Events
The Worldmaking of New-Generation African Poets
Please join us on Tuesday 9th May 16:00-17:30 (BST) for a research seminar with Dr Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University) who will speak about: “The Worldmaking of New-Generation African Poets” The research seminar is hosted by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies and the School of English’s Postcolonial Research Group. Abstract The migration of literary culture…
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Epistemic Injustice, Decolonisation and Environmental Policymaking in Africa
Please join us on Thursday 9th March 16:00-17:30 (GMT) for a research seminar with Dr Diana-Abasi Ibanga who will speak about: “Epistemic Injustice, Decolonisation and Environmental Policymaking in Africa” The research seminar is hosted by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies and will take place online (via Zoom). This presentation is based on the research…
Research seminar: Religious Leaders as Agents of LGBTIQ Inclusion in East Africa
In this seminar, jointly hosted by the Centre for Religion and Public Life and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies, Adriaan van Klinken (Professor of Religion and African Studies) will present some of the findings of the Sexuality and Religion in East Africa project. The project focuses on the role of religious leaders as…
Seminar with Dr Mikel Burley: Conceptual Decolonization and Conceptual Justice
Please join us on Thursday 1st December, 11.30 am (GMT) for a research seminar with Dr Mikel Burley who will speak about: “Conceptual Decolonization and Conceptual Justice: Critically Examining Proposals from Kwasi Wiredu and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o” The seminar is jointly hosted by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies and the Leeds Centre for Religion and Public…
Bissau-Guinean vernacular films in transnational flow
The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds, and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies, are hosting a research talk with by Dr Catarina Laranjeiro, who will speak about Bissau-Guinean vernacular films in transnational flow This presentation addresses the relation between the colonial legacy of images and the vernacular film…
“Theologies of Gender, Relationality and Power in a Nigerian Pentecostal church”
Please join us on Thursday 17th November, 11.30 am (GMT) for a research seminar with Dr Naomi Richman (Trinity College, Cambridge) who will speak about: “Theologies of Gender, Relationality and Power in a Nigerian Pentecostal church” The seminar is jointly hosted by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies and the Leeds Centre for Religion and Public Life….
“Local ecological knowledge and climate change in three corners of Africa”
Please join us on Thursday 17th November, 2pm (GMT) when Dr Sandra Bhatasara (University of Zimbabwe) will be in conversation with Dr Gilbert Tietaah (University of Ghana) and Dr Silas Oriaso (University of Nairobi). They will discuss: ‘Local ecological knowledge and climate change in three corners of Africa’ The research seminar is hosted by the Leeds…
The Post-Colonial Resurgence of Traditional Yoruba Practices
Please join us on Thursday 27th October, 16:30pm (BST) for an online research seminar about: ‘The Post-Colonial Resurgence of Yoruba Traditional Religious Practices and Herbal Medicine’ The seminar is jointly hosted by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies and the Leeds Centre for Religion and Public Life. Please join the seminar via Zoom. In…
Research seminar: “Pressure and the expectation of success in Nairobi, Kenya”
Please join us on Thursday 6th October, 4.15-5.30 pm (BST) for a research seminar with Dr Mario Schmidt who will speak about “Pressure and the expectation of success: on the somatization of failing aspirations in Nairobi, Kenya” The research seminar is hosted by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies, the Centre for Global Development,…
LUCAS Annual Lecture 2022 by Prof. Ndlovu-Gatsheni: “Politics of Decolonizing Knowledge in African Studies”
Please join us on Thursday 29th September 4.00-6.00 pm (BST) for the Leeds University Centre for African Studies annual lecture of 2022, which will be delivered by Professor Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni (University of Bayreuth) who will speak about: “Politics of Decolonizing Knowledge and Trajectories of African Studies in Africa” The event will take place in hybrid…
Masterclass about “Decolonising Knowledges about and from Africa”
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…