venue: G.07 Meadows Lecture Theatre - Doorway 4 (Medical School, Teviot)

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Norman Leys and the fight against settler colonialism

Wednesday 6th November 2024 (3.30pm-5pm) - Click here for more info!

Speaker: Professor Colin Leys, Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, and an Honorary Research Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London

Venue: G.07 Meadows Lecture Theatre - Doorway 4 (Medical School, Teviot)

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List of Seminars for Semester 2 (January 2025-March 2025)

Black Britain and Nelson Mandela (Book Launch)

Wednesday 29th January 2025 (3.30pm-5pm) - Click here for more info

Speaker: Dr Elizabeth Williams, Historian, Associate Director - Library Academic Support, UoE

Selected Authors:

Professor William Lez Henry, Professor of Criminology and Sociology, University of West London
Nadia Joseph, Social Justice Campaigner
Dr Christopher Roy Zembe, Lecturer in History, De Montfort University
Dr Sireita Mullings-Lawrence, Lecturer in Applied Social Studies and Sociology, University of Bedfordshire

Venue: TBA in January 2025 - Stay tuned!

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