Centre of African Studies Seminar Series
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Centre of African Studies (CAS) Seminar Series Autumn 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 4:00pm
Asylum, Migration and Racial Politics: What’s New in UK-Africa Relations?
Panel: - David Ngendo Tshimba, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda
- Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, University of Khartoum, Sudan, & UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea
- Sara Dorman, Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Chair: Georgia Cole, Social Work, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
Co-sponsored by the Centre of African Studies and Race-ED
Wednesday, September 28, 4:00pm
Book Launch
The Digital Continent: Placing Africa in the World of Digital Work
Speaker: Mohammad Amir Anwar, CAS, University of Edinburgh
Discussants:
- Edward Webster, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
- Karen Gregory, Department of Sociology, University of Edinburgh
Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
Wednesday, October 5, 4:00pm
The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality
Speaker: Rahul Rao, University of St. Andrews
Discussants:
- B Camminga, Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
- Hemangini Gupta, Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh
Chair: Barbara Bompani, CAS, University of Edinburgh
Venue: 50 George Square, Room G06
Co-sponsored by the Centre of African Studies, Centre for South Asian Studies and Gender-ED
Wednesday, October 12, 4:00pm
Gendered Surplus People, Food Security, and Maladaptation to Climate Change in Northern Ghana
Speaker: Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Denver
Chair: Sam Spiegel, Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh
Venue: 7 George Square, Room S.1
Co-sponsored by the Centre of African Studies, the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) and the Edinburgh Environment and Development Network (EEDN)
Wednesday, October 19, 4:00pm
The Maldives in Medieval Global Networks: Connections to Africa (and Other Places)
Speaker: Anne Haour, University of East Anglia
Discussant: John Giblin, National Museum of Scotland
Venue: Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4
Co-sponsored by the Edinburgh Centre for Global History and the Centre of African Studies
Wednesday, October 26, 4:00pm
Book Launch
Legitimation as Political Practice: Crafting Everyday Authority in Tanzania and Beyond
Speaker: Kathy Dodworth, University of Edinburgh
Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
Co-sponsored by the Centre of African Studies and Politics and International Relations (PIR)
Wednesday, November 2, 4:00pm
African Writers’ Lives: Focus on Leila Aboulela
Speaker: Bhakti Shringarpure, Department of English, University of Connecticut
Chair: Terri Ochiagha Plaza, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building Seminar Rooms 1 and 2
Co-sponsored by CAS and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH)
Wednesday, November 16, 4:00pm
Aid and Architecture in the 2020s
Speaker: Ola Uduku, University of Liverpool
Venue: 50 George Square, Room G06
Wednesday, November 23, 4:00pm
Smart Cities and African Urbanism: Through the Lens of Nairobi, Kenya
Speaker: Prince Guma, British Institute in Eastern Africa
Venue: 50 George Square, Room G06