{"id":1150,"date":"2016-10-06T16:44:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T15:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2016-11-18T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:36:19","slug":"seminar-soas-african-history-seminar-programme-2016-2017-term-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"SEMINAR. SOAS African history seminar. Programme 2016-2017, Term 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
Programme of SOAS African history seminar 2016-2017, Term\u00a01\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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We will start off with an exciting film series and panel discussions on “Slavery and the African Diaspora from a Global Perspective”, during the Black History month.<\/div>\n
In November we will then return to our usual business with one talk every 3-4 weeks until May 2017.<\/div>\n
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If not indicated otherwise, the seminar takes place on Wed from 5 to 6.30pm in room FG01 (SOAS Faber Building).<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Programme Term 1:<\/b><\/div>\n
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Thur 27 Oct: Slavery on Film: Past and Present Atlantic Links\u00a0|5.30pm-8pm |Senate House, G22\/26 (South wing)<\/b><\/p>\n

– Welcome address: Prof Philip Murphy (ICwS), Dr Marie Rodet (SOAS),\u00a0Dr Shihan de Silva (ICwS)<\/p>\n

– Keynote lecture: Prof Ben Lawrance (Rochester Institute for Technology)\u00a0\u2018What viral videos convey about the anti-trafficking imaginary\u2019<\/p>\n

– Film: They Are We. Dr Emma Christopher (Sydney U). 2014. (77min)<\/p>\n

Fri 28 Oct: Filming Memories of Slavery (Brazil, India and Pakistan)\u00a0| 5.30pm-8pm | Senate House, G22\/26 (South wing)<\/b><\/p>\n

– Film: Other Africas: Unearthing \u2018Afro\u2019 Memories in Rio de Janeiro.\u00a0Dr Andr\u00e9 Cicalo. 2016 (22min)<\/p>\n

Discussion with filmmaker Dr Andr\u00e9 Cicalo (King\u2019s College London)<\/div>\n
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– Film: Mor Sahib \u2013 The Saint crocodile (Pakistan). Till Passow. 2012 (20min)<\/div>\n
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– Film: Voices of the Sidis. Ancestral Links (India). Beheroze Shroff (UC Irvine). 2006 (26min)<\/div>\n
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Panel discussion: Dr David Taylor (ICwS), Alice Albinia, Author of \u2018Empires of the Indus\u2019<\/div>\n
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Mon 31 Oct: African Resistance and Rebellion against Enslavement\u00a0<\/b>| 6pm-8pm | KLT, SOAS (main building)<\/b><\/div>\n
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– Film: Ghosts of Amistad \u2013 In the Footsteps of the Rebels. Tony Buba. 2014 (56min)<\/div>\n
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Introduction and discussion by Prof Marcus Rediker (University of Pittburgh)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wed 23 Nov: <\/b>‘Arms Trade in East Africa: A History of Globalisation, Regulation, and Colonial Rule (1850s to 1914)’,\u00a0Dr Felix Brahm (German Historical Institute), 5-6.30pm,\u00a0SOAS FG01 (Faber Building)
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Wed 7 Dec: <\/b>‘The British press, British public opinion and the end of empire in Africa, 1957-60’, Dr Rosie Coffey (LSE\/SOAS), 5-6.30pm, SOAS FG01 (Faber Building)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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