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African Studies Centre Research Seminars
Talks:
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