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In search of utopia: a fascinating glimpse into the novelist’s process - Fellows' seminar by Ilija Trojanow

6 November 2019

In search of utopia: a fascinating glimpse into the novelist’s process - Fellows' seminar by Ilija Trojanow

Peeling away at the layers of colonisation - public lecture by Sylvia Tamale

29 October 2019

Peeling away at the layers of colonisation - public lecture by Sylvia Tamale

Studying the neurobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease in the hope of future treatment - Fellows' seminar by Carlos Ibanez

28 October 2019

Studying the neurobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease in the hope of future treatment - Fellows' seminar by Carlos Ibanez

Foregrounding spatiality in analyses of the postcolonial Western Indian Ocean novels - Fellows' seminar by James Ocita

21 October 2019

Foregrounding spatiality in analyses of the postcolonial Western Indian Ocean novels - Fellows' seminar by James Ocita

From one to many: Parallels between multicellularity and social behaviour - Fellows' seminar by Vidyanand Nanjundiah

7 October 2019

From one to many: Parallels between multicellularity and social behaviour - Fellows' seminar by Vidyanand Nanjundiah

Demanding a ‘rightful share’? ‘Custom’, law and distributive claims on South Africa’s rural mining frontier -  Fellows' seminar by Sonwabile Mnwana

4 October 2019

Demanding a ‘rightful share’? ‘Custom’, law and distributive claims on South Africa’s rural mining frontier - Fellows' seminar by Sonwabile Mnwana

Reimagining democracy - Fellows' seminar by Marcelo Neves

1 October 2019

Reimagining democracy - Fellows' seminar by Marcelo Neves

Negotiations of humanity, sexuality and (dis)ability in African fiction - Fellows' seminar by Ifeyinwa Okolo

23 September 2019

Negotiations of humanity, sexuality and (dis)ability in African fiction - Fellows' seminar by Ifeyinwa Okolo

“Make your money fight!”: examining the effects of patriotic thrift during and beyond the Second World War - Public lecture by Carol Summers

20 September 2019

“Make your money fight!”: examining the effects of patriotic thrift during and beyond the Second World War - Public lecture by Carol Summers

Philosophical reflections on Africa’s political condition - Fellows' seminar by Uchenna Okeja

16 September 2019

Philosophical reflections on Africa’s political condition - Fellows' seminar by Uchenna Okeja

The complex world of fuel smuggling in the Benin-Nigeria borderlands - Fellows' seminar by Elieth Eyebiyi

9 September 2019

The complex world of fuel smuggling in the Benin-Nigeria borderlands - Fellows' seminar by Elieth Eyebiyi

Examining in/appropriate appropriation/s  - Fellows' seminar by Andrew van der Vlies

2 September 2019

Examining in/appropriate appropriation/s - Fellows' seminar by Andrew van der Vlies

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