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DIRECTIONS – CONFERENCE THE FUTURE(S) OF DRCONGO(RESEARCH) Friday December 9 2011 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Venue Erasmushuis 08.16, Faculty of Arts, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) Sponsored by The Newton Alumni Program (British Academy) and the Belgian Association of Africanists Organized by the CongoResearchNetwork and the Institute of Anthropological Research in Africa (K.U.Leuven) … Continue reading
ABSTRACTS – THE FUTURE(S) OF DRCONGO(RESEARCH) Friday December 9 2011 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Venue Erasmushuis 08.16, Faculty of Arts, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) Sponsored by The Newton Alumni Program (British Academy) and the Belgian Association of Africanists Organized by the CongoResearchNetwork and the Institute of Anthropological Research in Africa (K.U.Leuven) Biyoya, Philippe, University … Continue reading
CONFERENCE PROGRAM – THE FUTURE(S) OF DR CONGO(RESEARCH) Friday December 9 2011 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Venue Erasmushuis 08.16, Faculty of Arts, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) Sponsored by The Newton Alumni Program (British Academy) and the Belgian Association of Africanists Organized by the CongoResearchNetwork and the Institute of Anthropological Research in Africa (K.U.Leuven) 9. … Continue reading
POSITION TEXT FOR THE CONFERENCE ‘THE FUTURE(S) OF DR CONGO (RESEARCH)’ Friday December 9 2011 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Venue Erasmushuis 08.16, Faculty of Arts, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) Sponsored by The Newton Alumni Program (British Academy) and the Belgian Association of Africanists Organized by the CongoResearchNetwork and the Institute of … Continue reading
CEGEMI- Centre d’Expertise en Gestion Minière Ce centre de recherche rassemble des chercheurs en économie, droit et sciences sociales. Ils font des recherches qualitatives et quantitatives sur de différent problématiques présents dans les sites miniers du Sud-Kivu, notamment la pauvreté, les conflits fonciers, l’exploitation artisanale et industrielle des minerais. Le centre a été … Continue reading
Bandeja YAMBA is a public servant with the Canadian Department of Justice. He has a Ph. D. in African History and has taught African history at the University of Quebec at Montreal, and at the University of Ottawa. He also taught history of the Islam World at the University of Quebec at Rimouski. His research … Continue reading
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1. Ethnicity, Conflict, Identity and Belief: New Directions in Congolese Research FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 – 16.30-18.30 PANEL VII-4 Panellists: Nikki Eggers (Wisconsin-Madison), Miles Larmer (Sheffield), Reuben Loffman (Keele), Harry Verhoeven (Oxford) Chair: Miles Larmer (Sheffield) Discussant: Thomas Turner (independent scholar) Panel description: This panel indentifies important strands in innovatory research into the … Continue reading
International workshop: Conflict, Identity and the State in colonial and post-colonial Democratic Republic of Congo Congo, both historically and in the contemporary period, has stereotypically exemplified the worst of Africa: warfare mounted for material gain, human rights abuses, dictatorship, political corruption, the global exploitation of mineral wealth and the neglect of its people’s aspirations and … Continue reading