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Africa Writes Leeds
Africa Writes Leeds includes a day of activities to celebrate contemporary African writing and in particular the work of Wole Soyinka. The day has been produced in partnership with Africa Writes, the British Library, the Geraldine Connor Foundation, and the University of Leeds Centre for African Studies with sponsorship from Flutterwave. Curated by Khadijah Ibrahiim…
LUCAS seminar: Researching with migrant learners in primary schools in South Africa
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is hosting an online research seminar about the theme of: Researching with migrant learners in primary schools in South Africa: Silences, absences, ‘Afrophobia’ and the continued pervasiveness of ‘race’ The seminar takes place on Thursday 24th February, 4.00-5.30 pm (GMT), and our speaker is Dr Helen Hanna (The Education…
Finance and Neocolonialism in Africa
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is hosting an online research seminar about the theme of ‘Finance and Neocolonialism in Africa’, on Thursday 25 November, 4:00-5:30pm (GMT). Our speakers are: Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo (University of Bayreuth): “Financialization, Afro-Euphoria, and the Struggle for Economic Sovereignty in Africa”. Scott Timcke (University of Leeds): “How to Ensure…
Africa/Queer/Religion: Complex and Creative Intersections
Research seminar jointly hosted by the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion & Social Justice, University of the Western Cape the Leeds University Centre for African Studies the Leeds University Centre for Religion and Public Life 10 November 2021, 2:00-3:30pm UK time Registration essential: please email DTC@UWC.AC.ZA In a context where African, queer, and religious…
African Knowledges for COP26: Decolonising climate change narratives on Africa
This webinar builds on the recent LUCAS Sadler Series on ‘African Knowledges for Global Challenges’. This series of events sought to place African scholars and knowledges are the forefronts of articulating and responding to global challenges. On the eve of COP26, we turn our attention to African perspectives on climate change, and how global responses…
Inaugural lecture Professor Adriaan van Klinken: “Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa”
On 28 October 2021, Adriaan van Klinken will deliver his inaugural lecture as Professor of Religion and African Studies, under the title “Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa”. The Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) and the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (PRHS) are delighted to announce the inaugural professorial…
An editathon for Black History Month: citing African scholars on Wikipedia
Learn how to edit Wikipedia and help increase the representation of African scholars on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia ‘The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit’ aspires to provide universal access to a summary of all human knowledge and is one of the first places people go when looking for information, with over 15 billion visitors…
African Knowledges of Customary Justice: Chinua Achebe’s Writings
Presenters: Evelyn Nwachukwu Urama and Brendon Nicholls Hosted on Zoom https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/85856626936?pwd=dXo5THdUK1E3WTYxbUI1T09WSm5ldz09 Presentation 1, by Dr Evelyn Urama (Department of English and Literary Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria & LUCAS/LAHRI Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds) Africa formerly had organized cultural and leadership systems that promoted communal life where everyone was…
LUCAS Annual Lecture 2020-21 with Professor Grace Musila: ‘#AskAMan and the Cultural Itineraries of Courtship in South Africa’
Professor Grace Musila (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) will deliver the Leeds University Centre for African Studies annual lecture of the academic year 2020-21. The lecture is co-organised with the “Language in Africa” (LIA) special interest group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) as part of its 2021 annual conference about “African Languages…
African Knowledges – Taking Stock and Looking Ahead – Seminar 8 in the series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”
On 20th May, we have the eighth seminar in the Sadler series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”. In this last seminar of the academic year, we will take stock of our conversations so far, identify emerging questions of common interests, and discuss how to further develop collaborative work in this area. We will specifically look…