Events
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…
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…
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,…
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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…
African Knowledges of Community and Belonging – Seminar 7 in the series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”
On 29 April, we have the seventh seminar in the Sadler seminar series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”. This seminar focuses on the theme “African Knowledges of Community and Belonging”, and the following three presenters will address this topic from their own PhD research projects: Sreya Datta (English): “Critical Affiliation in Sefi Atta’s Swallow: Female…
University of Leeds and CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Webinar – ‘Innovation: Solutions to the climate crisis in Africa
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | 14:00 – 15:30 BST | Online Despite its low contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, Africa is the most vulnerable continent to climate change and already the region is experiencing disproportionate impacts. Collaborative research initiatives will play an important role in driving innovation of climate-resilient solutions. In the run up to the COP26,…
Rescheduled Music Research Colloquium: ‘Folk Opera Development & Impact in Ghana: Historical & Cultural Contexts’
Abstract Ghanaian Folk Opera, arguably one of the country’s most successful musical art forms, was invented by Saka Acquaye (1923-2007) in response to Kwame Nkrumah’s Cultural Renaissance and nation building agenda. Between 1960 and the late 1980s, when the first and last of his 10 operas were written and performed, a number of Saka Acquaye’s…
African Knowledges of Water and Environment – Seminar 6 in the Series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”
On 18 March, we have the sixth seminar in the Sadler seminar series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”. Under the theme “African Knowledges of Water and Environment”, three presenters will give short presentations of their work in progress on understandings and issues of water and environment in African contexts: Anna Mdee (POLIS): “Customary and ‘Modern’…
Documentary film screening and Q&A: ‘Sunset at Dawn’. A film focused on maternal health in Kenya
Documentary film screening: Maternal health in Kenya Wednesday 3 March, 7:30PM (UK time) Online via MS Teams – please click the link to join. Sunset at Dawn is a half hour documentary film, made by a team of African and European film makers (William Nyerere Plastow, Simon Peter Otieno, Jane Plastow and Tina Tschismarov) investigating why…
African Knowledges of Cities
On 18 February, we have the fifth seminar in the Sadler seminar series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”. Under the theme “African Knowledges of Cities”, three presenters will give short presentations of their work in progress on understandings of urban space and culture in African contexts: Benjamin Kirby (PRHS): “Urban knowledges and registers of knowability…
“African Knowledges of Health” – Seminar 4 in the series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”
On 21 January, we have the fourth seminar in the Sadler seminar series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”. Under the theme “African Knowledges of Health”, three presenters will give short presentations of their work in progress on understandings and issues of health in African contexts: Abel Ugba (Sociology): “Healing in the Diaspora: Untangling African…
African Knowledges of Gender – Seminar 3 in the series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”
Seminar about “African Knowledges of Gender”, in the Sadler Seminar series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”.