The Royal Museum for central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) is organizing, in collaboration with the Free University Brussels and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, an outstanding international conference, Norms in the Margins and Margins of the Norms. The social construction of illegality (Tervuren, Brussels, Leuven, October 25-27 2012). The conference aims at fostering a cross-disciplinary debate on everyday practice seen … 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
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
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read the conference position text here read the program here read the abstracts here information on directions here
International workshop: Conflict, Identity and the State in colonial and post-colonial Democratic Republic of Congo Congo, both historically and in the contemporary period, has stereotypically exemplified the worst of Africa: warfare mounted for material gain, human rights abuses, dictatorship, political corruption, the global exploitation of mineral wealth and the neglect of its people’s aspirations and … Continue reading
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
