Events
The Centre of African Studies organises and supports a great many events.
We run a weekly seminar series during the semester, inviting Africanist researchers from the UK and beyond to share their work with our staff and students. We organise periodic PhD researchers seminars and workshops. We host conferences and workshops under the banner of the European networks of African studies, we have hosted both an AEGIS conference and workshop in recent years.
Finally, we host an annual thematic African Studies conference that has been running for over 30 years. This conference attracts Africanists from across the world and a particular feature of the conference is the fact we sponsor all Africa-based participants to attend.
More information on these events can be found by navigating through the links to the left.
Upcoming events
| Date / Time | Details | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 19th Sep 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Dr Hazel Gray's Book Launch: Turbulence and Order in Economic Development: Institutions and Economic Transformation in Tanzania and Vietnam Speaker: Dr Hazel Gray # University of Edinburgh; Speaker: Dr Stefan Ouma # Goethe University Frankfurt; Speaker: Dr. Kate Meagher # LSE |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 26th Sep 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: 'A local border? Decentralising state territoriality in the South Sudan-Uganda borderlands, 1914-2014' Speaker: Dr Cherry Leonardi # Durham University |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 3rd Oct 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Ethiopian political thought on global history and colonial modernity (1908-1949) Speaker: Dr Sara Marzagora # SOAS University of London |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 8th Oct 2018 16:00 (2 hours) | Roundtable: Humanitarian #MeToo: Expert Panel Speaker: Imogen Wall # Fifty Shades of Aid; Speaker: Dr Glenda Cooper # City, University of London; Speaker: Brendan Paddy # Senior Consultant; Hosted by: Dr Kate Wright # University of Edinburgh |
Adam House, 3 Chambers St |
| 10th Oct 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Decolonizing Sudan: The Rise of Economic and Development Planning Speaker: Alden Young # Drexel University |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD. |
| 17th Oct 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Dr Kate Wright's Book Launch: Who's Reporting Africa Now?Non-Governmental Organizations, Journalists, and Multimedia Speaker: Dr Kate Wright # University of Edinburgh; Speaker: Niall Couper # Head of Media, PR and Supporter Communications, Amnesty UK |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 24th Oct 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Pride, patronage, or policies? How election campaigns increase ethnic identification in Africa Speaker: Dr Elena Gadjanova # University of Oxford |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 31st Oct 2018 16:00 (3 hours) | Screening: Celebrating Nelson Mandela’s Centenary: Mandela, A True Pan-Africanist - film screening and discussion Speaker: Firdoze Bulbulia # Director |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 7th Nov 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Dr George Otieno Ogola Seminar Speaker: Dr George Otieno Ogola # University of Central Lancashire |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 14th Nov 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Thomas Cantens Seminar Speaker: Dr Thomas Cantens # University of Edinburgh |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 21st Nov 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: Exploring Attitudes towards HIV testing amongst wealthy men in Tanzania Speaker: Dr Kevin Deane # Queen Mary University of London |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 28th Nov 2018 16:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes) | Seminar: New patterns in capital flight from South Africa Speaker: Dr Susan Newman # UWE Bristol |
Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD |
| 12th Jun 2019 09:00 (2 days and 8 hours) | Conference: 2019 - European Conference on African Studies Hosted by: Pete Kingsley # TBC |
Centre Campus |
