Events

Lectures, conferences and other events where the Nordic Africa Institute is involved. Previous events are listed here.

20-22 May: Finnish International Educators' Days
In Levi, Finland. NAI Director Iina Soiri will participate in a panel on International Collaboration & Global Responsibility and in one on Finnish human rights based approach in research and higher education development cooperation. NAI will also have a book display. Find information and programme at the conference website (opens in new window).

22 May: Conflict Cluster Research Seminar Series: Transforming Masculinities: Male Care Volunteers in Tanzania
Presenter: Auli Vahakangas (Visiting Researcher from Finland)
Venue: Protea Room, Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala. Time: 13-15 hrs. For invitees only.

27 maj: Seminar 'Urban jungles? Researching African cities'
The seminar will be held at National Museum of Iceland on 27 May between 1.30 and 6 pm.
The following researchers from NAI's Urban Dynamics Cluster will participate: Annika Teppo, Andrew Byerley, Marianne Millstein and Onyanta Adama. Read about this research cluster here.

27-28 May: Conference on "Affective politics in transitional North Africa: imagining the future".
Co-organized with the Swedish Institute Alexandria. The conference will be held in Alexandria, Egypt. NAI researcher Maria Malmström participates.

28 May: Welfare, Religion and Gender in Post-apartheid South Africa. Lecture, Discussion and Book Release
Return to a Critical past: The Churches’ new Critical Disposition Towards the State in Post-Apartheid
South Africa. With Professor Ignatius Swart, University of South Africa, Pretoria. Comments from Stina Karltun, Senior Policy Specialist, Sida and NAI researcher Marianne Millstein. 16.30-18.30 hrs, English Park Campus.

3 June: Perspectives on the Sahel: Democracy, Development and Conflict
Symposium co-organised with the Forum for Africa Studies at Uppsala University. Etnografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Time to be announced.

3-4 June: Conference on "Concept Africa"
The conference will be co-organized with University of Helsinki. At the Nordic Africa Institute, Protea room. Time to be announced.

3-4 June: Conference on "State-Building Approaches and Politics of Negotiation: Lessons that could be learned from Somaliland and South Sudan"
The conference will be co-organized with Institute for peace and conflict studies, University of Hargeisa, and held in Hargeisa, Somaliland. NAI researcher Redie Bereketeab will be participating.

Cancelled! 5 June: Conflict Cluster Research Seminar Series: Rescaling Power in Uganda: Buganda-Central Government Relations since the late 1990s
Presenter: Anders Sjögren
Venue: Protea Room, Nordic Africa Institute, Villavägen 6, Uppsala. Time: 13-15 hrs. For invitees only.

24-25 June: The first of two 2013 UNU-WIDER Development Conferences will be held in Helsinki
The conference titled ‘L2C – Learning to Compete: Industrial Development and Policy in Africa’ builds on the research from the collaborative project between UNU-WIDER, the Brookings Institution and the African Development Bank, and aims to bring together research on industrial development and industrial policy in Africa. NAI researchers Mats Hårsman and Francis Matambalaya will participate. Call for papers is open until 31 January. More information can be found on the conference web site http://www1.wider.unu.edu/L2Cconf/home

27-29 June: ECAS, 5th European Conference on African Studies
The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 27 to 29, 2013. It will be organized by the Centro de Estudos Africanos - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Center of African Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon) on behalf of AEGIS, the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies. Its general theme will be ‘African Dynamics in a Multipolar World’.
Read about NAI's participation here.
Read more about ECAS5 here (opens in new window).

3 July: NAI at Almedalsveckan
NAI's event takes place on Wednesday July 3rd 11-12, at 'Sverige i Världen', Donnersgatan 6, Visby. 'Images of Africa: miracle or misery?'. Participants in the panel are Maria Eriksson Baaz, Kjell Havnevik, Mats Utas from the Nordic Africa Institute, Joachim Beijmo, Head of Communications, Sida and Marika Griehsel, moderator and Africa-journalist. Read more here.