Location: Social Science Building, Room 11.13 Joanna Sadgrove is a Research Fellow in the School of Geography, University of Leeds. Her recent publications include a book chapter, “‘Keeping Up Appearances’: Sex and Religion amongst University Students in Uganda,” Aids and Religious Practice in Africa, (2009), edited by F. Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler, Leiden: Brill,...
Location: Social Science Building, Room 11.13 Graham Harrison is a senior lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield where he carries out research in International Political Economy. He has published on corruption, the World Bank, globalisation, and development, specialising in east Africa, especially Tanzania.
Location: Social Science Building, Room 11.13 Danielle Beswick is a lecturer in the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include: Management of political space and debate in a post-genocide society Rwanda’s relationship with the UK Rwandan foreign and security policy in Africa, including contributions to peacekeeping The role of small...
Location: Social Science Building, Room 11.13 Giuliano Martiniello is a research student in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. His research topic is 'The Agrarian Question in South Africa: an historical and contemporary (policy) perspective from Kwazulu-Natal'.
Location: Social Science Building, Room 11.13 Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre at the University of Leeds with particular specialisation in East Africa. In 2010 she travelled to Uganda where she undertook an inter-generational theatre project with Ugandan women following a grant from the Nuffield Foundation. This seminar takes place in replacement of that originally scheduled to...
Location: Social Sciences Building, Room 11.13 Dr Nadine Beckmann of University of Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, completed her DPhil in 2008. Her thesis explores the complex negotiations involved in Zanzibaris explanation and management of HIV/AIDS in the light of technical and wider global changes.
Location: Social Sciences Building. Room 11.13. Dr Chukwuma Okoye, has joined the University of Leeds Workshop Theatre as our Newton International Fellow for two years (as of October 2009) from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He is undertaking research into The Postcoloniality of African Theatre and Performance.
Location: Social Sciences Building 11.14 Londiwe Nkiwane is from the National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo Zimbabwe. Dr Nkiwane works in the area of gender and textile technology. Any enquiries about this event should be directed to the Centre for Global Development. Please contact Esther Richards on e.j.richards@leeds.ac.uk to find out more.
Location: University of Leeds, Social Sciences Building Room 11.13 Dr Claire Mercer is Lecturer in Human Geography at The London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research is currently focused on 'development' in Sub-Saharan Africa (especially Tanzania and Cameroon).
Location: Social Sciences Building, Room 11.13 Richard Borowski is the LUCAS Schools Project Coordinator. Richard has been arranging workshops in primary and secondary schools in Leeds aimed at educating children on Africa, with a particular emphasis on challenging stereotypes about Africa. The workshops are given by African post-graduates from the University of Leeds. Jane Plastow is...