- Talk @ Carleton:“The 2015 Ethiopian general election and the Opposition: The end of coalitions?”
- CELADA event @ uOttawa: Equitable Alternatives and Local Solutions to Land Grabs in Africa
- Talk @ uOttawa:”“ Identity, Law, And Paradoxes Of Personhood In The Postcolony: The Return Of Khulekani Khumalo, Zombie Captive”
- Book talk @uOttawa: Professor Jean Comaroff discusses her book, Ethnicity, Inc.
- Event @ Ottawa: EASAC Flavours of the East Gala Fundraiser for CanUgan (TONIGHT)
- Call for Papers: Conference @ University of Ottawa – 2015 International Conference on Chinese and African
- Sustainable Urbanization: A Global Perspective
- UFS/AS YOUNG AFRICAN SCHOLAR AWARD Betreff: 2015 Summer School on Black Europe – Extended Application Deadline
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Talk @ Carleton:“The 2015 Ethiopian general election and the Opposition: The end of coalitions?”
The Institute of African Studies presents “The 2015 Ethiopian general election and the Opposition: The end of coalitions?”with Jean-Nicolas Bach, Sciences Po Bordeaux
When: March 18, 2015,1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Paterson Hall, 433 (History Lounge)
Email contact: african.studies@carleton.ca
Phone contact: 613-520-2600-2220
The presentation will deal with the recent ambition of some former kinijit members (the successful coalition in the 2005 election) to recreate such a coalition in 2014, through merging two of the most important right-wing Ethiopian parties: the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, and the All-Ethiopia Unity Party. The merger eventually failed. From a dream to unite, instead both parties are now fragmented due to internal and external pressures. The presentation aims to trace the key moments (“moments forts”) of this failed project (2014-2015) and what it reveals concerning the current Ethiopian party system. Jean-Nicolas Bach holds a PhD in political science from the University of Bordeaux (2011, Sciences Po Bordeaux). He his currently Associate Researcher in Les Afriques dans le Monde, Sciences Po Bordeaux, where he has been coordinating a program on contemporary political and security issues in the Horn of Africa (seelam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/fr/programme-recherche/observatoire-pluriannuel-des-enjeux-politiques-et-securitaires-dans-la-corne-de). He has been working on contemporary Ethiopia since 2007, conducting numerous fieldwork trips there. His current research aims at studying the Ethiopian state from the margins, particularly the view of marginalized political actors within the political field such as opposition militants. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton.
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CELADA event @ uOttawa: Equitable Alternatives and Local Solutions to Land Grabs in Africa
The Coalition for Equitable Land Acquisitions and Development in Africa (CELADA) cordially invites you to a panel presentation on positive alternatives and local solutions to inequitable land investments — also known as “land grabs”.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Room 4007, Faculty of Social Sciences Building*
120 University
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
Join us for remarks and presentations from:
Moderator: Adrian Harewood, Host, CBC News Ottawa
Panellists:
Faris Ahmed, Director of Policy, USC Canada
Samuel Bonti-Ankomah, Senior Economist, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Annie Brunton, Masters Student, University of Ottawa
Joshua Ramisch, Professor, University of Ottawa
Blair Rutherford, Director, Institute for African Studies
Please register soon as space is limited. For more information and to register, you can use the link above or click here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/equitable-alternatives-and-local-solutions-to-land-grabs-in-africa-registration-15895140794
* Map: https://www.google.com/maps?q=120+University,+Ottawa,+ON+K1N+6N5+Canada&hl=en
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Talk @ uOttawa:”“ Identity, Law, And Paradoxes Of Personhood In The Postcolony: The Return Of Khulekani Khumalo, Zombie Captive”
The SCHOOL of SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES, University of Ottawa cordially invites you to the talk given by: Jean COMAROFF, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology at Harvard University “ Identity, Law, And Paradoxes Of Personhood In The Postcolony: The Return Of Khulekani Khumalo, Zombie Captive”
Abstract: What might imposture tell us about personhood in ‘postcolonial’ times? About the means of producing selfhood, identity, social viability? While the figure of the false double has long haunted Western ideas of personhood, imposture of various kinds has become ever more striking in late modern times. It is especially common in post-apartheid South Africa, for instance, where identity theft, plagiarism, fakery, even counterfeit crime are everyday occurrences. Taking a celebrated national case – the alleged ‘return’ of a famous Zulu musician who died three years ago – this lecture explores what such acts of imposture might tell us about postcolonial self-fashioning, about personhood under contemporary social conditions, and about the difficulties posed by all this for law, evidence, and the meaning of recognition.
The event will take place on 30 March, 2015 at the University of Ottawa, FSS building, room 4004 at 17:00.
The discussion will be both in English and French.
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Book talk @uOttawa: Professor Jean Comaroff discusses her book, Ethnicity, Inc.
The School Of Sociological And Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa cordially invites you to a Q&A session with: Jean Comaroff Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology at Harvard University on her book Ethnicity, Inc.
Abstract: Ethnicity, Inc. analyzes a new moment in the history of human identity: its rampant commodification. Through a wide-ranging exploration of the changing relationship between culture and the market, the authors address a pressing question: Wherein lies the future of ethnicity?
Ethnicity, Inc. is a penetrating account of the ways in which ethnic populations are remaking themselves in the image of the corporation—while corporations coopt ethnic practices to open up new markets and regimes of consumption. It offers a portrayal of a new world being born in a tectonic collision of culture, capitalism, and identity.
The event will take place on 30 March, 2015 at the University of Ottawa, FSS building, room 12003 at 12:00 noon.
The discussion will be both in English and French.
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L’ecole D’etudes Sociologiques Et Anthropologiques, University d’Ottawa vous convie cordialement à la discussion avec:
Jean Comaroff,
Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology à Harvard University autour de son livre, Ethnicity, Inc.
L’événement aura lieu le 30 mars 2015 à la salle 12003 du pavillon FSS à midi (12:00) La discussion aura lieu en anglais et en français.
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Event @ Ottawa: EASAC Flavours of the East Gala Fundraiser for CanUgan (TONIGHT)
Friday, March 13, 2015
Marriott Hotel, 100 Kent St., Ottawa, ON (613) 238-1122
East African Students’ Association of Carleton (EASAC)’s Flavours of the East Gala fundraiser for CanUgan. An exciting evening of culture, music, dance, and food from East Africa, at the , Ontario. Proceeds from this year’s Gala will support CanUgan, bringing accessibility to persons with disabilities in the KaseseDistrict of Uganda. TICKETS: $35 (regular), $50 (VIP), $55 (non students). Hosted annually by the East African Students’ Association of Carleton (EASAC), this year’s event is being organized collaboratively with Carleton’s READ Initiative (Research, Education, Accessibility and Design) and CUSA’s Carleton Disability Awareness Centre (CDAC). Founded in late 2010, CanUganwww.canugan.org is a registered Canadian charity that provides assistive devices to people with disabilities in Uganda. By funding a corporate table (in the amount of $500.00) at this cultural evening, you’ll help CanUgan further its efforts to help Ugandans with disabilities meet their mobility a! nd communication needs and gain economic independence. Working with a disability organization in KaseseDistrict of Uganda, CanUgan has provided hand-pedalled tricycles, white canes, crutches and other devices to close to 500 Ugandans with disabilities. If you would like to make a donation of any form to support the event, you can email us for more information.Please help us continue the wonderful work of CanUgan and enjoy the warmth and wonders of East Africa in the midst of our Canadian winter.
For more information please contact Simile Mdladlana at 613 222 5771 or by email atsmdladlana07@gmail.com
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Call for Papers: Conference @ University of Ottawa – 2015 International Conference on Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization: A Global Perspective
Organizers:University of Ottawa, UN-Habitat
Coordinator: Canada China Thinking Network
ICCASU Website: https://chinaeam.uottawa.ca/ICCASU/
We are inviting proposal submissions to present a paper, poster, to organize a workshop, forum or panel at the 2015 International Conference on Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCASU), at the University of Ottawa, Canada, October 24-25, 2015.
Over the last several decades China and many African countries have experienced significant and rapid urbanization processes. The accelerated pace of China’s urbanization will have substantial impacts on the country’s urban systems that differ from those of other developing states. The challenges and opportunities in China’s cities provide unique insight into urbanization processes in other developing regions, particularly that of Africa. Recent Chinese investments in many African countries not only significantly impacts economic development on the continent, but also have important implications for urban development strategies and policies. As such, a discussion of China’s urbanization outcomes is both meaningful and practical for policy-related decision-making in African states.
This conference will focus on urbanization challenges in China and African states, as well as China’s exportation of its urbanization strategies to Africa. Organizers anticipate considerable insight resulting from academic research and practical applications, particularly toward the enhancement of sustainable urbanization which can be used to confront potential and existing challenges in urbanization across the world. This conference will thus provide a platform for scholars, professionals, policy-makers, experts and the private sector to exchange views on the state of current urbanization in China and many Africa countries from an international perspective. The western and other regions’ urbanization experiences are also welcome to contribute to the discussion. Scholars and practitioners across disciplines are invited to submit abstracts or specific panels corresponding with the themes listed below.
Topics of interest for papers, presentations and poster sessions include but are not limited to: a) Urbanization dynamics i. Urbanization mode ii. Urbanization process, analysis and modeling iii. Urbanization and ecotourism b) Urbanization, sustainability and planning i. Urbanization, environment, sustainability and planning ii. Ecosystem approaches for urbanization assessment iii. Urbanization and land use iv. Urbanization, social equality and economic efficiency v. Urbanization, globalization and climate change c) Urbanization, strategies and policies i. Western urban development ii. Urbanization strategies d) Urbanization, 3S application and analyzing methods i. GIS, GPS, and RS applications ii. Mathematical and spatial modeling iii. Intelligent Information Processing e) Urbanization and Smart cities. i. Tele-Health ii. Information and Communication technology application. iii. Clean and renewable energy iv. Green cities and environment. v. Low carbon footprint economi! es vi. Creative economies
Keynote speakers:
Alioune Badiane, Director, Programme Division, UN-HabitatJohn Zacharias, Chair Professor, Peking University, China, Caroline Andrew, Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa, Canada, The ambassador from one of African Embassies in Ottawa, Canada (TBC)
Conference Official Languages: English and French
Deadline for submission of abstract: June 30, 2015
Abstracts of 250 words accepted in English and/or French
More information: https://chinaeam.uottawa.ca/ICCASU/
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UFS/AS YOUNG AFRICAN SCHOLAR AWARD
Scholarship in African Studies still faces the challenge of capacity-building to enhance ownership by authors and institutions from and on the African continent. It also requires more coordinated efforts to provide the deserved space by African authors in the international domain. This Award seeks to strengthen efforts to further promote internationally recognized African scholarship in African Studies.
In 2014, the Centre for Africa Studies (CAS) at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein became affiliated with the Africa Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS), of which the Institute of AfricanAffairs of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg is a core member. The GIGA publishes Africa Spectrum, putting out three issues annually.It is currently ranked by the Journal Citation Reports by Thomson Reuters (2014) as the third-best African Studies journal, with an Impact Factor of 0.808 (9/63 in Area Studies). The journal is also linked to the German African Studies Association (Vereinigung von Afrikanisten in Deutschland/VAD).
Sharing a commitment to African capacity-building in African Studies, the partner institutions are therefore pleased to announce the annual Young African Scholar Award. In Issue 1 of Africa Spectrum every year starting in 2015, a call for papers will invite submissions of research articles under this heading to the journal by latest 1 July. These submissions are required to follow the formal guidelines for research articles as specified, but should be submitted under the category UFS/AS. By October of each year, a review committee comprised of one representative from each partner institution will select the submissions for publication. The selected papers will then go through to the journal’s standard double-blind peer review process and are finally also screened by at least one more member of the journal’s editorial group not involved in the review committee. If accepted, the paper will be published in the journal’s first issue the following year, jointly with a call for papers pertinent to the next award.
Submission Criteria
Those eligible to submit are postgraduate students nearing completion of their Ph.D. theses and postdoctoral scholars who are within five years of being awarded their Ph.D. at the time of the submission deadline. Scholars affiliated to the CAS are ineligible. Scholars should be from Africa or affiliated with African institutions.
Award
Scholars who have been published under the auspices of the Young African Scholar Award will receive a three-year affiliation with CAS as a Research Fellow (without remuneration) in recognition of the achievement and prize money of 5,000 ZAR (five thousand South African rand), sponsored by the UFS.
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Betreff: 2015 Summer School on Black Europe – Extended Application Deadline
Application deadline extended: April 2, 2015
Black Europe Summer School Program 2015
June 22 – July 3, 2015
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Now in its 8th year, the overall goal of this intensive two-week course is to examine the contemporary circumstances of the African Diaspora in Europe. We will focus on the historical and colonial legacies of European countries to discuss the origins of BlackEurope and investigate the impact of these legacies on policies and legislation today.
This course addresses the dimensions of race and ethnic relations that are unique to Europe; examining the ways in which conceptions of the “other” are institutionalized and reproduced; the rise of xenophobia in various EU countries; issues such as global racisms, everyday racism, and epistemic racism; the legal definitions and discourse surrounding the conceptualized “other”; and examining the ways in which each country has dealt with issues of race and national identity. Issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality are central analytics, and scholars from the social sciences and humanities and NGOs working against racism and xenophobia in Europe are encouraged to apply.
Applications due April 2, 2015.
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