African Studies UCT

Prof Horman Chitonge's new book "Industrialising Africa: Unlocking the Economic Potential of the Continent" is reviewed by Turkish scholar and world historian Dr Halim Gencoĝlu (@halimgencoglu ) for Turkish audiences. Link: "Afrika’yı içeriden okumak" yenisafak.com/hayat/afrikayi…

Honorary doctorate for retiring Prof Ntsebeza news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-…

First Khoekhoegowab language course cohort honoured news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-…

Leiden Universtiy awards Honorary doctorate to the AC Jordan Chair and retiring Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza | Centre for African Studies shar.es/a3caHp

The 3rd Conference of the Precolonial Catalytic Project of the National Institute for the #Humanities and #SocialSciences, will take place on the 23-24 Jan 2020 at the CAS Gallery, UCT. See here for the Concept Note and Preliminary programme: shar.es/a3vs3m

The 3rd Conference of the Precolonial Catalytic Project of the National Institute for the #Humanities and #SocialSciences in South Africa (@iNIHSS ), will take place on the 23-24 Jan 2020 at the CAS Gallery, UCT. See here and more details to follow: shar.es/a3gJSg

The National Research Foundation (#NRF) Chair in #LandReform and #Democracy in #SouthAfrica at CAS is hosting an international conference on "#AfricanStudies and #Land questions in Africa". 27-29 Nov 2019. All are welcome. Late abstracts may be accepted shar.es/a3HsTY

Urgent Postponement - The 3rd conference of the Precolonial Catalytic Project of the National Institute for the #Humanities and #SocialSciences (#NIHSS), originally for the 5-7 Dec '19 is postponed to early 2020, dates to follow.

Call for Papers: ‘Rethinking Africa’. We invite papers for the 3rd conference of the Precolonial Catalytic Project of the National Institute for the #Humanities and #SocialSciences (#NIHSS). 5-7 December. Hosted by CAS & /Xarra #RestorativeJustice Forum. shar.es/a3HsNL

Urgent Postponement - The 3rd conference of the Precolonial Catalytic Project of the National Institute for the #Humanities and #SocialSciences (#NIHSS), originally for the 5-7 Dec '19 is postponed to early 2020, dates to follow.

The African Studies Centre at the University of Leiden, will confer an Honorary Doctorate on Prof Lungisile Ntsebeza in February 2020 in recognition of his outstanding career contributions to research and scholarship. @ASCLeiden #uct #PhD #AfricanStudies #landReform @iNIHSS

The A.C. Jordan Chair in #AfricanStudies and #Linguistics Section invite you to a Symposium on "#LanguageActivism". 15 Nov, 3 - 6pm. CAS Gallery. All welcome. shar.es/a3HsP0

@halimgencoglu @UCTLibrary See also. hurriyetdailynews.com/ottoman-writin…

Dr Halim Gençoğlu,Centre for #AfricanStudies, hosts an exhibition of rare texts in #UCT #SpecialCollections to highlight untold histories between Turkey and the Muslim community of Cape Town. See "Traces of the Ottoman Empire", Jagger Library until Dec 19. shar.es/a33Ivr

Thurs 7 Nov, 4pm: We warmly invite you to Prof Horman Chitonge's #BookLaunch of "Industrialising Africa: Unlocking the Economic Potential of the Continent". Prof Chitonge will be in conversation with Prof Anthony Black. #Africanstudies #Development #economicGrowth

The #UCT Centre for #AfricanStudies invites you to a conference this week from Thursday, 19 -20 Sept, in tribute of the late Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian political scientist, economist, and world-systems analyst who coined the term #Eurocentrism in the '70s. All welcome.

Urgent announcement: the Non-racialism and Indigeneity Colloquium scheduled for 17 September has been postponed to November. See attached.

Cleansing ceremony launches UCT's Khoekhoegowab language course iol.co.za/capetimes/news…