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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Application Form for African Studies Abroad course now available

The application form is now on-line for AFRI 3100/5100, African Studies Abroad course, being held in Malawi in May 2016 with Prof. Paul Mkandawire on the topic of "Unequal Landscapes of Global Health." Please visit the African Studies Abroad course page to access the Application form (which is due on October 30th, 2015). Prof.... More

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Kampala Workshop Summary

Written by: Sarah Katz-Lavigne   A five-day methodological training workshop was held in Kampala, Uganda, in June/July 2015, bringing together researchers working on two projects: "Uncovering women's experiences in artisanal and small-scale mining [ASM] in Central and East Africa" (in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, and... More

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

FASS Blog – Dr. Paul Mkandawire on African Studies Abroad

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Monday, September 7, 2015

Aboubakar Sanogo’s presentation on colonial cinema in Africa

Drawing on examples of 1930s colonial Central and East Africa, Prof. Aboubakar Sanogo (Film Studies and African Studies) provides a discussion of the importance of looking at the history of colonialism when examining the history of cinema at the Il Cinema Ritrovato ("Cinema Rediscovered") festival in Bologna, Italy, 4 July 2015. Prof. Sanogo was... More

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Methodological Reflections on Artisanal and Small-Scale mining and Gender research

Please go to our Institute of African Studies's YouTube channel to watch videos interviews of researchers and gender focal points from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Rwanda who participated in a 5 day methodological training workshop in Kampala in June- July 2015. In these interviews, they offer methodological reflections based on... More

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Carleton University Research on Refugees

Read about Carleton University research by students on refugee situations in Africa and elsewhere and an upcoming workshop on Global Refugee Regimes organized by Prof. James Milner (Political Science, cross-appointed to the Institute of African Studies). The story is... More

Monday, August 31, 2015

Institute of African Studies research projects profiled in FPA Voices

Two research projects focusing on artisanal and small-scale mining and gender in sub-Saharan Africa based out of the Institute of African Studies are profiled in the current FPA Voices issue (published by Carleton's Faculty of Public Affairs). It profiles two of the Carleton University faculty members and graduate students involved in these two... More

Friday, August 21, 2015

KiSwahili at Carleton

Carleton University is pleased to be once again offering Introductory KiSwahili courses – LANG 1010A, Intro to Language 1: Kiswahili, in the Fall term and LANG 1020A, Intro to Language 1: Kiswahili, in the Winter term. This language is spoken by more than 60 million people in a number of countries in central and... More

Monday, July 6, 2015

Carnegie African Diaspora Scholar (Fellow), Nduka Otiono featured in Nigeria’s leading newspaper, The Guardian

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Monday, June 22, 2015

First issue of Africa Journal of Management

Professor Moses Kiggundu of the Sprott School of Business (cross-appointed to the Institute of African Studies) is holding the first issue of the Africa Journal of Management.  Professor Kiggundu is the Founding Editor of the Africa Academy of Management journal which is published by... More

Friday, May 22, 2015

Carleton’s Nduka Otiono Wins Carnegie African Diaspora Scholar Fellowship

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Friday, May 15, 2015

African Studies student wins Provost Scholar Award

The Institute of African Studies warmly congratulates Emma Bider for being selected for the Provost Scholar Award! Emma is a fourth year African Studies/Journalism student graduating with her Bachelors of Arts (Honours) and Bachelors of Journalism next month. Emma was one of ten students at Carleton selected for this inaugural award which is given... More

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