Congo Research Network

Old age in Kinshasa – Part 3.

PAPA WEMBA AND THE CONFUSION OF GENERATIONS By Katrien Pype, research professor at IARA (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Fellow at DASA (University of Birmingham) – blog September 2016. This is a 3rd of four blogposts that are connected to my research on the lifeworlds of elderly Kinois. The research was funded by a Marie Curie … Continue reading →

Old age in Kinshasa – Part 2.

By Katrien Pype, research professor at IARA (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Fellow at DASA (University of Birmingham) – blog September 2016. This is a 2nd of four blogposts that are connected to my research on the lifeworlds of elderly Kinois. The research was funded by a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (PIOF-GA-2009-252331) and was carried out … Continue reading →

Old age in Kinshasa. – Part 1

  by Katrien Pype, research professor at IARA (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Fellow at DASA (University of Birmingham) – September 2016. This is a series of four blogposts that are connected to my research on the lifeworlds of elderly Kinois. The research was funded by a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (PIOF-GA-2009-252331) and was carried out … Continue reading →

Call for Submissions CASA Committee for Best Essay by a Junior Scholar

Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to nominate texts for the Central African Studies Association’s first awarding of the “CASA Prize for the Best Published Article by a Junior Scholar.”  As decided at our annual meeting in 2014 in Indianapolis, we will use part of our money to award a junior researcher’s work, … Continue reading →

*** Call for Papers *** Congo Research Network (CRN) Stream Panels at African Studies Association Biennial Conference (ASAUK) 7-9 September 2016 in Cambridge, UK

*** Call for Papers *** Congo Research Network (CRN) Stream Panels at CFP CRN ASAUK PANELS African Studies Association Biennial Conference (ASAUK) 7-9 September 2016 in Cambridge, UK Conference details: http://www.asauk.net/asauk-biennial-conference-2016/ Please send abstracts of maximum 250 words to the convenors of the panels below by 26 March 2016. Social Value, Political Economy and Mimicry in Congolese Popular Politics … Continue reading →

Conference Programme | ‘Contemporary Congolese Studies’ 11-12 June 2015 | African Studies Centre & Emmanuel College, Cambridge University

CRN Contemporary Congolese Studies Programme

Contemporary Congolese Studies – University of Cambridge, 11-12 June 2015

Thursday 11 – Friday 12 June 2015 Centre of African Studies, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge Keynote Address | Nancy Rose Hunt (University of Michigan) | 6:30pm 11/06 | Emmanuel College Contemporary Congolese Studies Cambridge June 2015

Atelier CRN UNIKIN, 9 janvier, 12-14h, Centre d’études politiques.

Cher-e-s tou-te-s, j’ai le plaisir de vous annoncer le prochain atelier du CongoResearchNetwork, qui aura lieu le 9 janvier 2015, de 12h a 14h, au Centre d’études politiques, Facultes de Sciences Sociales, UNIKIN. Papier lu par Dr Ignace Ndongala (FTSR/Udem Montreal et Institut Lumen Vitae, Bruxelles, ignacendongala@yahoo.fr)  La RDC, horizon 2016 : les Églises chrétiennes et … Continue reading →

Appel candidatures stages individuels – oproep individuele beurzen MRAC/KMCA Tervueren, Belgium

Version néerlandaise en dessous Chères/Chers collègues, Dans le cadre du programme de Stages de l’Accord-Cadre, nous pourrons attribuer des bourses de stages individuels en 2015. Nouvelle orientation à donner aux bourses à la demande de la DGD : Nous devons vous informer du fait que la DGD souhaiterait recentrer les stages sur une coopération plus institutionnelle : … Continue reading →

Picture taken after the CRN workshop in Kinshasa with Catherina Wilson (U. Leyden), 29th April 2014.