Past Event

From Old to New African Diasporas: The multiple difficulties of untangling displacements and identities

A Public Lecture by Professor Pablo Idahosa (York University)

Hosted by Sarah Onyango – Host/Producer

Wine & Cheese Reception to follow.  

When? 6:30pm, Friday 9^th February, 2018

Where? 303 Paterson Hall, (Humanities Lounge),  1125 Colonel By Drive, Carleton University

Cost? Free to the Public (must RSVP)

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About the Event:  The event will be hosted by Sarah Onyango Host/Producer, CHUO 89.1FM. Professor Pablo Idahosa’s lecture will be followed by a wine & cheese reception.

About the Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pablo Idahosa is a professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at York University. He is an internationally recognized specialist in African Studies. His publications, include The Populist Dimension of African Political Thought: Essays in Reconstruction and Retrieval and Development’s Displacements: Ecologies, Economies and Cultures at Risk. Dr. Idahosa’s research interests include, but are not limited to, the relationship between development and modernity in Africa, the relationship between development and cultural production in Africa, ethnicity and displacement in the Niger Delta, and the politics of ethnicity, globalization and development. He has previously served as the Coordinator of the African Studies Program at York University and is currently the Head of Founder’s College.

This event was generously sponsored by:

• Office of the Provost & Vice-President (Academics)
• Institute of African Studies
• Migration and Diaspora Studies
• The History Watch Project

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