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9th European Conference on African Studies

The European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) will be hosted by the University of Cologne, Germany, from 31 May to 3 June. Some 35 researchers from the ASCL and Leiden University will convene a panel or present a paper.

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Just published: Things Change, by Robert Ross

Since the early nineteenth century, the things which Black South Africans have had in their homes have changed completely. Thus they claimed modernity, respectability and political inclusion. This book by Robert Ross argues that the desire to possess such goods formed a major part of the drive behind the anti-apartheid struggle.

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Uche in Advisory Board of Business History Review

Prof. Chibuike Uche, the Stephen Ellis Chair of the Governance of Finance and Integrity in Africa, has accepted an invitation by the editors to join the Editorial Advisory Board of Business History Review. BHR is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Harvard Business School. 

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Web resources: Sudan Conflict

2023 Sudan clashes by ElijahPepe, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsThe ASCL Library has created a list of selected web resources on the recent violence in Sudan. It contains online articles, blogs, infographics, podcasts and videos, most of which are freely accessible. Subscribe to the ASCL Library alert service if you wish to receive updates on this list. 

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Submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award!

Are you interested in Africa and is your master's thesis on a related subject? If so, the African Studies Centre Leiden is offering you the chance to win € 500,-. Moreover, your thesis will be published in the ASCL's African Studies Collection. Deadline: 31 August 2023.

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AEGIS launches new website

AEGIS, the network of Europe-based institutions with a focus on research and education on Africa and African Studies, has launched a brand-new website. The site has been enlivened and restructured, important information updated, and a number of new features added.

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Recent publications

Things Change: Black Material Culture and the Development of a Consumer Society in South Africa, 1800-2020
Transoceanic Print Histories: Twentieth-Century Swahili Muslim Networks in the Indian Ocean
Social Norms and Financial Decision-Making: Technical Update
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vocational education and training in Kenya: a study of West Pokot County
A Monumental Relationship: North Korea and Namibia

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31 May 2023
9th European Conference on African Studies - Cologne
31 August 2023
Deadline for submitting your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2023!

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