Upcoming Events

 

Sino-Africa Relationship: Africa-China Reporting Project

When: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 | 1:00 PM
Where: The Arts Lounge, 2017 Dunton Tower

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2018 FPA Research Excellence Award Symposium

When: February 26, 2018 | 1PM
Where: Conference Room, Richcraft Hall

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Book Launch: Bridging Ethnic Divides and Building Peace: Lessons from Kenya’s Experience

When: Tuesday February 27, 2018 | 12 PM
Where: Global Centre for Pluralism, 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON

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2018 IAS Annual Conference & Festschrift in honour of Professor Linda Freeman

When: March 1 – 2, 2018
Where: Conference Room, Richcraft Hall

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Book Launch: Human Rights in Africa

When: Thursday March 15, 2018 | 1:30 PM
Where: Discovery Centre, Room 482 MacOdrum Library

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Call for Applications: Conflict Studies Professor

The Faculty of Human Sciences of Saint Paul University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track teaching position in Conflict Studies.

Saint Paul University, a Catholic, bilingual institution of higher learning federated with the University of Ottawa, seeks to promote excellence in teaching, research and professional formation at the international, national and local levels.

Application Deadline: March 1st, 2018.

Starting Date: July 1st, 2018.

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Call for Fellows: Academy of African Urban Diversity (AAUD)

The AAUD supports a new generation of scholars in the humanistic social sciences pursing research that advances knowledge about mobility and urban diversity in Africa. We welcome applicants from all social sciences disciplines, including but not limited to anthropology, contemporary history, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, urban studies, and planning. We also encourage applicants from other disciplines who engage expressly with urban theory. Applicants should have completed data collection by the time of the academy, and be in the initial phase of the write-up period. While we push for theoretical engagement, projects should be empirically grounded.

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Call for Applications: ARUA Post-Doctoral Fellowships On Mobility & Sociality In Africa’s Emerging Urban

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) is seeking post-doctoral fellows to join a five-year research programme entitled ‘Mobility and Sociality in Africa’s Emerging Urban.’ This initiative is a scholarly response to unprecedented levels of urbanisation and mobility driven by conflict, ambition, and respatialising economies. It is intended to develop African-based contributions to theories of human mobility and transforming modes of social engagement, authority, representation, and expression.

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Funded PhD Opportunities: Multinational Enterprises And Sustainable Development Goals In Sub-Saharan Africa

University of Portsmouth is offering fully-funded, full-time three-year studentship with stipends in line with that offered by Research Councils UK of £14,553 per annum for this research project which attempts to identify organizational capabilities, characteristics and practices of Multinational Corporation contributing to successful and context-sensitive collaboration with local stakeholders (including informal economy actors) to achieve Sustainable Development Goals in a just and ethical manner.

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Call for Papers: Elections in Africa Internal Changes and Foreign Policy of African Countries Conference Series (Moscow, November 1-2, 2018)

Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Center for African Studies of the University of Porto hold the “Elections in Africa” Conference which is to become the inaugural Conference in the series of jointly organized biannual conferences under the umbrella title of “Internal Changes and Foreign Policy of African Countries.” The Conference 2 will take place on the premises of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The working languages are Russian, Portuguese, English, and French.

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ALC Peace and Security Fellowship for African Women 2018-2019 (Fully-funded)

The African Leadership Centre (ALC) is calling for applications for the Peace and Security Fellowship for African Women for 2018/2019. This Fellowship is an intellectual and financial award to those who are able to portray convincing demonstrable or potential capacity to bring about intellectual, policy or other change in their field. The Fellowship is a postgraduate non-degree programme and does not lead to an academic qualification.

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Presentation/Panel discussion. “Addressing equity through meaningful engagement with the African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) community in health research”

This event will comprise of a three-part health equity community dialogue to raise awareness about African, Caribbean, and Black community health research and community development work in Ottawa. It will identify strategies for advancing this work and building capacity. Part 1 will be an interactive photography exhibition broadcasting community voices, part 2 will highlight the Loyer-DaSilva Research Chair`s ongoing projects and part 3 will meaningfully engage a panel of community partners in an interactive health equity discussion. Event hosted by Professor Josephine Etowa, Loyer-DaSilva Research Chair in Public Health Nursing.

Contact Person: Tyler Boyce, Research Coordinator with the Loyer-DaSilva Research Chair in Public Health Nursing. 613-562-5800 ext 8876. E-mail: tboyce@uottawa.ca

When: February 16, 2018 | 5.00PM – 8.00PM
Where: University of Ottawa, Tabaret Hall, Senate Room TBT083

Politics at the Pub: Evaluating Canada’s International Assistance Policy by CIC National Capital Branch

When: February 20, 2018 | 5.30PM
Where: The Red Lion Pub, 47 Clarence Street Ottawa

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