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Oxford Southern Africa Discussion Group
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Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Tuesdays at 4pm
Organising department: Oxford Department of International Development
Talks:
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Introductions and discussion of the aims of the series
Date: 14 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Jocelyn Alexander (University of Oxford),
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Legacy of Mass Atrocities and its Influence on Electoral Behaviors in Zimbabwe
Date: 21 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 28 October 2025
State Absence and Everyday Transformation in Unity’s Oil Fields (South Sudan)
Date: 28 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Matai Muon (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 4 November 2025
Transnational Revolutionary Networks and the Global Cold War: The African National Congress, the Irish Republican Army, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, 1969-2005
Date: 4 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 11 November 2025
Gendering History, State-Making and the Politics of Land in Mozambique, 1977-1986
Date: 11 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 18 November 2025
Title TBC
Date: 18 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Johanna Wetzel (Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Meeting Room A
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Navigating Manhood in Zambia’s Livingstone and the Copperbelt during the ‘Golden Era of Modern Manhood’ (mid-1940s–late-1970s)
Date: 25 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Kazmel Hamweemba (University of Oxford)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Roundtable discussion
Date: 2 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Organiser:
Ila Axelrod (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Editor:
Tamsin Kelk
