ECAS 2011 - 4th European Conference on African Studies
African Engagements: On Whose Terms? Uppsala 15-18 June 2011
Please note! There will be no removal of abstracts and/or papers after the 15th of December, 2011.
70 countries took part in ECAS 4
– We are overwhelmed by the number of participants and very pleased that the conference has offered so many lively and dynamic discussions, said NAI director Carin Norberg at a closing ceremony in the Uppsala Castle.
– It has been a conference where young researchers have broken new ground within Africa research, said NAI research director Fantu Cheru.
ECAS 4 theme captured in new book
The latest contribution to the AEGIS book series published by Brill was launched at ECAS 4: "African Engagements - Africa Negotiating an Emerging Multipolar World" edited by Ton Dietz, Mayke Kaag and NAI researchers Kjell Havnevik and Terje Oestigaard. It offers food for thought on how Africa’s engagements with the world are currently being reshaped and revalued, and, importantly—on whose terms? The chapters in the book raise questions as to how the influence of China, India and Brazil will offer African countries and groups greater room for negotiation and manoeuvre.
Read more about the book at Brill's website.
AEGIS
AEGIS was founded in 1991 and is a network of African Studies centers in Europe. It aims to create synergies between experts and institutions. With primary emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities, AEGIS' main goal is to improve understanding about contemporary African societies.
Read more about AEGIS here.
A selection of pictures taken at the 4th European Conference on African Studies, organised by NAI and held in Uppsala on 15-18 June.
NAI Director Carin Norberg speaking at the opening ceremony at the Grand Auditorium, Uppsala University.
Opening ceremony, Grand Auditorium, Uppsala University.
NAI guest of honour 2011 Thandika Mkandawire speaking at the conference dinner at Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall.
South African jazz-soul singer Sani Gamedze performing at the conference dinner at Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall together with Uppsala based choir Afro – The New Generation.
Participants from the USA at the conference dinner at Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall.
Roshan Cader from HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa.
Adam Swallow, Oxford University Press, UK.
'Räfven' performing at the International Music Festival at Parksnäckan.
Keynote speaker Oyeronke Oyewumi, Stony Brook University, USA.
Kojo Amanor, Deputy Director, the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, receiving the AEGIS Gerti Hesseling Award at Ekonomikum.
Keynote speaker Issa Shivji, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, together with NAI senior researcher Kjell Havnevik.
NAI research director Fantu Cheru in panel 8: ‘South-South Dialogue: BRIC's African Agenda’.
Paul Nugent, AEGIS President, Judith Byfield, President African Studies Association, USA and Ebrima Sall, Executive Secretary CODESRIA participating in round table 4: 'Decolonizing African Studies: An Agenda for Future Collaboration'.
Pictures from the photo exhibition ‘Africa has the floor’ on display at Ekonomikum.
NAI researcher Ilda Lindell speaking about her book ‘Africa's Informal Workers: Collective agency alliances and transnational organizing in urban Africa’, published by Zed Books and NAI at the Open Stage at Ekonomikum.
Rita Abrahamsen, University of Ottawa, in panel 130: 'Privileging the Private in Africa´.
Mark McQuinn, School of Oriental and African Studies, in panel 11: 'Tanzania in Transition - from Nyerere to Mkapa'.
Conference closing ceremony, Uppsala Castle, Rikssalen.
Tania Berger, ECAS 4 Administrative Project Coordinator at the closing ceremony, Uppsala Castle, Rikssalen.
Paul Nugent, AEGIS President at the closing ceremony, Uppsala Castle, Rikssalen.
Important information
Please note! There will be no removal of abstracts and/or papers after the 15th of December, 2011.
conference information and material
The ECAS 4 conference book is available for download in the digital archive.
The book contains the conference programme, abstracts of panels and keynote lectures.
The Round table sessions schedule with detailed information is available here
(pdf opens in new window).
contributors
For the organization of ECAS 4 the Nordic Africa Institute was financially supported by some external institutions:
ACBF - The African Capacity Building Foundation
AEGIS - African Studies in Europe
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
Sida – Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency
The Research Council of Norway
Uppsala Kommun
– City Council of Uppsala
Uppsala University
Vetenskapsrådet
( The Swedish Research Council)