DIRECTIONS – CONFERENCE THE FUTURE(S) OF DRCONGO(RESEARCH) Friday December 9 2011 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Venue Erasmushuis 08.16, Faculty of Arts, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) Sponsored by The Newton Alumni Program (British Academy) and the Belgian Association of Africanists Organized by the CongoResearchNetwork and the Institute of Anthropological Research in Africa (K.U.Leuven) … Continue reading
ABSTRACTS – THE FUTURE(S) OF DRCONGO(RESEARCH) Friday December 9 2011 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Venue Erasmushuis 08.16, Faculty of Arts, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) Sponsored by The Newton Alumni Program (British Academy) and the Belgian Association of Africanists Organized by the CongoResearchNetwork and the Institute of Anthropological Research in Africa (K.U.Leuven) Biyoya, Philippe, University … Continue reading
1. Ethnicity, Conflict, Identity and Belief: New Directions in Congolese Research FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 – 16.30-18.30 PANEL VII-4 Panellists: Nikki Eggers (Wisconsin-Madison), Miles Larmer (Sheffield), Reuben Loffman (Keele), Harry Verhoeven (Oxford) Chair: Miles Larmer (Sheffield) Discussant: Thomas Turner (independent scholar) Panel description: This panel indentifies important strands in innovatory research into the … 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
ASAUK PANEL PROPOSAL 11 (of 12) Congo and the Politics of Culture 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 … Continue reading
open here the newsletter of the Congolese Studies Association – Association des Etudes Congolais authored by John Nimis
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
all pictures were taken by Loránd Szabó —- to see them, click on the title of this post
The Congo Research Network will hold a meeting at the upcoming ECAS conference in Uppsala (June 2011). Location of the meeting: venue Ekonomikum, Room A122 – time: June 16, 19-20.45 — I hope as many people as possible will be able to attend!
Wednesday February 16 2011, 5PM-7PM, Danford Room, Centre of West African Studies, U. of Birmingham,http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/university/edgbaston-map.pdf, R16, Arts Building – in the red zone) Speakers: Dr Long, Nick (independent scholar), The media in a fragile state. Demonstrating effects, and protecting sources. Dr Pype, Katrien (U. of Birmingham), Reciprocity and Risk in the Lives and Work of Kinshasa’s Television Journalists … Continue reading