OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
This seminar series intends to offer a space for graduate students, faculty and early career scholars actively researching southern Africa to present works-in-progress and receive constructive feedback. We invite inquiries into any aspect of the social and political history of southern Africa. We welcome topics that are historical in substance, and that cross disciplinary boundaries into anthropology, politics and human geography. Presenters are invited to discuss thesis chapters, draft articles, with the option to pre-circulate, and to talk through research proposals and early findings from recent research. The format consists of 20-minute presentations, followed by some 40 minutes of feedback and conversation.
The series will also host a roundtable discussion in week 8, with which we aim to reflect on new questions, themes and sources in the study of the region. The seminars and roundtable consider the possibilities and productivity of deploying innovative methodologies. We welcome contributions that draw on and raise new questions about the use of approaches and sources ranging from memoirs, music, and visual narrative to archival research and oral histories. All are welcome to attend.
