Past events

Seminars before 2012 can be found here.

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17 March 2016
Seminar: The death of a UN Secretary-General: Dag Hammarskjöld and the Congo
Speaker: Henning Melber, Director emeritus of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Uppsala

10 March 2016
Seminar: Frugal Innovation and its developmental relevance in Africa: Profitable business or capitalist exploitation?
Speaker: Iva Pesa, African Studies Centre Leiden & Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa,
Speaker: André Leliveld, African Studies Centre Leiden & Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa

25 February 2016
Seminar: Missionary Islam and Humanitarian Engagement: The Case of the Ahmadiyya Movement
Speaker: Katrin Langewiesche, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz

28 January 2016
Seminar: Forged in War: the Establishment of Colonial Rule in Zambia, 1890-1920
Speaker: Jan-Bart Gewald, African Studies Centre and Leiden University

15 December 2015
Seminar: Nutrition in Sustainable Development – Africa on its way from undernutrition to obesity?
Speaker: Thom Achterbosch, LEI Wageningen UR,
Speaker: Patrick Kolsteren, Ghent University and Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine

14 December 2015
Seminar: Conflict and Elections in the Central African Republic
Speaker: Didier Kassaï, cartoonist,
Speaker: Pacôme Pabandji, journalist

10 December 2015
Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Howard French: How today's China-Africa encounter came about and what it means for the world
Speaker: Howard W. French, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

24 November 2015
13:00: Lunch seminar: Ethnicization and Regionalism: The Case of Ethiopia
Speaker: Alemayehu Gurmu, Addis Ababa University and Visiting Fellow ASC

10 November 2015
Seminar: The fabled manuscripts of Timbuktu
Speaker: Prof. Charles Stewart, Emeritus Professor University of Illinois

09 November 2015
Lunch seminar: International NGOs and African knowledge institutes: Exploring ways for successful collaboration
Speaker: Gerard Prinsen, Senior Lecturer Massey University, New Zealand and External Advisor for DCR KN,
Speaker: Kenze Ndamukenze, DCR Country Coordinator DR Congo,
Speaker: Aidan Goldsmith, DCR Country Coordinator South Sudan

05 November 2015
15:30: Seminar: Liberia, Ebola, and the pitfalls of single-minded state-building objectives
Speaker: Robtel Neajai Pailey, SOAS, University of London

08 October 2015
Seminar: Spectres of the state: State collapse and sovereign afterlives in Somalia
Speaker: Tobias Hagmann, Roskilde University, Denmark

29 September 2015
Seminar by Sheila Keetharuth: Human rights situation in Eritrea
Speaker: Sheila B.Keetharuth, Commission of Inquiry for Eritrea

24 September 2015
Seminar: Underground Politics in Turbulent Times: Social Dynamics of Gold Mining Projects in Burkina Faso
Speaker: Dr. Sabine Luning, Institute for Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University

17 September 2015
Seminar: The Spiritual Highway: Religious World Making in Megacity Lagos
Speaker: Marloes Janson, SOAS London

03 July 2015
CTD Seminar: Les violences ordinaires dans l’Afrique contemporaine: le monde humanitaire
Speaker: Sylvie Ayimpam, Aix-Marseille Université / Institut des mondes Africains (IMAF),
Speaker: Jacky Bouju, Aix-Marseille Université / Institut des mondes Africains (IMAF)

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