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Name: Dr Miles Tendi
University of Oxford
Events this person is speaking at:
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Round table: Reflections on the ‘Bond Coup’ in Zimbabwe to date
Date: 21 November 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Jocelyn Alexander (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford),
Simukai Chigudu (University of Oxford),
Jason Brickhill (University of Oxford),
Dr Susanne Verheul (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 25 February 2019
Roundtable on ‘Protest and Violence in Post-Coup Zimbabwe’
Date: 25 February 2019, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Shari Eppel (Director, Solidarity Peace Trust),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 6 March 2020
AfOx Insaka
Date: 6 March 2020, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: west wing
Organiser:
Africa Oxford Initiative (University of Oxford)
Host:
Africa Oxford Initiative (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 March 2025
'The Overthrow of Robert Mugabe: Gender, Coups, and Diplomats’ (Book Launch)
Date: 6 March 2025, 15:30 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College - Main Site, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room, accessed via lift
Organisers:
Peter Brooke (African Studies Centre, Oxford),
Lena Reim (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Events this person is hosting:
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Discussion on Zimbabwean politics
Date: 30 January 2018, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
TBC
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: in the Music Room
Organisers:
Dr Susanne Verheul (University of Oxford),
William Beinart (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 28 November 2017
ZANU PF in History, 1963-2017
Date: 28 November 2017, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Professor Gerald Chikozho Mazarire (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organisers:
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford),
Professor Jocelyn Alexander (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 7 May 2024
African Studies Centre Annual Lecture - Transnational Feminism in an Age of Genocide
Date: 7 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Professor Amina Mama (University of California, Davis)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 16 October 2025
Bridge Contracts for Mobile Money in Kenya
Date: 16 October 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Jonathan Greenacre (Boston University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 23 October 2025
Political belonging in the Ghana-Togo borderlands: citizenship and the vote at the margins of the state
Date: 23 October 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Nathalie Raunet (University of Birmingham)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 30 October 2025
Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire
Date: 30 October 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Samuel Fury Childs Daly (University of Chicago)
Venue Details: Online via Teams - see link under booking below
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 6 November 2025
Does Ethnic Stacking Work?: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Ascriptive Loyalty for Coup Proofing
Date: 6 November 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Kristen A. Harkness (University of St. Andrews)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 13 November 2025
Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara
Date: 13 November 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Joanna Allan
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 20 November 2025
Selling Healing: Creative Arts and Health Communication in Ghana
Date: 20 November 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Ama de-Graft Aikins (University of Ghana/London School of Economics and Political Science)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 November 2025
The Rhodes Legacy at Oxford and beyond; and the Zimbabwean sculpture exhibition at St Mary’s university church (Speakers TBC)
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 20:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford),
William Beinart (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 27 November 2025
The Soldier, the Activist, and the Writer: On Telling a Family Story of Colonial Afterlives
Date: 27 November 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Simukai Chigudu (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 December 2025
The Town and Gown in Ibadan: Re-exploring the Legends of Mbari
Date: 4 December 2025, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Olutayo C. Adesina (University of Ibadan)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers:
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford),
Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA