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