Dear All,
Registration is now open for the LU Africa Day 2024. All students and staff at LU are welcome to register at https://survey.mailing.lu.se/Survey/51609. You will find the programme below as well at the registration page.
We hope you also will submit a brief abstract for the appreciated speed presentation session. One presentation is maximum 2 minutes and 2 power point slides.
Last day for registration is 27 February!
We look forward to seeing you on March 11.
Kind regards,
The LU Africa Strategy Group
Programme – LU Africa Day 11 March 2024
Venue: Palestra Lecture Theatre
09.00 – 09.10 Opening and introduction, Moderator: Vasna Ramasar, DVC Lena Eskilsson
09.10 – 10.00 Plenary: Democratic backlash? Militaries, Terrorists, and Decolonizers in the Sahel
Prof. Sten Hagberg, Professor of Cultural Anthopology and Director of Forum for Africa Studies, Uppsala University
10.00 – 10.30 Panel discussion: "Effect of local and global political instability on academic collaboration”.
- Sten Hagberg, Professor of Cultural Anthopology, Uppsala University
- Lena Eskilsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Lund University
- Thabit Jacob, Visiting researcher at Dept of Human Ecology
- PhD-student, tbc
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.15 LU Strategic platform and Global Dynamic Engagement for Africa, Pär Svensson
11.15 – 11.45 Speed presentations (Staff and PhD-students)
11.45 – 12.00 Summery and closure
12.00 – 13.30 Networking lunch with thematic conversations