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Fellows' seminars

Reflections of a ‘traveller through history’ – Fellows’ seminar by Marion Edmunds

6 February 2020
Fellows' seminars

Directorial authority and the formation of the modern executive – Fellow’s seminar by Cătălin Avramescu

3 February 2020
Fellows' seminars

The hairy timeline of evolution – Fellows’ seminar by Nina Jablonski

27 January 2020
Fellows' seminars

Renascent Africa and cultural nationalism – Fellows’ seminar by Obi Nwakanma

15 December 2019
Fellows' seminars

Political culture in post-colonial Africa and post-communist Eastern Europe: Towards explaining democratic underdevelopment – Fellows’ seminar by Petr Skalnik

10 December 2019
Fellows' seminars,  Iso Lomso

The audacity of imagining (African) history anew – Fellows’ seminar by Aretha Phiri

2 December 2019
Fellows' seminars

Monumental failures? Memorialisation, authority and disconnect in post-liberation Africa – Fellows’ seminar by Jonathan Fisher

26 November 2019
Fellows' seminars

Archaeology of a hungry mind – Fellows’ seminar by Marlize Lombard, Anders Högberg and Peter Gärdenfors

22 November 2019
Fellows' seminars

Africa must profit from leapfrogging to achieve sustainable transformation in health, education and agriculture – Fellows’ seminar by Reiner Klingholz and Sabine Sütterlin

19 November 2019
Fellows' seminars

White populism: Race and politics in the era of migration – Fellows’ seminar by Dorian Bell

11 November 2019
Fellows' seminars

In search of utopia: a fascinating glimpse into the novelist’s process – Fellows’ seminar by Ilija Trojanow

6 November 2019
Fellows' seminars

Studying the neurobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease in the hope of future treatment – Fellows’ seminar by Carlos Ibanez

28 October 2019