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
Wednesday February 2 2011 Seminar at the University of Birmingham (Centre of West African Studies, Arts Building, 2nd floor, Danford Room, 4.45-6.30pm) ‘Congolese History Between the Local and the Global: Challenging National Frameworks in Colonial and Post-Colonial History.’ Convenor: Dr K. Skinner Dr Larmer, Miles, lecturer at the U. of Sheffield (UK) ‘Rethinking local agency … Continue reading