Courses, seminars, & workshops
University of Oxford: Part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law
Admissions open for five scholarships for candidates from African Commonwealth countries
2011-11-03, Issue 568
The Department for Continuing Education and the Faculty of Law at Oxford University are very pleased to announce that admissions are now open for five scholarships for candidates from African Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law at the...
Kenya: Africa’s Golden Jubilee: Assessing 50 Years of Scholarship and Development in Africa
26-30 June, Nairobi, Kenya
2012-02-06, Issue 568
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa is organizing for an International conference 26-30 June at their main campus in Nairobi under the theme 'Africa’s Golden Jubilee: Assessing 50 Years of Scholarship and Development in Africa'. Please click o...
Call for Pre-conference Workshops
55th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association
2012-01-26, Issue 567
Because of the outstanding success of the workshops at last year's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., the ASA will welcome proposals for workshops on a wide range of topics to be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, prior to the 55th Annual Meeting....
OpenForum: Money, Power & Sex: The Paradox of Unequal Growth
22-24 May 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
2012-01-29, Issue 567
OSISA, in conjucnction with the Africa Foundations of the Open Society network of Foundations (OSF) is hosting a gathering in Cape Town, 22-24 May 2012, entitled the 'OpenForum: Money, Power & Sex: The Paradox of Unequal Growth'. Under the theme, th...
Call for Proposals: Research frontiers in the study of Africa
The African Studies Association
2012-01-23, Issue 566
The African Studies Association is soliciting proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables. Presentations may focus on the theme of 'Research Frontiers in the Study of Africa' or on broader social science, humanities, and applied themes relating to ...
Third People's Health Assembly
6-11 July 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
2012-01-23, Issue 566
The People’s Health Assembly (PHA), organised by the People's Health Movement (PHM), is a global event bringing together health activists from across the world to share experiences, analyse global health situation, develop civil society positions and...
Forum 2012
24-26 April 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
2012-01-23, Issue 566
Forum 2012, to be held 24-26 April 2012 in Cape Town, is the beginning of an exciting new series of the well-known and respected Global Forum for Health Research meetings. Under the theme of 'Beyond Aid...Research and Innovation as key drivers for He...
Media and governance in developing countries seminar series
2012-01-23, Issue 566
This seminar series explores the role the media play as political actors in developing countries and fragile states. It gathers scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine how old and new media are used to support different political agenda: fr...
Frantz Fanon: The Forgotten Algerian Revolutionary
Algeria Solidarity Committee
2012-01-24, Issue 566
“The liberation of the oppressed people cannot come as a result of magical practices, nor of a natural shock, nor of a friendly understanding”. Those were the powerful words of Frantz Fanon in his masterpiece “The Wretched of the Earth”. Fanon spoke of decolonisation as a violent process to create new men and to overthrow a system that exploits the native, dehumanises him and plunders his resources. Talk by Dr Leo Zeilig: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 28 January at 15:00. Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB
Kenya: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) annual conference
28th – 30th June, 2012, Kenya
2012-01-09, Issue 565
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) Annual Conference for 2012 will be hosted by the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences (FESS) on the theme ‘Action Research in Higher Education and Development in Africa’. The Conference ...
Norway: System Dynamics-based Development Planning Course
10 April - 18 May 2012
2012-01-09, Issue 565
This course is an intensive introduction to System Dynamics, a unique framework for understanding and managing complex development problems. Through case studies and practical exercises, the course will equip participants with the knowledge and skill...
Egypt: Training for photographers
March - October 2012, Cairo, Egypt
2012-01-16, Issue 565
Al-liquindoi is partnering with Contemporary Image Collective and NOOR to produce this long-term training opportunity for Egyptian documentary photographers and photojournalists. This program is supported by a grant from Open Society Foundations. The...
Global: Using citizen media tools to promote under-represented languages
2011-11-21, Issue 558
Join New Tactics, Rising Voices, Indigenous Tweets, and other practitioners for an online dialogue on Using Citizen Media Tools to Promote Under-Represented Languages from 16-22 November 2011....
African Sexualities: A Reader
2011-11-06, Issue 556
18 November sees a discussion on the intersections between sex, power, masculinity, and femininity with human rights activists and scholar, Dr. Sylvia Tamale, as she signs her new book. This groundbreaking volume 'African Sexualities: A Reader', the ...
The Politics of Homosexuality in Africa
A talk by Dr. Sylvia Tamale at the Berman Hall in the Fromm Building, University of San Francisco
2011-11-06, Issue 556
Using homosexuality as a focus, Dr. Tamale will on 21 November discuss how political and religious leaders in both Africa and the West instrumentalise sexuality to achieve their political ends, and provide an analysis of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexualit...
Sexual exploitation and abuse in fragile, conflict and post-conflict situation
Call for applications
2011-10-23, Issue 553
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) has become a major peace and security issue. In order to fill some of the training gaps observed within the subject area, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) will be running a course ...
Africa: Nile Valley Conferences II
2011-09-16, Issue 547
Africa Today speaks with Professor Manu Ampim and Dr. Charles Finch on the upcoming Nile Valley Conferences II, 20-24 September 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia, a gathering for the study, discussions and analysis of the legacy of African peoples throughout ...
South Africa: Highway Africa Conference 15
2011-09-19, Issue 547
Subscribe to Highway Africa’s Email Alerts or RSS feed for regular updates. Sustainable development in the face of climate change is the theme of the 15th annual Highway Africa conference currently underway in South Africa....
Pan African Conference on Access to Information (PACAI)
2011-09-19, Issue 547
This gathering, the PACAI, capitalises on the 20th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, to make a difference to information access. The event is convened by the Windhoek+20 Campaign on Access to Information in Africa in conjunction with UNESCO, a...
South Africa: Afri-Tech Technology & Digital summit
2011-09-19, Issue 547
The Afri-Tech Johannesburg summit is bound to unravel new areas of research and collaboration – with unlimited possibilities of enriching human lives in Africa and around the globe. The framework of this conference is intended to create cross-functio...
Africa: Africa Business Women Connect Summit
2011-09-01, Issue 546
The objective of the Africa Business Women Connect Summit is to enhance economic performance on the continent in the three largest export sectors for women: craft/textiles, agribusiness and services. ABW intends to unite successful African businesswo...
Africa: 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
2011-09-05, Issue 546
The purpose of the 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights is to catalyze dialogue on the interrelationship between, culture, sexuality and attainment of sexual health for all in Africa....
Tanzania: Call for Social Media for Social Change 2011
2011-09-07, Issue 546
Social Media for Social Change is an intensive course for youth and volunteers that will introduce you to social media tools that drive social change. Social media includes internet-based and mobile phone tools and platforms for communications, such ...
Global: Faith-based peacebuilding: applying a gender perspective
2011-08-16, Issue 545
Join New Tactics and the International Fellowship of Reconciliation's Women Peacemakers Program (IFOR/WPP) for an online dialogue on the topic of 'Faith-based peacebuilding: The need for a gender perspective', from 19-25 October 2011. The role of rel...
South Africa: Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Press statement
2011-08-08, Issue 543
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine will convene in District Six, Cape Town, site of a brutal apartheid-era forced removal. The land has remained undeveloped on the edge of the city since it was declared 'a white group area' and the homes of black resi...
Mali: November conference on land grabbing planned
2011-07-20, Issue 540
Although many conferences, articles and TV broadcasts have tackled the topic of land grabbing, the voice of farmers has been marginalised. This is why La Via Campesina and the national farmers organisation of Mali is inviting people to a conference i...
Call for Papers: The African Women's Journal
2011-07-18, Issue 539
As part of contributing to the African Women’s Decade (2010-2020) through provision of information on the themes of the Decade, the African Women’s Journal for July-December 2011 will focus on the theme: Women’s Education and Training in Africa....
African Studies Association 54th annual meeting workshops
2011-07-11, Issue 538
The African Studies Association is pleased to announce three pre-conference workshops to be offered on Wednesday, 16 November 2011. Participants will have the opportunity to explore governance and development at American University in depth or go beh...
Whose Memories Count and at What Cost?
20 -27 November, Kitgum, Northern Uganda
2011-07-11, Issue 538
The Refugee Law Project (RLP), Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, in collaboration with the African Transitional Justice Research Network (ATJRN) is accepting applications to its 2nd Institute for African Transitional Justice (IATJ...
The Changing Political Economy of Afro-Arab Relations
19 – 30 September 2011, Rabat, Morocco
2011-07-11, Issue 538
CODESRIA and SEPHIS are pleased to announce the first edition of the African-Arab Advanced Institute. This annual advanced institute on African-Arab relations will be held alternatively in North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Institute is conc...
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