Le projet « Tobongola Mokili : Quels modèles d’entreprises pour la nouvelle économie duclimat en RDC ? » vise à contribuer au développement de ce nouveau paradigme économique. Pour la mise en oeuvre du projet, il est prévu de recruter un(e) assistant(e) de recherche quiappuiera les partenaires locaux de Kinshasa et de Kisangani dans la … Continue reading
The University of Antwerp (Belgium) is hiring a post-doctoral research fellow in the field of social and/or economic history of Africa: Post-doctoral Scholarship (1-year – 100%): Social and/or Economic History of Africa. [Deadline: 29/08/2024] Over the past fifteen years social and economic history research on Africa has evolved from a field dominated by debates on … Continue reading
A l’occasion de la parution de la traduction française de l’ouvrage A Nervous State (Duke University Press 2016) couronné par le Prix Klein de l’American Historical Association, le Congo Research Network a le plaisir d’inviter des jeunes chercheur.ses à dialoguer avec l’autrice autour de son travail, et de l’impact qu’a eu ce désormais classique de … Continue reading
The program of the conference on Decolonization, Diaspora and the African Food Systems, which will be held from the 2nd to 3rd July 2024, at the Africa Museum Tervuren, Belgium, is out! Here is the registration link: https://www.eventbrite.be/e/decolonization-diasporas-and-the-african-food-system-tickets-849731488757 This hybrid conference is an initiative of the Food Bridge vzw in partnership with Diaspofood ULB, Africa Museum … Continue reading
The History Department at Ghent University is recruiting 3 PhD researchers for the ERC Starting Grant Project ‘VIOLENCE WORK’ Creating and contesting colonial authority on the ground in Central Africa through everyday violence, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gillian MATHYS. The 3 PhD-projects (‘Micro-histories of violence workers within networks of coercion, 1870-1970′) are each … Continue reading
67th Annual Meeting of the African Studies AssociationGlobal Africa Chicago, IL December 12-14, 2024 There is a special session for Congo Research Network scheduled for Thursday, December 12, 6:00-7:00 pm in Iowa (6th floor). Below are the panels/sessions/individual presentations in relation to research on Congo: Thursday 12 December, 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM ((UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)) … Continue reading
Mick Feyaerts is a doctoral researcher at the research group History of Modernity and Society (MoSa) at KU Leuven. In four blog posts, she will be sharing some reflexive notes about her research trip in Kikwit (October 2023), during which she engaged in archival research, oral history interviews, and participant observation among Catholic sisters. Her … Continue reading
Mick Feyaerts is a doctoral researcher at the research group History of Modernity and Society (MoSa) at KU Leuven. In four blog posts, she will be sharing some reflexive notes about her research trip in Kikwit (October 2023), during which she engaged in archival research, oral history interviews, and participant observation among Catholic sisters. Her … Continue reading
Mick Feyaerts is a doctoral researcher at the research group History of Modernity and Society (MoSa) at KU Leuven. In four blog posts, she will be sharing some reflexive notes about her research trip in Kikwit (October 2023), during which she engaged in archival research, oral history interviews, and participant observation among Catholic sisters. Her … Continue reading
Mick Feyaerts is a doctoral researcher at the research group History of Modernity and Society (MoSa) at KU Leuven. In four blog posts, she will be sharing some reflexive notes about her research trip in Kikwit (October 2023), during which she engaged in archival research, oral history interviews, and participant observation among Catholic sisters. Her … Continue reading