School of Social and Political Science

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