Congo Research Network

Panel 2 Between tutelage and policy space: exploring the multiple logics in the DRC’s ties to international stakeholders in the country

ASAUK Panel Proposal 2 (of 12) This panel will be presented at the biannual conference of the ASAUK (African Studies Association in the UK) in September 2012 (Leeds, Sept 6-8). The organizers have invited the Congo Research Network to participate in this. 12 Congo related panels have been accepted. If you wish to participate, you can join … Continue reading →

Panel 1: Nourishing the state, feeding the people: the political economy of state building in the DRC

ASAUK Panel Proposal 1 (of 12) This panel will be presented at the biannual conference of the ASAUK (African Studies Association in the UK) in September 2012 (Leeds, Sept 6-8). The organizers have invited the Congo Research Network to participate in this. 12 Congo related panels have been accepted. If you wish to participate, you can join … Continue reading →

2nd interview on Youtube Congo Research Network Channel

watch the 2nd interview with a Congolese researcher on his work – posted on the Youtube Channel of Congo Research Network follow this link

Congo Research Network on Youtube

CongoResearchNetwork now has its own channel on Youtube! In the following weeks you will be able to watch interviews with 17 Congolese colleagues. The interviews were filmed in August 2011 and the editing took place in Kinshasa during the months of August and September. Check out the interview with Bangonzy-Esso-Lisongo (in French), of the Free University of … Continue reading →

CFP African Studies Seminar at Keele University – Nov 15 2011

AFRICAN STUDIES AT KEELE (ASK) WORKSHOP Tuesday 15 November 2011, Claus Moser Building, 11:00 – 16:00 Introductory Remarks (Ann Hughes: Director of the Research Institute for the Humanities) Southern Africa in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Chair Bill Dixon Rachel Bright (Keele) ‘Who is a Real South African? Colonial Nationalism and the 1904 Cape Colony … Continue reading →

Newsletter of the Congolese Studies Association

open here the newsletter of the Congolese Studies Association – Association des Etudes Congolais authored by John Nimis

3ieme post du bloggeur invite Pedro Monaville

Mise en abîme Des hommes surgissent dans un orphelinat isolé au milieu d’une clairière. Lourdement armés, ils sont résolus à s’emparer du groupe d’enfants hébergé par le missionnaire américain qui a construit l’orphelinat. Ils n’hésitent pas à recourir à la torture pour qu’on leur indique l’endroit où ces enfants se cachent. On devine rapidement le … Continue reading →

1st post by guest blogger Gillian Mathys

Two weeks ago I was talking to one of my favourite informants, in a village not that far away from Goma. The word ‘informant’ seems weird in this context, as we have spent numerous times together and as I feel a lot of sympathy for this man, over the age of eighty. Let’s call him … Continue reading →

Interviewing Congolese colleagues (UPN, Universite Pedagogique Nationale, Kinshasa) – videos will be posted as from October 2011 onwards

cooperation entre l’universite de Metz (France) et l’universite de Lubumbashi

consultez le site mukanda.univ-metz.fr une cooperation entre l’universite de Metz et l’universite de Lubumbashi, ouvert a toutes disciplines (copie du site mukanda.univ-metz.fr) Mukanda : Mukanda est une plate-forme de documentation pour l’Afrique centrale. Son principe de base est la mutualisation des données : elle a été mise en œuvre à l’initiative de chercheurs qui souhaitent, en premier … Continue reading →