Launching of the New Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies
- Date: 14 April 2023, 09:00–16:00
- Location: University Main Building, Biskopsgatan 3
- Type: Cultural event
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- Organiser: Uppsala University´s Forum for Africa Studies
- Contact person: Sten Hagberg
Since January 2023 Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies has a new, broader mandate. The launching will offer a whole day of inspiring presentations of the African Initiative, of the Forum, and of young scholars. A round table on how to engage and collaborate with African universities' research institutes. Amanda Hammar will give a keynote address on Critical African Studies.
No registration, all welcome!
Schedule
9:00-10:15 Session 1: Launching the New Forum for Africa Studies
Prof. Anders Hagfeldt , Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kajsa Ahlstrand, Dept. of Theology & Chairperson, and Prof. Sten Hagberg, Director of Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies
10.45-12.15 Session 2: Young Scholars Research Presentations
Emy Lindberg, Doctoral Student in Cultural Anthropology; Emma Sundberg, Doctoral Student in Theology, Rosie Duivenbode, Doctoral Student in International Maternal and Reproductive Health & Medical Humanities, Mary Karanja Muthoni, Doctoral Student in Geophysics, Kalkidan Yohannes Olkamo, Doctoral Student in Global Health, and Gbemisola Allwell Brown, PhD in Global Health.
13.30 Session 3: A Round table on how to engage with higher education & research collaborations in/with Africa?
Prof. Ludovic O. Kibora , Institut des Sciences des Sociétés, Burkina Faso; Prof. Ashleigh Harris, Dept. of English & Board member; Associate Prof. Meena Daivadanam, Dept. of Women’s and Children’s Health & Board member; and Prof. Carla Puglia, International Science Programme & Board member
15.15 Session 4: Key Note Address On Critical African Studies
Prof. Amanda Hammar, University of Copenhagen & President of the Africa Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS)
16:00 End of Day