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Events Highlight: November @ CAS
Book
Launches, Discussions, Lectures, Seminars and Panels
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Sovereign Immunity, Rule of law and its
Impact on infrastructure Development in Africa
Date: 23 November
2016 | Time: 5 -
7pm
Venue:
Hunton & Williams LLP, 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8EP
This seminar will examine the impact of claims to sovereign
immunity and (lack of) adherence to the rule of law on the
infrastructural development of African countries.
Speakers:
Dr Emilia Onyema (SOAS School of Law) and Mr Andrew Thomas
(Hunton & Williams LLP)
Chair:
Prof. Mashood Baderin, SOAS, University of London
Visit: http://bit.ly/2fcTiGg
RSVP
and Contact: cas@soas.ac.uk
Notice:
Photo ID required. Student transport may be covered.
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Cultural Compounds : What is this 'New' Black in
Black Popular Culture?
Date: 19
November 2016 | Time: 9am -
9pm
Venue:
Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS
The panel symposium consists of arts practitioners, activists,
theorists and artists from UK covering Cultural Theory, Music,
Style (with a focus on hair) and Idols and Icons. All themes will
be interpreted broadly and include questions on race, place and
identity for artists of African descent in Europe.
Keynote
Speaker: Ben Okri
Visit: culturalcompounds.org
Contact: info@culturalcompounds.org
Book: http://bit.ly/2fB4lGi
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The Unravelling of the ANC
Date: 21
November 2016 | Time: 5:15pm
- 7pm
Venue:
Room 4429, Russell Square: College Buildings
This presentation will delve into the reasons behind the dramatic
drop in the ANC’s electoral support by focussing on significant
events leading up to the elections.
Speaker:
Salim Vally, Director of the Centre for Education Rights and
Transformation
Chair:
Prof. Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
Visit: http://bit.ly/2fPsAVT
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Corruption, Due Process and Public Morality on
Trial
Date: 22 November
2016 | Time: 7pm
- 8.30pm
Venue:
Room G3, Russell Square: College Buildings
This lecture will interrogate the various arguments in the light of
the Nigerian government’s attempt to fight corruption and the need
to resolve the conflict between right to privacy and overriding
public interest.
Speaker:
Professor Imran Oluwole Smith, SAN, FCI Arb (UK) FCTI
Chair:
Prof. Mashood Baderin, SOAS, University of London
Visit: http://bit.ly/2eivZeK
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Sol Plaatje’s Native Life A Hundred Years On
Date: 25
November 2016 | Time:
5pm - 8pm
Venue:
Courtroom, First Floor, Senate House
This book launch and
roundtable event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the
publication of Sol Plaatje's Native
Life in South Africa and celebrate the publication of Sol Plaatje’s Native
Life in South Africa. Past and Present (Wits University
Press).
Speakers: Sabata-mpho Mokae (novelist and poet /Sol Plaatje
University), Janet Remmington (York University), Brian Willan
(Rhodes University), Elizabeth Williams (Goldsmiths), Heather
Hughes (Lincoln University), William Beinart (Oxford University)
Discussant:
Andrew van der Viles (Queen Mary)
Visit: http://bit.ly/2gfYvOQ
Contact: r.lee@gold.ac.uk, h.sapire@bbk.ac.uk
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The Dynamics of Kauraye Activities in Katsina,
Northern Nigeria
Date:
28 November 2016 | Time:
5.15pm - 7pm
Venue:
Room 4429, Russell Square: College Buildings
Negative activities among youth groups have remained a phenomenon
in the developing countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The
focus of this presentation will be on the activities of such group,
known as the Kauraye in post independent Katsina state, Nigeria.
Speaker: Dr Ibrahim Kankara, Umaru Mussa Yar’adua University,
Katsina, Nigeria
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Dividing Communities in South Sudan and Northern
Uganda: Boundary Disputes and Land Governance
Date: 30 November
2016 | Time: 7 -
9pm
Venue:
Wolfson Lecture Theatre, SOAS
The book examines issues of
international border demarcation. The book can be downloaded for
free here.
Panellists:
Cherry Leonardi, Martina Santschi, Douglas H.
Johnson, Peter Hakim Justin
Moderator:
Mawam Muortat (SSSUK)
Visit: http://bit.ly/2fBbiXy
Contact:
cas@soas.ac.uk
Book: bit.ly/2evv8mY
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Call for
Contributions
SOAS Africa Conference - Imagining Africa’s
Future: Language, Culture, Governance, Development
Thursday
20th and Friday 21st July 2017 | 9.00 am to 6.00pm
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre | SOAS, University of London
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SOAS's
Centre of African Studies (CAS) hereby calls for contributions for
the first SOAS
Africa Conference on 20th and 21st of July 2017.
The 2-day conference seeks contributions addressing
issues relevant to five broad, cross-cutting and interconnected
themes:
- Language and
linguistic inclusion
- Law,
governance and economy
- Production and
transmission of knowledge and skills
- Development,
aid and trade
- African
media, cultural representation and production.
If you
would like to contribute please submit a 500-word abstract and
state which of the broad themes listed above it addresses.
Abstracts need not to be limited to academic papers, but can also
include performances, media, talks, and debates.
Deadline
for abstracts: 10 December 2016
Send
abstracts to: cas@soas.ac.uk
Read more about the conference, registration fees and submissions
guidelines here.
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