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Leon Verbeek (b. 1934, Belgium), has worked in Rwanda 1957-1959 and in Congo (Lubumbashi) from 1966 to the present as independent researcher in collaboration with different institutions. He can be contacted via email on verbeek_leon@yahoo.fr Principaux ouvrages publiés : 1) Kitawala et détecteurs de sorciers dans la Botte de Sakania. In : Enquêtes et documents d’histoire africaine. Louvain-la-Neuve, … Continue reading
Michael Meeuwis (PhD 1997) is Professor of African languages and linguistics at Ghent University, where he is also the director of the Centre for Studies in African Humanities (http://www.cesah.ugent.be). His domains of interest include the grammatical description of Lingala, the sociolinguistics of Lingala, the history of colonial linguistics in the Belgian Congo, South African sociolinguistics, … Continue reading
Piet Clement obtained a PhD in Modern History at the KULeuven (1995) and currently works as historian and archivist in Basel, Switzerland. Research interest in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo focuses on landownership issues and rural development, as well as colonial history and institution building more generally. Short research visits to … Continue reading
Processus de décentralisation en RDCongo: des normes officielles à la pratique, une lecture à travers les jeux d’acteurs. Conférence internationale à l’Université Catholique du Congo, du 22 au 24 Octobre 2012, organisée par le Centre d’Expertise en Décentralisation et Développement Local financé par le VLIR UOS. La décentralisation est partie intégrante de la Constitution du 18 … Continue reading
VACANCY for a doctoral thesis under supervision of Marc De Paepe concerning the cultural history of education in postcolonial Congo, at the University of Leuven (Belgium) deadline for applications: JULY 24 2012 please submit application online: http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacancies_aapbap/phd_humanities.html The job description can be found at: Click to access ABV2012137_PhD_researcher_52057799.pdf
International workshop: Conflict, Identity and the State in colonial and post-colonial Democratic Republic of Congo Friday 29 June 2012, 9.30am – 5.15pm Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield 9.30-10.00: Registration and coffee, welcome remarks 10.00-10.45: Keynote speaker: Théodore Trefon (Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren): The 2011 DR Congo election and its aftermath 10.45-11.00: Coffee … Continue reading
READ THE PROGRAM OF THE CRN WORKSHOPS IN KINSHASA Three workshops in June 2012! 5 June 2012 – Drs Leon Tsambu (UNIKIN): Sociodrame, jeu et pouvoir dans le spectacle musical congolais. (Critique sociologique du concert de Wenge Musica MM au Palais des Sports de Paris 1999.) 12 June 2012 – Prof. Dr. Tom De Herdt (University of Antwerp, Belgium): A la … Continue reading
The latest round of recruitment for the Birmingham Fellows has now begun. The full details can be found at: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/excellence/fellows/index.aspx The University is appointing around 25 fellows this time. The deadline is 27 August: longlisting and shortlisting will take place in September and the interviews will be in the week commencing 15 October. All the … Continue reading
12 June 2012 – Prof. Dr. Tom De Herdt (University of Antwerp, Belgium): A la recherche de l’Etat – enjeux et acteurs de la reconstruction post-conflit en RDC – lire le papier ici (en anglais) De Herdt CRN paper
On Tuesday 22 May at 14h (2 pm) Prof Miles Larmer (University of Sheffield, UK) will give a lecture entitled Comparing Copperbelts: The History and Politics of Resource Extraction in the Zambian Copperbelt and Haut Katanga Etude comparative des copperbelts : historicisation du “resource curse” et la contestation des modernites dans les copperbelts zambien et haut-katangais … Continue reading
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