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Abstract This paper analyses the traditional role of youth Monyomiji in conflict resolution amongst the Nilotic Lwo communities. The paper discusses how youth Monyomiji involvement could be useful in the South Sudan civil war resolution. The paper conceptualises traditional roles of you through the lenses of cultural theory and hegemony. The Monyomiji meaning, importance and...
French at Leeds and International Writers at Leeds are delighted to welcome the Algerian journalist, writer and visual artist Mustapha Benfodil, who will read from some of his poetry, novels and journalism in English translation. These readings will be followed by a discussion in English and French facilitated by interpreters. Born in the western Algerian city...
Centre for Global Development / POLIS Research Seminar “Applying the Aid Effectiveness Principles: Experiences from Mali, Ghana and Ethiopia” Prof. Stephen Brown, University of Ottawa Abstract In 2005, foreign aid donors and recipients formally endorsed a few basic but far-reaching principles that had the potential to revolutionize global development cooperation. The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness – with...
Finding Africa seminar series - Art and Ways of knowing in Uganda A screening and discussion of two short films developed in response to a workshop with artists and activists Ruth Kelly (CHR, York) & Director, Patience Nitumwesiga We are delighted to be opening our Theorising Africa session with a screening, discussion and interview with the Ugandan...
David Clayton (York), ‘Development and Decolonisation? Radio Broadcasting in Northern Rhodesia, 1942-1953’ David Clayton is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of York
Joint LUCAS and Centre for Religion and Public Life Research seminar Prof Birgit Meyer (Utrecht) - 'Studying Religion in and from Africa'. Abstract The study of religion in Africa, as the flagship journal with the same name shows, is a thriving field with researchers from Europe, Africa, and elsewhere. It mainly consists of articles based...
LUCAS Seminar - CANCELLED We regret that Alemseged Tesfai will have to cancel his planned lecture as the British authorities have been too slow in granting his visa. Alemseged Tesfai - British colonialism in Eritrea, 1941-1950 Born in 1944 in the southern Eritrean town of Adi Quala, Alemseged Tesfai is Eritrea's premier playwright. His play The...
LUCAS Seminar - all welcome Professor Paul Cooke (Leeds), 'Changing the Story or Confirming the Story? Participatory filmmaking, development and youth leadership in the East Rand, South Africa’ Tuesday 21 Nov 2017 5pm, Michael Sadler Building room LG.17, University of Leeds Prof Paul Cooke is director of the Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures...
As part of the University of Leeds School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) research seminar series, you are warmly invited to a presentation by Dr Winifred Bedigen (University of Leeds): This paper seeks to clarify some of the misunderstood issues in current African women’s empowerment and development messaging. Some western scholars, by theorising women’s...
University of Leeds Faculty of Arts Women, Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster and Global History Research Cluster seminar 1956 Women's Day Protest, Pretoria Wednesday, 15th November, 5pm-7pm, Grant room, Michael Sadler Building (room 3.11): Speaker, Dr Nick Grant (UEA), ‘Anti-Apartheid and the Politics of Motherhood’ - University of Leeds Nick Grant’s book, Winning Our Freedoms...