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Name: Norman Aselmeyer
University of Oxford
https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/people/norman-aselmeyer
Events this person is hosting:
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Gen Z protests and prospects for political change in Africa: A longitudinal analysis
Date: 11 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Gedion Onyango (LSE)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Digital scapes beyond capture? How resistance movements in Africa are shaping the way we think
Date: 28 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Prince Guma (Cambridge)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Gen Z protests and prospects for political change in Africa: A longitudinal analysis
Date: 11 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Gedion Onyango (LSE)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Mekelle Stories: Life in Time of War
Date: 18 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Catherine Dom (Independent)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, OX2 6SE
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Book launch: Historical Dictionary of South Sudan
Date: 25 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Douglas Johnson,
Dr Nicki Kindersley (Cardiff University),
Dr Scopas Poggo (Ohio State)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The making of an African tourist destination: Tourism development in post-independent Kenya
Date: 2 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Mathias Hack (Universität Leipzig/IEG Mainz)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 February 2026
A New ‘Playground of Europe’? Exploration, colonisation and the naturalisation of Mount Kilimanjaro at the dawn of the 20th century
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Delphine Froment (Lorraine, Nancy)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya
Date: 17 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
s:
Peter Lockwood (Göttingen),
Professor David Anderson (University of Warwick)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Dr Miriam Driessen (University of Oxford)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 March 2026
The Great White Circumcisers of Kenya: a parable for polarised times
Date: 10 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Mark Lamont (Open University)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers:
Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford),
Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford),
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
