{"id":289,"date":"2018-02-18T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T12:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/?p=289"},"modified":"2018-02-18T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T12:26:25","slug":"colloquium-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/2018\/02\/18\/colloquium-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquium 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/02\/00001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-298 alignright\" alt=\"00001\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/02\/00001-212x300.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/02\/00001-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/02\/00001-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/02\/00001-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/02\/00001.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;African Studies in Ireland 2018&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><i>In memoriam Professor Martin Lynn<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\">Friday 25 May (1-6pm) &#8211; Saturday 26 May 2018 (9am-5pm)<br \/>\n<em>Queen&#8217;s University Belfast, Senate Room<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em> <\/em><b>FRIDAY<\/b><b> 25 May 2018<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><em>Africa Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>1pm<\/b> <b>Welcome<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Peter Gray, director of the Institute of Irish Studies<br \/>\nEric Morier-Genoud, organiser<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>I. Africa, Ireland and Queen\u2019s University, 1,30-3,00pm<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Nini Rodgers (QUB) \u2013 \u201cAt Queens: African students, Martin Lynn and me, 1959-2005\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Eric Morier-Genoud (QUB) \u2013 \u201cQueen\u2019s University and Africa, 1900s-1970s\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Emmet O&#8217;Connor (Ulster) \u2013 \u201cBelfast labour and &#8216;Chinese slavery&#8217; in South Africa, 1904-47\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,00-3,30pm coffee<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>II. History and Historiography of Africa, 3,30-5,00pm<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donal Lowry (Oxford) \u2013 \u201cA mirror to Ireland\u2019s face: colonial echoes and analogies in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe ca.1890-1990\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Laura S. Brown (Maynooth) \u2013 \u201cClass, culture and historiography in Egypt and the Sudan 1899-1956\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert McNamara (Ulster) \u2013 \u201cPearls and perils in the documentary record\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><b>III. KEYNOTE, 5,00-6,00pm<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Rathbone (SOAS) \u2013 \u201cReading, thinking and writing about sources on the ending of colonial rule in West Africa\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><b>SATURDAY 26 May 2018<\/b><\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>IV. Ireland, Africa and Art, 9,30- 11,00<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Wright (Maynooth) \u2013 \u201cAgency and abolition: Africans in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Ulster\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiona Loughnane (NCAD) \u2013 \u201cA Shamrock-Shaped Image of Africa: The Photographic Encounters of Catholic Sisters in Uganda\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Hart (Ulster) \u2013 \u201cThe Afro-Portuguese Ivories, 1988-2018\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><b>V. Conflict resolution, Peacekeeping and Culture, 11,00-12,30<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Lodge (Limerick) \u2013 \u201cConflict-Resolution in Nigeria after the Biafran War\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Walt Kilroy (DCU) \u2013 \u201cThe impossible mandate? Protection of civilians by UN peacekeepers in Africa\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Laura Basell (QUB) \u2013 \u201cShihrazad&#8217;s Baths: 1001 Tales of Zanzibar Nights\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>12,30-14,00 lunch<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>VI. Hunters and Music in West Africa, 14,00-15,00<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Theodoris Konkouris (QUB) \u2013 \u201cHeroes or Villains: The Social Status of Hunters &amp; Their Musicians in Malian Imaginary: An Ethnographic Approach\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Hellweg (Florida State) \u2013 \u201c\u2018Playing the Hunters\u2019 Qur\u2019an\u2019: Performing Islam and the Hunt in West Africa\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><b>VII. Contemporary African issues, 15,00-17,00 <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>John Brewer (QUB) \u2013 \u201cAfrican Universities as agents of social change\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stefan Andreasson (QUB) \u2013 \u201cThe 21st Century transformation of global energy markets: impact of the US shale revolution on African oil and gas producing states\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>John J. Hogan (Limerick) \u2013 \u201cAnalysis of negotiations to design the African Peace and Security Architecture\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Conclusion, 17,00-17,30<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Free entry.<\/span> Please register<\/strong> in advance (for catering purposes) on: <a title=\"Event Brite\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/african-studies-in-ireland-2018-tickets-43315118686\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/african-studies-in-ireland-2018-tickets-43315118686<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;African Studies in Ireland 2018&#8221; In memoriam Professor Martin Lynn Friday 25 May (1-6pm) &#8211; Saturday 26 May 2018 (9am-5pm) Queen&#8217;s University Belfast, Senate Room &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FRIDAY 25 May 2018 Africa Day 1pm Welcome Peter Gray, director of the Institute of Irish Studies Eric Morier-Genoud, organiser I. Africa, Ireland and Queen\u2019s University, 1,30-3,00pm Nini &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/2018\/02\/18\/colloquium-2018\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Colloquium 2018<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workshops-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa93ki-4F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}