African History & Politics Seminar
Hilary Term 2010
Department of International Development
Department of Politics & International Relations
Faculty of History
Mondays at 5 pm; Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), 3 Mansfield Road.
Week 1: January 18th
Kate Meagher, DESTIN, LSE.
Where Angels Fear to Tread: New Religious Movements and Economic Governance in Nigeria.
Week 2: January 25th
Stephen Brown, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.
Internationalizing Accountability for Atrocities in Kenya
Week 3: February 1st
Christian von Soest, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA, Berlin.
Applying an "elusive" concept: Neopatrimonialism and tax collection in Zambia and Botswana
Week 4: February 8th (Special Event)
(VENUE: Seminar Room 3, ODID)
Thomas Hodgkin Lecture by Christopher Clapham, African Studies Centre, Cambridge.
African Conflict Management and International Law: the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary dispute.
Week 5: February 15th
Pierre Sane, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO, Paris.
Poverty & Human Rights in Africa.
Week 6: February 22nd
Chris Stevens, Visiting Alumnae, St. John’s
Community and Traditions in Mozambique, East Africa and the West Indian Ocean: An Archaeological Perspective.
Week 7: March 1st (Special Event with OTJR)
(VENUE: Manor Road Lecture Theatre)
Lars Waldorf, Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York & Phil Clark, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford.
Debating Power, Politics & Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda.
Week 8: March 8th
Ian Cooper, Politics, Oxford.
Party System Fragmentation in an Emerging Democracy: The Case of Namibia
Conveners: Dr AR Mustapha & Dr Ricardo Soares de Oliveira