The Northeast Africa Forum brings together students and scholars interested in examining the region from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective. Our remit runs from the Great Lakes, through East Africa to the Horn of Africa. By hosting lectures by experienced researchers alongside post-graduates, and by mixing academic and policy research, we hope to come to a shared, factually informed and politically relevant understanding of trends in the region.
This term, the seminar will look at a variety of issues, including the history and concealment of torture by the British colonial authorities in Kenya, the intersection of sport and modernity in Ethiopia during the 20th century, and the ‘Unseen Archive’ of official photography from the presidency of Idi Amin in Uganda.
The seminar will be taking place Wednesdays at 4.00 pm UK time, at the African Studies Centre*, 13 Bevington Road, OX2 6NB, unless otherwise noted below**.
| 26 October – A Very British Way of Torture Film screening & discussion with David M Anderson (Warwick) & Ed McGown (Rogan Productions) **NB: 4pm, InvestCorp Theatre, St Antony’s College Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-very-british-way-of-torture-film-screening-and-discussion-tickets-441015417987 |
| 9 November – BIEA Annual lecture Pastoralist Heritage and Sustainable Development in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia Freda Nkirote (National Museums of Kenya) & Paul Lane (Cambridge) **5pm, Zoom registration details tbc. |
| 16 November – Katrin Bromber (ZMO, Berlin) Book launch & discussion: Sports & Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia (Discussant tbc) |
| 23 November – Richard Vokes (University of Western Australia) The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin |
*Where possible, events will be held in hybrid format. Unless otherwise noted, no prior registration is required to participate in the seminar, but please contact the convenors for the log-in details of each call.
If you would like to present your own research at a future seminar, please write to one of the conveners.