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Seminar hosted jointly by LUCAS and Leeds University Business School as part of their Economic Seminar Series. Prof. Howard Stein (Department of Afroamerican and African Studies & Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan), ‘Industrial policy in Africa’ There is a growing literature on the need for industrialization in Africa and some form of industrial policy...
Dr Alex Vines OBE (Head of the Africa Programme at Chatham House), ‘Narratives about Africa's Future: what role for academics and analysts?’ Tuesday 18th October, 5pm, Maurice Keyworth Lecture Theatre, Business School All welcome. Organised by LUCAS and the Centre for Global Development. Edited to add - you can now watch Alex Vines's talk -...
Campaigners in Leeds gather to show their support for the anti-apartheid movement (Photo courtesy of Dr Salim Essop and the Voices Against Apartheid - the Leeds Story website - please acknowledge if reproduced). LUCAS Roundtable: 'Remembering Anti-Apartheid Activism in Leeds' Wednesday 12 October, 5.30pm (Michael Sadler LG19) - all welcome. This roundtable of anti-apartheid activists in...
Liberating the Female Voice from the Patriarchal Order of the South African Pastoral Tradition: Anne Landsman’s The Devil’s Chimney by Ruth Daly This event is brought to you in association with the University of Leeds’ Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) and is hosted by the Leeds Humanities Research Institute (LHRI). The seminar will take place on 24...
Poverty, Inc – fighting poverty is big business – but who profits the most? Film Showing and discussion of Poverty, Inc The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry — the business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been...
This symposium celebrates the launch of two book volumes, co-edited by Ezra Chitando and Adriaan van Klinken, and published with Ashgate in spring 2016: Public Religion and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa. Christianity and Controversies over Homosexuality in Africa. Speakers Dr Barbara Bompani, University of Edinburgh Prof Ezra Chitando, University of Zimbabwe Rev Jide...
Professor Manuel Barcia's inaugural lecture Thursday 10 March, 5pm, Clothworkers South Lecture Theatre 3 This lecture will examine how a series of historical events that occurred in West Africa from the mid-1790s - including Afonja's rebellion, the Owu wars, the Fulani-led jihad, and the migrations to Egbaland - had an impact upon life in cities...
South Africa’s Political Crisis: Unfinished Liberation and Fractured Class Struggles Book Launch and LUCAS seminar with Alexander Beresford Thursday 3 March, 4–5.30pm, Michael Sadler Building, University of Leeds, LG 19 - all welcome South Africa's long road to political freedom reflects only a partial freedom and an unfinished project of liberation. The country remains one of...
LUCAS Seminar - all welcome James Morris (York), ‘The Orchestra on the Titanic? Oxfam in Kenya, 1963-2002’. Tuesday 2 February, 4-5.30pm (Michael Sadler LG10) Abstract: The paper concentrates on Oxfam’s work in Kenya during the first fifteen years after independence. During this period the developmental state was at its most active, with modernising schemes for...
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...