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
Daniel Ruiz, one of the Congo-researchers, shares this information on a summer camp on organized crime taking place in Italy in July 2012. Click on OLE for the program.
The CongoResearchNetwork wants to motivate Congolese researchers to be actively involved in the international academic world. Do you want to help Congolese researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences? You can sponsor the CongoResearchNetwork, which will finance one Congolese scholar per year to – pay his/her tuition fees for the doctoral program at a Congolese … Continue reading
http://www.ascleiden.nl/About/Vacancies.aspx Vacancies Printable version Within the framework of a collaborative project on land governance with Mbarara University in Uganda, Nijmegen University, and Wageningen University we are looking for a PhD candidate: Re-advertisement – Land Governance Reform in central Africa (M/F) The candidate will work in a team with 2 other PhD-candidates and a … Continue reading
The CongoResearchNetwork announces its fifth work shop held in Kinshasa April 10 2012 Drs Peter Lambertz will talk about Fololo and the Power of Beauty in Kinshasa (in French) venue: UNIKIN – Faculty of Social Sciences – CEP – Salle 37 time: 16h please visit this page for more information about the previous work shops