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AEGIS European Conference on African Studies

11 - 14 July 2007
African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Programme European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2007

Numbers indicate panels

Wednesday 11 July 2007

Time\Room

Poortgeb SC01 SA41 1A20 SB11 SA49 Pgb CH10 Ch12 Ch13 Ch02 Ch05 0a47 Ch09 Ch11 5A42
Registration                                
11:30-13:00 Opening and Keynote
Lunch                                
14:00-15:30 12 42 60 20 11 74 75 77 69 62 76 25 50 71
Break                                
16:00-17:30 Meet the author 12 42 60 20 90 74 75 77 69 62   50 71
17:30-18:30 Town Hall Welcome drinks                            

Opening and keynote lecture by Mr. Moeletsi Mbeki (South African Institute of International Affairs) Can Africa solve its development challenges?

Meet the author: Prof. Richard Werbner on his book Reasonable Radicals and citizenship in Botswana. Discussants: Prof. Patrick Chabal and Akinyinka Akinyoade


Thursday 12 July 2007

Time\Room

Poortgeb SC01 SA41 1A20 SB11 SA49 Pgb CH10 Ch12 Ch13 Ch02 Ch05 0a47 Ch09 Ch11 5A42
9:30-11:00 14 42 33 34 22 36 26 85 9 67 45 86 88 6
Break                                
11:30-13:00 14 Lugard Lecture 8 33 34 22 36 26 9 67
Lunch                                
14:00-15:30 14 8 24 33 34 22 36 46 2 5 70 68 53 44
Break                                
16:00-17:30 14 Roundtable 8 24 46 2 70 43 80 44

Lugard lecture by Prof. Peter Geschiere Lugard in the Present - From Indirect Rule to Present-Day Struggles over Belonging and Exclusion

Roundtable Justice versus Peace?: dilemma’s of the International Criminal Court. Discussion with a.o.: Fatou Bensouda (deputy prosecutor ICC); Nick Grono (International Crisis Group); Evelyn Ankumah (Africa Legal Aid); moderator Stephen Ellis (African Studies Centre)


Friday 13 July 2007

Time\Room

Poortgeb SC01 SA41 1A20 SB11 SA49 Pgb CH10 Ch12 Ch13 Ch02 Ch05 0a47 Ch09 Ch11 5A42
9:30-11:00 61 15 58 48 81 63 10 21 73 19 16 84 4 54 56
Break                                
11:30-13:00 61 NVAS-CODESRIA Roundtable 15 17 31 28 37 18 23 54 56
Lunch                                
14:00-15:30 61 15 17 31 28 37 18 49 73 23 16 52 38 72 39
Break                                
16:00-17:30 61 Presentation art 65 17 31 28 37 18 49 82 29 55 39

NVAS-CODESRIA Roundtable Revitalization of higher education in Africa: Dr. Ebrima Sall (chair), Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh, Dr. Michel Doortmont

Presentation by Esther Schreuder and Elmer Kolfin Africans in Dutch and Flemish Art; from supporting role to leading part


Saturday 14 July 2007

Time\Room

Poortgeb SC01 SA41 1A20 SB11 SA49 Pgb CH10 Ch12 Ch13 Ch02 Ch05 0a47 Ch09 Ch11
9:30-11:00 29 40 30 32 35 41 64 51 79 66 57 47 59 83 89
Break                              
11:30-13:00 Keynote lecture 30 32 35 41 64 66 57

Keynote lecture by Bert Koenders (Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation) Dealing with fragile states in Africa

Panels 1 + 13: Thursday and Friday, venue National Museum of Ethnology (RMV)