Events
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,…
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Panel Discussion: ‘Food Security and Food Sovereignty in the Middle East and North Africa’ – Professor Habib Ayeb, Dr Soraya El Kahlaoui & Professor Ray Bush
LUCAS and POLIS invite you to a panel discussion of the newly published book Food Insecurity and Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa. Agrarian Questions in Egypt and Tunisia, (Anthem Press 2019). The event takes place at 4pm on Thursday 7th November, in room 14.33 of the Social Sciences Building at the University…
Professor Shane Doyle & Professor Jane Plastow (Leeds): ‘Maternal Health in Kenya: Interdisciplinary perspectives’
Maternal health was key to the development of medical systems across East Africa in the mid twentieth century. But in recent decades it has been neglected, or used as a vehicle to achieve other health-related goals. Maternal mortality ratios, which fell rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, have since stagnated at a high level. Relations…
Cheney Public Lecture: Dr Benjamin Lamptey ‘From Extreme Weather to Climate Change in Africa’
You are warmly invited to join us at the Cheney Public Lecture, which will be given by Dr Benjamin Lamptey, Leeds Cheney Fellow and Co-I on GCRF African-SWIFT. From Extreme Weather to Climate Change in Africa Tuesday, 22nd October 2019 Michael Sadler Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre 7pm Please register at this link. …
LUCAS & GCRF-AFRICAP Knowledge Sharing Seminar: ‘Individual adaptation strategies to flooding in a low income urban setting in Nigeria’ with Dr Pedi Obani (United Nations University)
We are pleased to invite you to this GCRF-AFRICAP knowledge-sharing seminar organised jointly with the Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS): Guest speaker: Dr Pedi Obani, Research Fellow in the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) Title: Individual adaptation strategies to flooding in a low income urban setting…
Dr Jones Adu-Gyamfi (Bradford): ‘Political patronage and youth empowerment: examining young entrepreneurs’ access to micro-finance in Ghana’
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is excited to announce that Dr Jones Adu-Gyamfi will be visiting the University on 17th October to deliver a seminar entitled ‘Political patronage and youth empowerment: examining young entrepreneurs’ access to micro-finance in Ghana’. As always, our seminars are free to attend and all are welcome. There is…
Book Launch: ‘Uganda: The dynamics of neoliberal transformation’ edited by Jörg Wiegratz, Guiliano Martiniello and Elisa Greco (Zed books)
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) and the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) are delighted to announce an event to celebrate the launch of ‘Uganda: The dynamics of neoliberal transformation’ edited by Jörg Wiegratz, Guiliano Martiniello and Elisa Greco (published by Zed Books). We invite you to attend the launch of…
LUCAS Annual Launch Event
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is delighted to invite you to our Annual launch event on Thursday 3rd October 2019. Please come along and find out what the 2019/20 academic year has in store for LUCAS. Refreshments and nibbles will be available, along with copies of our journal, the Leeds African Studies Bulletin…
EVENT POSTPONED (Re)imagining creative practice in adolescent sexual and reproductive health: Interactive Workshop
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE THIS EVENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES (Re)imagining creative practice in adolescent sexual and reproductive health: Interactive Workshop 11.00-17.30, 24th September 2019, University of Leeds, Room TBC Concept Note Much adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH)…
Dr Gabrielle Lynch – book launch of Performances of Injustices: The Politics of Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Kenya (Cambridge University Press)
Abstract Following unprecedented violence in 2007/8, Kenya introduced two classic transitional justice mechanisms: a truth commission and international criminal proceedings. Both are widely believed to have failed, but why? And what do their performances say about contemporary Kenya; the ways in which violent pasts persist; and the shortcomings of transitional justice? Using the lens of…
Dr Olly Owen – Tax Reform in Nigeria– Oil, Transition and Legitimacy
On Thursday 2nd May Dr Olly Owen will be visiting us from the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford to deliver his research paper ‘Tax Reform in Nigeria– Oil, Transition and Legitimacy’. Abstract Nigeria is in the midst of a transition away from decades of oil-reliance and faces a future where the state…