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Recent years have seen impressive levels of economic growth in many parts of Africa, with a new discourse of ‘Africa Rising’ coming to displace the widespread pessimism of the late twentieth century. 2015 is also the year in which countries across the continent will be scrutinised regarding their achievements or failures in relation to the...
LUCAS Annual Lecture: Prof. Pat Manning, ‘Africa and its Diaspora as a Metaphor in World History’ Pat Manning is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History and Director, World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He is in addition the current President of the American Historical Association, the Director of the Collaborative for World-Historical...
LUCAS seminar with Professor Katrin Voltmer (School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds).
LUCAS seminar with Dr Fred Mudhai (Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Global Media and Communication, Coventry University).
LUCAS Spring seminar - 'Music Piracy in West Africa: Beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’?' With Christiaan De Beukelaer (Lecturer in Cultural Management, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and PhD Candidate, School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds) This paper addresses the struggle to make money from music in Burkina Faso and Ghana. According to most music...
This event addresses the International Criminal Court's controversial interventions in Africa. The three speakers will analyse how the International Criminal Court has framed and responded to instances of mass violence, which models of post-conflict justice it has promoted, and how this has impacted upon politics and society in Kenya, Libya and Uganda. Speakers: John Harrington...
As part of the LUCAS Spring seminar series, at 16.00 on Tuesday 24th of February at Chemistry LT D (G.35), University of Leeds, will be a film screening of “The Africa China Connection” with its director, Pieter van der Houwen.
Film Screening of the documentary film 'African Christianity Rising - Stories from Ghana' and panel discussion, including film maker Dr James Ault and two respondents, Professor Kirsteen Kim (Leeds Trinity University) and Pastor Dr Kemi Atanda Ilori (Living Hope Church, Leeds).
A seminar given by Sam Spiegel (Edinburgh) as part of the Sustainability Research Institute Series. Tuesday 10th of February, 16.00-17.30. Baines Wing SR 3.06, University of Leeds. https://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/files/2013/09/Spiegel-poster.pdf
A seminar given by Martin Mowforth as part of the Sustainability Research Institute Series. Wednesday 19th of November, 13.00. Engineering (Houldsworth) LT F (G.07), University of Leeds.