African Studies Centre Research Seminars
Talks:

Tuesday 27 January 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Talking about Unfree Labour
Date: 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Bhanupriya Rao (Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Behanbox), Michael Odijie (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 February 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Insurgency, Conflict and Governance
Date: 3 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Paula Cristina Roque, Alpa Shah (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Sovereignty by Exception: Global China, Law, and Infrastructure across Africa and South Asia
Date: 10 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Thiruni Kelagama (Wolfson College, Oxford), Miriam Driessen (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Gen Z revolutions
Date: 17 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: David Gellner (University of Oxford), Velomahanina Razakamaharavo (University of Reading), Krishna Adhikari (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: The Politics of Digital Interventions
Date: 24 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Tom Neumark (University of Oslo), Nafis Aziz (University of Amsterdam)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Southern Urbanisms, Migration and Belonging
Date: 3 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Elisa Tamburo (Harvard University & University of Oxford), Bani Gill (University of Tübingen)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2025

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: The Politics and Technologies of Measurement
Date: 10 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Dr Shankar Nair (Oxford), Dr Rachel King (UCL)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 April 2025

African Studies Centre Annual Lecture 2026 - Decolonisation: Lessons from post-colonial Uganda
Date: 30 April 2026, 15:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Mahmood Mamdani (Columbia University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Miles Tendi (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA