Centre for African Studies (LUCAS)

Yorkshire African Studies Network conference

Migration and Transition – Roots and Routes

Larkin Theatre A, Larkin Building, University of Hull, 18^th and 19^th May 2017

The main theme of the conference is Migration and Transition – Roots and Routes

This 2 day interdisciplinary conference aims to create an inclusive and supportive space for post-graduate scholars, academics and community members to come together in a supportive environment, to provide a platform of critical thinking, exchange of ideas and to promote inter-relationships between academics, researchers, the community and non-academics. .

The conference provides an opportunity for academics and professionals from various fields to share their theoretical knowledge, research findings and practices with colleagues, participants and community members in a relaxed and stimulating atmosphere. Participants’ input will be encouraged in order to add value and interaction, promote networking and foster partnerships throughout the duration of the conference. The conference will be interactive, providing an excellent opportunity for networking.

The main theme of the conference is Migration and Transition – Roots and Routes

Programme

18^th May Thursday

9.30     Register

10.15   Keynote: Dr Lucy Michael – hate crime and discussion

11. 00 Frowynke Siegers: Community Development & Volunteer Coordinator Gateway   Protection Programme – Refugee Council – talk of work with refugees and case studies
12. 30 Lunch

1.30      Lilly Okech-Appiah: The Human Trafficking of young girls and women from      Eastern Africa to Europe

1.45      Giselle Lowe: A qualitative exploration of abortion narratives in South Africa

2.00      Discussion

2.15      Keynote: Dr Athina Karatogianni Africa/ social media and discussion

3.00      Tea/coffee

3.15      Samuel North: Museums as a form of restorative justice: reality or rhetoric in South Africa?

3.30       Dr Michele Olivier: Forced Marriages: A modern form of slavery?

4.00       Nkiruka U Maduekwe: Enforcing Environmental Rights in Nigeria: Is there an African Solution to this Nigerian Problem?

4.15 – 4.45 Discussion

4.45 -5.45 Roundtable YASN discussion

6 – 7/8    Film: Talk by Tom Glinski – Community Development Worker Centre 88

Film made by refugees Centre 88 – Refugee Council

19^th May Friday

10       Coffee/Tea

10.30  Claire Chambers: ‘Like a New Titanic’: Muslim Refugee Fiction

11.00  Shriya Thakkar: Labour Migration and Gender Roles: A South Asian Perspective

11.15  Discussion

11.30  Dr Shola: Boko Haram

12.00  Allison Drew: Conflict patterns in Africa

12.30 Dr Bev Orton: Decriminalising Sex Workers in South Africa

1.00 Discussion/ plenary

1.30   Lunch

2.30 Possible screening of film on Rwanda

PM Visit to WISE/ Hull/ art exhibitions on campus and in town

For more info and to register – please contact Dr Bev Orton: b.orton@hull.ac.uk

Please find below directions to the University of Hull

Directions

http://beta.www.hull.ac.uk/Choose-Hull/Study-at-Hull/Open-days/Visit-us.aspx

Here are some events taking place in Hull – City of Culture

https://www.hull2017.co.uk/whatson/

In the afternoon of 19^th May you are welcome to join a trip to WISE and visit the museum

http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/wise.aspx

PLEASE NOTE THAT COFFEE AND TEA WILL BE SUPPLIED – HOWEVER LUNCH AND DINNER WILL NEED TO BE AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE (THERE WILL BE SANDWICHES AND CAKES!)

Yorkshire African Studies Network

Conference at the University of Bradford supported by JEFCAS

‘Transitions’ from what to what? Justice and Reconciliation in Africa

Friday 18^th November 2016

Programme

10.15 Registration

10.50 Introduction

11.00 Session 1: Post-conflict Justice and Reconciliation

Peter Nias, Former Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bradford

From Apartheid to Democracy – without a Truth & Reconciliation Commission: has the experience of Namibia worked?

Adikalie Kamara, University of Bradford

The Special Court for Sierra Leone: a Peacebuilding Mechanism?

Chris Davey, University of Bradford

Post-genocide Memory as the Aegis of Atrocity

12.30 Lunch break

1.15 Session 2: Justice Systems

Vera Riffler, University of York

Justice in security matters – mapping non-state actors and security demands in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Dr Nicki Kindersley, University of Durham

Rule of whose law? Justice systems under ‘transitional government’ collapse in Juba, South Sudan

Dr Chris Paterson, University of Leeds

To fear or embrace the ‘global policeman’: the representation of the US military ‘African Pivot’

3.00 Session 3: Guest Speaker

Dr Phil Clark, SOAS, University of London

4.20 Closing remarks

 
To register for the conference please go here or see this link
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transitions-from-what-to-what-justice-and-reconciliation-in-africa-tickets-28759032039
For more information about the conference in general please contact Dr David Harris – D.Harris7@bradford.ac.uk

Call for papers: Yorkshire Africa Studies Network Conference at the University of Bradford

‘Transitions’ from what to what? Justice and Reconciliation in Africa

Friday 18^th November 2016

We welcome applications from PhD students, researchers and academics.

The conference aims to subject to scrutiny the realms of criminal justice, social justice and reconciliation in Africa. This is not envisaged as a narrow field; the conference is designed to include all elements of international criminal justice, truth and reconciliation commissions, localised notions of retributive, restorative and redistributive justice, and ideas of social justice linked to themes as broad as poverty, gender, land and societal cleavages. The conference, however, aims also to interrogate the notion of ‘transition’. Often applied to societies deemed in need of change, the important questions of what is envisaged and what actually happens are accompanied by an even more fundamental uncertainty as to whether ‘transition’ is indeed an appropriate term for these processes.

Guest speaker: Dr Phil Clark (SOAS)

We welcome applications from PhD students, researchers and academics focusing on the above issues in any part of the African continent from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. Please submit 300-word abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference to Dr David Harris (d.harris7@bradford.ac.uk) by 30^th September 2016. We will let you know as soon as possible after the deadline whether your paper proposal has been accepted.

This call for papers is open to all academics, researchers and postgraduate students whether they are based in Yorkshire or elsewhere. Some funds are available to reimburse travel for speakers within Yorkshire.

Times and schedules will be confirmed in due course.

The Yorkshire Africa Studies Network is comprised of the Universities of Bradford, Durham, Hull, Leeds, Leeds Trinity, Sheffield and York. Find out more about YASN at http://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/yasn/.