A network in excellence

AEGIS is a research network of European studies centres which aims to create synergies between experts and institutions. With primary emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities, AEGIS' main goal is to improve understanding about contemporary African societies.

 

Fourth AEGIS Thematic Conference of the Collaborative Research Group Africa in the Indian Ocean

New Gulf Streams - Middle East and Eastern Africa intersected

The Fourth  AEGIS Thematic Conference of the Collaborative Research Group Africa in the Indian Ocean "New Gulf Streams – Middle East and Eastern Africa intersected" will be held at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (at Lisbon, Portugal) on April 23-24, 2020.

The Call for Papers for AEGIS members is now open until January 31st 2020. Please send us your paper abstracts (a maximum of 200 words) to GulfStreams.cei@iscte-iul.pt.

Please check the call for papers for more info.

 


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AEGIS Summer School 2020 will be held in Cagliari, 9-13 June 2020

The 2020 Summer School is organized by the Centro di Studi Africani in Sardegna – CSAS in collaboration with the AEGIS Centres of Leipzig, Roskilde, Leiden, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Köln, Leuven, Napoli, Bayreuth, Basel.

The aim of the Summer School is: a) to bring together advanced Ph.D. students and teaching staff from AEGIS Centres in order to exchange field and research experience; b) to improve the students’ ability to prepare and present their research in an international context and more specifically to serve as a ‘feeder’ for ECAS 9 in Cologne; c) to promote graduate training within AEGIS and stimulate African-European inter-university cooperation. 

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"What all people really desire is to live in a peaceful environment.... That is what people feel democracy is about" - Rt Hon Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, Nigeria. ... - African Studies Centre - Oxford - on Twitter

"What all people really desire is to live in a peaceful environment.... That is what people feel democracy is about" - Rt Hon Aminu Tambuw...
"Democracy is more than the ability to chose ones leaders" - Dr Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria. A thought from one of our special guests at the Blavatnik this evening.pic.twitter.com/f90DNSl09O - African Studies Centre - Oxford - on Twitter

"Democracy is more than the ability to chose ones leaders" - Dr Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria. A thought from one of o...
"The struggle for expanding Nigeria's democratic space and the promotion of welfare of ordinary Nigerians demonstrates "a wide spectrum of actors" - Idayat Hassan, during our final panel of the day.pic.twitter.com/ybE5y0lJSb - African Studies Centre - Oxford - on Twitter

"The struggle for expanding Nigeria's democratic space and the promotion of welfare of ordinary Nigerians demonstrates "a wide spectrum of...
"Management of oil sales in Nigeria is actually worsening" - Ricardo Soares de Oliviera, this afternoon in our second panel at our conference on 20 Years of Democracy in Nigeriapic.twitter.com/MNCjC7pj2v - African Studies Centre - Oxford - on Twitter

"Management of oil sales in Nigeria is actually worsening" - Ricardo Soares de Oliviera, this afternoon in our second panel at our confere...
Africa in transition: what role for the environment? - African Studies Centre - Leiden
Climate migration myths - African Studies Centre - Leiden
Perugia, 9 dicembre 2019 | Seminario”Through Their Eyes – Perceptions of the Eu in the Maghreb and Western Balkans - African Studies Association Italy - Catania

Si segnala il seminario di studi organizzato in occasione del lancio del Progetto Europeo Jean Monnet dal titolo Through Their Eyes – Perceptions of the Eu in the Maghreb and Western Balkans, ch...
"There has to be a fire lit, mentally, under the body politic in Nigeria." - Professor Larry Diamond, this morning during his keynote address at our one day conferencepic.twitter.com/QmyqzQnDH5 - African Studies Centre - Oxford - on Twitter

"There has to be a fire lit, mentally, under the body politic in Nigeria." - Professor Larry Diamond, this morning during his keynote addr...
Part of a series, African Feminisms edited by Rama Salla Dieng! https://twitter.com/africasacountry/status/1201961590234308608 … - Centre of African Studies - Edinburgh - on Twitter

Part of a series, African Feminisms edited by Rama Salla Dieng! ...
Doyle: in recent decades the family has become marginal within African scholarship, but is central within East African life. Conservative politicians & clergy have tried to explain the decline of the family as a moral issue 28/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: in recent decades the family has become marginal within African scholarship, but is central within East African life. Conservative...
Doyle: I then looked at how current ideas are shaped by information from the past, how colonial messages have been repurposed to promote fertility limitation, a development that has been church led, addressing issues of masculinity 27/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: I then looked at how current ideas are shaped by information from the past, how colonial messages have been repurposed to promote f...
Doyle: in the 90s membership of women's groups dwindled. The narrowing of civil society restricted the flow of information on contraception from reaching less affluent women. This is as much about changes in information as motivation 26/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: in the 90s membership of women's groups dwindled. The narrowing of civil society restricted the flow of information on contraceptio...
Doyle: women told me their experiences of their involvement with women's clubs- a huge phenomenon amongst the Gikuyu women, joining on average 5 clubs. "The experts tell us what is best practise, our friends tell us what is best experience; what works... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: women told me their experiences of their involvement with women's clubs- a huge phenomenon amongst the Gikuyu women, joining on ave...
Doyle: this became a source of information that was deemed trustworthy offering peer guidance. These groups have been key agencies promoting the use of sterilisation, disputing governmental claims that spacing was African 25/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: this became a source of information that was deemed trustworthy offering peer guidance. These groups have been key agencies promoti...
Doyle: younger women are now more likely to focus on family planning or spacing, rather than family limitation- perhaps as a result of anxieties around health or population decline. This may also result from governmental propaganda promoting the... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: younger women are now more likely to focus on family planning or spacing, rather than family limitation- perhaps as a result of anx...
Doyle: kenyas fertility stall happened in the 90s/2000s. My argument is that demographers have struggled to explain the stall & the ending of the stall because they are uninterested in history, focusing on current cultures of fertility, ignoring... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: kenyas fertility stall happened in the 90s/2000s. My argument is that demographers have struggled to explain the stall & the en...
Doyle: contraceptive use increased with age and the number of babies had. Half of married women now wanted no more children. Gikuyu women had different ideas of family planning than their government and their church. 21/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: contraceptive use increased with age and the number of babies had. Half of married women now wanted no more children. Gikuyu women...
Doyle: evidence that Kenyan women viewed contraception as a method of stopping rather than spacing births was marginalised. The fact that 'only' 37% of women using contraception stated that they did not want more children was buried in a footnote 20/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: evidence that Kenyan women viewed contraception as a method of stopping rather than spacing births was marginalised. The fact that...
Doyle: terms such as fertility control were omitted from the document, & families were told that family planning was a new type of tradition, to replace traditions such as polygamy. Catholic clergy promoted the rhythm method, NGOs prioritised spacing... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Doyle: terms such as fertility control were omitted from the document, & families were told that family planning was a new type of tra...
DOYLE: the most popular form of contraception became voluntary sterilisation, after achieving the idea family size- providing a substitute for traditional fertility management. African women's reproductive careers were changing. 18/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: the most popular form of contraception became voluntary sterilisation, after achieving the idea family size- providing a substitute...
DOYLE: after Mau Mau, fertility rates began to rise, however male mortality rates began to increase. The legacy of the emergency would have consequences for behaviours surrounding fertility. By 1970s, some Gikuyu women were pioneering birth control 17/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: after Mau Mau, fertility rates began to rise, however male mortality rates began to increase. The legacy of the emergency would hav...
DOYLE: colonial governments across Africa tried to remodel family life across the continent, but these interventions were on an unprecedented scale. ... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: colonial governments across Africa tried to remodel family life across the continent, but these interventions were on an unpreceden...
DOYLE: young women were trained in dress making & management to make them appear more attractive than Mau Mau women. Social reconstruction of the image of a good wife was starting to change. Women's groups organised by churches were ordered to close,... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: young women were trained in dress making & management to make them appear more attractive than Mau Mau women. Social reconstruc...
DOYLE: women controlled the family fertility. To control the women was to control the children, creating social discipline around the values of hygiene, thrift & industry. "Loyal women" should enjoy special privileges. 14/ - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: women controlled the family fertility. To control the women was to control the children, creating social discipline around the valu...
DOYLE: tensions shifted to containing Kenyas future as a capitalist colony. Propaganda argued that the primary agent of social reconstruction would be the new group Progress for Women (Maendeleo ya Wanawake). Colonial observers were impressed/concerned... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: tensions shifted to containing Kenyas future as a capitalist colony. Propaganda argued that the primary agent of social reconstruct...
DOYLE: every farm boundary was replaced, every hut knocked down &replaced with fortified villages. To work around the censorship of the colonial record, I looked at newly available records of Christian missions, allies within counter-insurgency, CC'ed... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: every farm boundary was replaced, every hut knocked down &replaced with fortified villages. To work around the censorship of th...
DOYLE: it is hard to conceal these types of interventions that the British were attempting. See YouTube video 'Operations against Mau May (1954)'. Many raids took place on Gikuyu village to ethnically cleanse the area. The countryside was remodelled 11... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: it is hard to conceal these types of interventions that the British were attempting. See YouTube video 'Operations against Mau May...
DOYLE: it is thought that 90% of Mau Mau files have been destroyed. The files we have reveal the brutality of the colonial state, which was more powerful, intrusive & ambitious than previously realised. The attempt to remodel the society was... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: it is thought that 90% of Mau Mau files have been destroyed. The files we have reveal the brutality of the colonial state, which w...
DOYLE: the Hanslope Park revelations revealed that the state had hidden away colonial files on the Mau Mau. 1800 files from 37 colonies had been stored, ignoring laws on release of information. 1.2 million more files were also held- so much of the... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

DOYLE: the Hanslope Park revelations revealed that the state had hidden away colonial files on the Mau Mau. 1800 files from 37 colonies ha...
For South Africa's National Health Insurance scheme to succeed, the government needs to simultaneously invest in the public health care system, and regulate the private one, says NAI Guest Researcher Lauren Paremoer.... - Nordiska Afrikainstitutet - Uppsala - on Twitter

For South Africa's National Health Insurance scheme to succeed, the government needs to simultaneously invest in the public health care sy...
In the third interview in the series, Talking Back, Rama Salla Dieng speaks to Divine Fuh about his work with ... - Centre of African Studies - Edinburgh - on Twitter

In the third interview in the series, Talking Back, Rama Salla Dieng speaks to Divine Fuh about his work with...
The Family in African History, the inaugural lecture of Shane Doyle as Professor of African History, takes place today at 5.30pm: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/event/1459/the-family-in-african-history … @CASLeedspic.twitter.com/oT1uptqbIX - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

The Family in African History, the inaugural lecture of Shane Doyle as Professor of African History, takes place today at 5.30pm:...
Join some fab people (& me) working on (in)Security.... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Join some fab people (& me) working on (in)Security. 2 permanent lectureships at...
Another fantastic research based seminar from the AFRICAP team here at Leeds: 'Creating resilient agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa'. Those who can't attend in person can register to watch the free online webinar! https://twitter.com/gcrfafricap... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Another fantastic research based seminar from the AFRICAP team here at Leeds: 'Creating resilient agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa'...
Call: 8th Annual Africa Conference (April 9 -10, 2020 | Tennessee) - Zentrum für Afrikastudien - Basel
"Towards the African Renaissance: Opportunities, Challenges, and Prospects"

The idea of African Renaissance is a recurrent concept in African history. Its origins date, at least, to late colonial Afric...
Ara venen més sessions i xerrades.pic.twitter.com/ggR0HvYTFs - Centre d’Estudis Africans - Barcelona - on Twitter

Ara venen més sessions i xerrades.

Correction: the Dies Natalis will be celebrated on 7 February! https://twitter.com/ASCLeiden/status/1202501728765140992 … - African Studies Centre - Leiden - on Twitter

Correction: the Dies Natalis will be celebrated on 7 February! https:/...
Last reminder for the inaugural lecture of Professor Shane Doyle: 'The Family in African History'... - Leeds University Centre for African Studies - on Twitter

Last reminder for the inaugural lecture of Professor Shane Doyle: 'The Family in African History' 5:30pm 1.08 Parkinson Building More in...
Dijous 12/12/19 Gran Trobada de Criquet Femení contra la Islamofòbia... - Centre d’Estudis Africans - Barcelona - on Twitter

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Dissabte 14/12/2019 Trobada de criquet mixte al Parc de la Trinitat... - Centre d’Estudis Africans - Barcelona - on Twitter

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Ella és Hifsa Butt, jugadora i monitori dels equips de Les Dunies (Besòs y el Maresme), el Poble-sec, el Raval y Trinitat Vella de Criquet femení. Esperem que gaudiu de l'entrevista! #CriquetFemení - Centre d’Estudis Africans - Barcelona - on Twitter

Ella és Hifsa Butt, jugadora i monitori dels equips de Les Dunies (Besòs y el Maresme), el Poble-sec, el Raval y Trinitat Ve...
Book launch coming up! Author and knowledge broker Anika Altaf will present 'The Many Hidden Faces of Extreme Poverty', which addresses the challenge to include the poorest people in development interventions, on 9 January 2020 at @ASCLeiden. More info... - African Studies Centre - Leiden - on Twitter

Book launch coming up! Author and knowledge broker Anika Altaf will present 'The Many Hidden Faces of Extreme Poverty', which address...