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Friday, March 1, 2019

Dr. Monica Eileen Patterson’s newly published article in the Conversation about anti-Black curios in Cuba

Dr. Monica Eileen Patterson's newly published article in the Conversation about anti-Black curios in Cuba offers a critical reflection on the racist souvenirs that are sold to tourists, which include more than one million Canadians who will visit the island this year. You may access the article here:  Spring breakers import Cuban rum, cigars... More

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

IAS welcomes Professor Shireen Hassim – Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics

Photos from special reception in honor of Professor Shireen Hassim - Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African... More

Monday, February 11, 2019

Carleton to Co-Present the Fourth Annual African Film Festival of Ottawa

Carleton University’s School for Studies in Art and Culture (Film Studies) and the Institute of African Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will present the fourth annual African Film Festival of Ottawa (AFFO) – in collaboration with the Canadian Film Institute (CFI). The festival is curated by Carleton’s Prof.... More

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Susanne Klausen Wins Visiting Fellowship

Professor Susanne M. Klausen has won a visiting fellowship to the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Amsterdam for ten months, from September 2019 to June 2020. Klausen will use her time as a NIAS Fellow to write the manuscript for her next monograph, tentatively titled Forbidden Desire: The Criminalization of Inter-racial... More

Monday, January 28, 2019

Conversation from Kagiso’s new book Such a Lonely, Lovely Road

  "On Thursday, January 24, Carleton University's Institute of African Studies hosted a formal launch of Kagiso Molope's new novel Such a Lonely, Lovely Road which is already garnering acclaim in the Canadian literary community. Ms. Molope's celebrated novels are all situated in South Africa, either in the years immediately preceding the... More

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Dr. Audra Diptee’s Podcast “Decolonizing the African City: Legacies and Challenges”

IAS is pleased to announce that IAS member Dr. Audra Diptee has recently published the podcast « Decolonizing the African City:  Legacies and Challenges ». In this episode of the History Watch Podcast series she is in conversation with, Dr. Vanessa Watson (Professor of City Planning, University of Cape Town) about the present day legacies... More

Friday, November 30, 2018

Contract Instructor: Job Posting – Summer 2019

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Monday, November 12, 2018

Professor Audra A. Diptee selected to be une Professeure Invitée at l’Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris 3) in 2019

Professor Audra A. Diptee selected to be une Professeure Invitée at l’Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris 3) in 2019  Audra A. Diptee will be holding the post of Professeure Invitée at the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris (January – April, 2019).  While there she will be undertaking archival research, working on her next... More

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Checkout photos from the “Human Rights in Africa” Book Launch

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Checkout Photos from the recent 4th Undergraduate Research Conference

Our Africa: Climate Change, the Environment and Afrofuturism was a success! Thanks to all who... More

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Keisha Derrick – Alumni who inspire!

Keisha Derrick is a Pension Expert for the Canadian Armed Forces, having graduated from the Africa and Globalization specialization in June... More

Monday, September 17, 2018

Susanne M. Klausen Wins Prestigious Research Scholarship from German Research Foundation

Professor Susanne M. Klausen has won a 15,000 euro ($23,000 CAD) research scholarship from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. The foundation, established in 1976, is dedicated to the promotion of science and the humanities, especially history and archeology. Klausen won the scholarship in support of her SSHRC-funded research into the criminalization of... More

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