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Friday, February 12, 2016

Ph.D. Ying-Ying Tiffany Liu wins the TD Graduate Fellowship in Migration and Diaspora Studies (2015-2016)

The Institute of African Studies (IAS) congratules Ying-Ying Tiffany Liu for winning 2015-16 TD Graduate Fellowship in Migration and Diaspora Studies on her research across the city of Johannesburg in South Africa. For more information, click... More

Friday, January 22, 2016

Dr. Susanne Klausen speaks for the Nelson Mandela Series at The Tshepo Institute for Study of Contemporary Africa

Dr. Susanne Klausen discusses "FROM RIGHTS聽 TO JUSTICE: The Ongoing Struggle for Reproductive Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa" on Thursday, January 21. For the event poster, click... More

Friday, January 22, 2016

杏吧原创 Library to Host Ugandan Asian Archives Road Show in Toronto

杏吧原创 University鈥檚 MacOdrum Library is hosting the Ugandan Asian Archives Road Show in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2016. When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Where: S. Walter Stewart Branch of the Toronto Public Library, John S. Ridout Auditorium, 170 Memorial Park Ave, Toronto Registration:... More

Friday, January 8, 2016

IAS News: IAS welcomes Professor Pius Adesanmi as the new IAS Director

The Institute of African Studies (IAS) is pleased to announce that Professor Pius Adesanmi is now its new Director.聽 Professor Adesanmi succeeds Professor Blair Rutherford, who served two terms as Director and now is pleased to continue to be active in the IAS as like the nearly fifty 杏吧原创 professors who are cross-appointed to... More

Friday, December 18, 2015

IAS News: Dr. Susanne Klausen wins University Research Achievement Award for 2016 to 2017

Institute of African Studies congratulates our cross-appointed colleague Dr. Susanne Klausen from the Department of History for winning a University Research Achievement Award for 2016-17 to assist with her current research on the application of the Immorality Act during the era of Apartheid in South... More

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Dr. Susanne M. Klausen’s Interview on National Women’s Affairs Show

Dr. Susanne M. Klausen was a guest on "Otherwise," the daily聽women's issues show on SAfm (national public radio), last thursday. She spoke about her research on abortion in South Africa. For the podcast, click... More

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Video of “The African Child in Colonial Postcards of the Early 1900s” talk is now Posted

The video of the African Studies Brownbag talk,聽鈥淭roubling Tropes: The African Child in Colonial Postcards of the Early 1900s,鈥� which聽Prof. Monica Patterson (杏吧原创 University) gave on聽18 November 2015 is now available. It can be found on our Youtube... More

Saturday, November 21, 2015

IAS congratulates Daniella Niyonkuru for winning a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement

The Institute of African Studies is pleased to congratulate Ms. Daniella Niyonkuru for receiving a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement when receiving her Master鈥檚 degree in Systems and Computer Engineering at the recent Fall convocation.聽 Such recognition is one of many this Burundian student has achieved. In 2013, she graduated... More

Friday, November 20, 2015

IAS News- Exploring Culture in a Digital Divide

Read about Professor Nduka Otonio's experience during his Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship at the Delta State University (DELSU). The story is... More

Monday, November 16, 2015

Video of “Women, Urbanization, and the Right to the City in South Africa” talk now posted

                The video of the IAS November 4th聽Public Talk and Book Launch of 聽On Their Own: Women, Urbanization, and the Right to the City in South Africa聽with聽Allison Goebel, Queen鈥檚 University, is now available. The video can be found on our YouTube channel.... More

Monday, November 9, 2015

Susanne Klausen on national radio in South Africa discussing her new book

Dr. Susanne Klausen shares her experiences about the politics of abortion in South Africa during the Apartheid era. The link can be found,... More

Friday, October 30, 2015

Susanne Klausen on Witnessing South Africa鈥檚 #FeesMustFall Campaign

Prof. Susanne Klausen is currently conducting research in South Africa. In so doing, she聽has been a witness to聽South Africa鈥檚 #FeesMustFall campaign. In a blog for Active History聽Dr. Klausen remarks on the importance of history to the student movement for free education, which聽began October 21. See here to read more of Dr. Klausen鈥檚... More

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