Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024
We are delighted to invite you to the Thandika Mkandawire Memorial Lecture 2024, hosted by CODESRIA and UNISA. This year’s lecture will address “Vision, Value, and Values in the Transformation of Higher Education in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges.” Details of the event are as follows: Date: Thursday, 10 October 2024 Time: 3:00 PM
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, Nos. 10 and 11, September 2024
Compiled by Research Programme, CODESRIA Secretariat Following the resumption of programme activities at the Council in the latter half of 2023, the Research Programme successfully launched the third edition of the Meaning-making Research Initiative (MRI) grants. The first edition was held in 2017, followed by a double edition for 2018–2019. Both
Meaning-making Research Initiatives Scholarly Writing Workshops
From 16-20 September 2024, Dakar hosts the “Meaning-making Research Initiatives Scholarly Writing Workshops.” This event aims to enhance research methodologies and academic writing skills, bringing together scholars and experts for a week of learning and collaboration. View the MRI 2023-24 Workshop programme
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 9, September 2024
Ujamaa, Ubuntu and Reimagining Pan-Africanism Keynote Address at the Interna/onal Conference on Ujamaa, Ubuntu and New Pan Africanisms, Arusha, 23-25 May 2024 by Issa G. Shivji, Professor Emeritus, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania This keynote address at the International Conference on Ujamaa, Ubuntu, and New Pan-Africanisms explores the deep philosophical roots of
Radwa Hesham Saad
Radwa Saad is a PhD candidate at Cornell University. Her research focuses include civil-military relations, Afro-Arab relations as well as regional integration processes and security alliances in Africa. Her current research explores how state-societal relations and archetypes of citizenship are (re)negotiated through military conscription practices in North Africa. Her research
Mary Boatemaa Setrana
Prof. Mary Boatemaa Setrana is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana. Since her appointment, she has been teaching bothgraduate and post-graduate courses as well as supervising MA (Regular thesis), MA (Sandwich), MPhil, and PhD dissertations. Prof. Mary Setrana applies her multidisciplinary background of sociology,
6th CODESRIA-CASB SUMMER SCHOOL IN AFRICAN STUDIES AND AREA STUDIES IN AFRICA
CODESRIA is organising its 6th Summer School in collaboration with the Centre for African Studies at University of Basel. The meeting will be held in hotel Fleur de Lys, Point E, Dakar, from 26th to 30th August, 2024 Theme: Making knowledge policy-relevant: The SSH’s role in global sustainable development Please see the CODESRIA-CASB Summer School
CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 8, August 2024
SYNTHESIS REPORT : Academic Freedom, Democracy and Sustainable Development in Africa: Re-envisioning the Role of the University Dar es Salaam (7th–9th November 2023) and Maputo (15th–17th April 2024) by Muhidin Shangwe Department of Political Science and Public Administration University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania PART I: SETTING THE CONTEXT Introduction and Background From 7–9 November 2023
Adedoyin Aguoru
Adedoyin Aguoru, is a Professor at the Department of English in the University of Ibadan. She is a founding member of the Management Team of the NIDCOM/ TETFUND Centre of Excellence for Diaspora studies, founding President of The African Association for Japanese Studies and Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching
