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This workshop, hosted by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies, offers a space for researchers in the Arts and Humanities to present and discuss current work relating to issues of gender and sexuality in contemporary African contexts. It is an opportunity for cross-disciplinary conversations about the empirical, methodological, ethical and political dimensions of art-...
Gender and sexuality are among the most critical and productive categories in the analysis of African cultural production, social formation, and political mobilisation. In recent decades, African feminist, gender and queer studies have emerged as highly vibrant and prolific subfields of African Studies at large. Rather than simply applying Western theoretical and political models, these...
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies invites postgraduate research students (PGRs) and early career researchers (ECRs) at the University of Leeds and beyond, to participate in an in-person masterclass with the world-leading decolonial thinker, Professor Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. On Thursday 29 September, Professor Ndlovu-Gathseni will deliver the Leeds University African Studies annual lecture. This...
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE THIS EVENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES (Re)imagining creative practice in adolescent sexual and reproductive health: Interactive Workshop 11.00-17.30, 24th September 2019, University of Leeds, Room TBC Concept Note Much adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH)...
DO YOU IDENTIFY AS A BLACK AND/OR AFRICAN POSTGRADUATE STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS IN THE FACULTIES OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND CULTURES AND EDUCATION OR IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW? WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN MEETING WITH OTHERS FROM A SIMILAR BACKGROUND TO DISCUSS THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF YOUR EXPERIENCE AT LEEDS IN...
This workshop is part of a series sponsored by the African Studies Association in the UK (ASAUK) and funded by the British Academy. It brings together journal editors and early career African scholars and postgraduate students involved in or interested in African studies (various fields/disciplines) to work with journal editors with the aim of supporting...
This workshop will see postgraduate students, researchers and academics from a number of institutions come together to focus on the themes of gender and sexuality in the African continent from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. Themes include Rhetoric and Representation, Violence, Norms and Dissonance. Programme 10.15 Coffee and opening remarks 10.30-12.30 Session 1: RHETORIC...
This one-day workshop will explore the interaction between cultural creativity and politics in Africa. Through discussions of novels, poetry and other cultural expressions, it will explore the relationship between the state, political movements and people engaged in cultural projects. York-based Malawian author Jack Mapanje will read extracts from his prison memoir And Crocodiles Are Hungry...
Organised by Dr Jörg Wiegratz, Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development and LUCAS Board Member This workshop is sponsored by LUCAS. We regret that this is a closed workshop for an on-going project but there will be further information on future events / publications later. Jörg Wiegratz (Leeds) and David Whyte (Liverpool): Neoliberalism, fraud...
Organised by Leeds University Centre for African Studies Location: Michael Sadler SR (LG.15) 'International Development in Transition: Implications for Health in Africa' Dr. Sophie Harman (Queen Mary University) 'The global AIDS response in a Post-2015 World' Dr. Simon Rushton (The University of Sheffield) 'Neglected Tropical Diseases verses MDGs?: Reshaping Global Health Prof. James...