2006 Seminar Series
Programme - Seminar Series 2006
All seminars are held in Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower (4pm 6pm). ALL WELCOME.
20 September 2006: Dmitri Van den Bersselaar (School of History, University of Liverpool)
Modernity rejected? Marketing of schnapps gin in West Africa, 1945-1970
27 September 2006: Edlyne Anugwom (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria)
Economic recession and labour conflict resolution under the military: The case of Nigeria
4 October 2006: Andreas Eckert (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Cultural commuters: African employees in late colonial Tanzania
11 October 2006: Nelson Kasfir (Dartmouth College, USA)
When guerrillas govern civilians Joint with the Department of Politics.
18 October 2006: Stig Jensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Around the campfire: Fighting for survival and nature conservation in Zimbabwe
25 October 2006: Basile Ndjio (University of Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Structural
transformation of the civil society in Cameroon: From non-governmental
organisations to pro-governmental associations
1 November 2006: Marcel Fafchamps (Department of Economics, University of Oxford)
Intrahousehold welfare: Evidence from Ethiopia
8 November 2006: Derek Peterson (Selwyn College and Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge)
The intellectual lives of Mau Mau detainees
15 November 2006: Susannah Mayhew (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London)
Population growth, politics and the Millennium Development Goals
22 November 2006: Melissa Leach (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex)
The social shaping of childhood vaccination practice in rural and urban Gambia
29 November 2006 Alcinda Honwana (International Development Centre , Open University)
Child soldiers in Africa