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Friday, March 1, 2019

Dr. Monica Eileen Patterson’s newly published article in the Conversation about anti-Black curios in Cuba

Dr. Monica Eileen Patterson's newly published article in the Conversation about anti-Black curios in Cuba offers a critical reflection on the racist souvenirs that are sold to tourists, which include more than one million Canadians who will visit the island this year. You may access the article here: 聽Spring breakers import Cuban rum, cigars... More

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

IAS welcomes Professor Shireen Hassim – Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics

Photos from special reception in honor of聽Professor Shireen Hassim - Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African... More

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Susanne Klausen Wins Visiting Fellowship

Professor聽Susanne M. Klausen聽has won a visiting fellowship to the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Amsterdam for ten months,聽from September 2019 to June 2020. Klausen will use her time as a NIAS Fellow to write聽the manuscript for her next monograph,聽tentatively titled聽Forbidden Desire: The聽Criminalization of Inter-racial... More

Monday, January 28, 2019

Conversation from Kagiso’s new book Such a Lonely, Lovely Road

  "On Thursday, January 24, 杏吧原创 University's Institute of聽African Studies聽hosted a formal launch of Kagiso Molope's new novel聽Such a Lonely, Lovely Road which聽is already garnering acclaim in the Canadian literary community. Ms. Molope's celebrated novels are all situated in South Africa, either in the years immediately preceding the... More

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Dr. Audra Diptee’s Podcast “Decolonizing the African City: Legacies and Challenges”

IAS is pleased to announce that IAS member Dr. Audra Diptee has recently published the podcast 芦聽Decolonizing the African City: 聽Legacies and Challenges聽禄. In this episode of the聽History Watch Podcast series聽she is in conversation with, Dr. Vanessa Watson聽(Professor of City Planning, University of Cape Town) about the present day legacies... More

Monday, November 12, 2018

Professor Audra A. Diptee selected to be une Professeure Invit茅e at l鈥橴niversit茅 Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris 3) in 2019

Professor Audra A. Diptee selected to be聽une Professeure Invit茅e聽at l鈥橴niversit茅 Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris 3) in 2019聽 Audra A. Diptee will be holding the post of聽Professeure Invit茅e聽at the聽Universit茅 Sorbonne-Nouvelle聽in Paris (January 鈥� April, 2019).聽聽While there she will be undertaking archival research, working on her next... More

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Checkout photos from the 鈥淗uman Rights in Africa鈥� Book Launch

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Checkout Photos from the recent 4th Undergraduate Research Conference

Our Africa: Climate Change, the Environment and Afrofuturism was a success! Thanks to all who... More

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Keisha Derrick – Alumni who inspire!

Keisha Derrick is a Pension Expert for the Canadian Armed Forces,聽having graduated from the Africa and Globalization specialization in June... More

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