Calendar 2010

Date	Theme	Lecturer
9 Feb	Unconstitutional Changes of Power: Understanding the implications for democracy and security in West Africa	Cyril Obi, Leader of the Research Cluster on Conflict, Displacement and Transformation, The Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden Discussant: Redie Bereketeab, Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute
18 Mar	Identity Politics in Africa, the Complexities of Ethnicity, Religion and Regionalism	Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Lecturer in African Politics at the Department of International Development and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford Discussants: Anders Sjögren, Researcher, Stockholm University and Anne Kubai, Researcher, Uppsala University
11 May	The Challenge of Peace Building in Post-Conflict Africa: Perspectives from Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Burundi	Funmi Olonisakin, Director of the Conflict, Security and Development Group at King’s College London Patricia Daley is a University Lecturer in Human Geography. She is also an Official Fellow and Geography Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford
18 May	Post-Conflict Challenges in Africa: Case Studies of DDR Processes in Liberia, Sierra Leone and the DRC	Henri Boshoff, Head of the Peace Missions Programme, ISS (Institute of Security Studies), South Africa Olawale Ismail, Researcher at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden Discussant: Ruben de Koning, Researcher, SIPRI
31 May	1. Nigeria: Dilemmas and Dimensions of Violence and Conflict 2. Niger Delta Crisis and Security in the Gulf of Guinea	1. Darren Kew, Professor, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA 2. Charles Ukeje, Associate Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Discussant: Cyril Obi, Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute
1 Sep	The Challenges of Democracy, Peace and Security in the Sudan	Gunnar Sörbö, Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Norway Discussant : Per Karlsson, Sida, Sweden
12 Oct	Peacebuilding, and Security in Africa : The Cases of ECOWAS and ECCAS	Angela Meyer, Organisation for International Dialogue and Conflict Management EU-Africa Working Group, Austria Thomas Jaye, Senior Research Fellow at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Ghana
9 Nov	Securing Africa ? Understanding the Role of US – AFRICOM	Jeremy Keenan, Professorial Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London University