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Northeast Africa Forum seminar series

The Northeast Africa Forum brings together students and scholars interested in examining the region from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective. Our remit extends from the Horn of Africa, through East Africa and into the Great Lakes. By hosting lectures by experienced researchers alongside post-graduates, and by mixing academic and policy research, we hope to come to a shared, factually informed and politically relevant understanding of trends in the region.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford)
Timing: Varies
Web Address: https://www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk/seminar-details-annual/special-events-and-podcasts
Organising department: Centre for African Studies

Talks:

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 : Peter Lockwood (Göttingen)
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

Editor: Jason Mosley