Keynote Speaker: Prof. Christopher Clapham
Professor Christopher Clapham is a specialist in African Studies, particularly interested by Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, but also by Liberia and Sierra Leone. He has a vast teaching experience that he acquired as a lecturer at the Universities of Addis Abba (1966-1967), Manchester (1968-1971) and Lancaster (1989-2002). He currently teaches at the Center of African Studies of the University of Cambridge. His main publications are: Africa and the International System (Cambridge University Press, 2002), African Guerrillas (James Currey, 1998), Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia (Cambridge University Press, 1988), Third World Politics (Croom Helm,1985), … etc…
Since 1988 he is the editor of the Journal of Modern African Studies published by Cambridge University Press
28 June 2016
Moot Court (BL1102), David Chiddick Building
| Programme Time | Event/details |
| 09.45-10.15 | Registration |
| 10.20-10.30 | Welcome/general announcements |
| 10.30-11.15 |
Session 1: Keynote Prof. Christopher Clapham (Cambridge) ‘Getting published in the leading Africanist journals’ Chair: Heather Hughes |
| 11.15-11.30 | Refreshment break |
| 11.30-13.00 |
Session 2: False start in Africa? Markets, governance and accountability Chair: Amira Elnokaly Ngozi Okoye (Lincoln Law School) and Juliana Siwale (Lincoln International Business School) ‘Microfinance regulation and social goals: the case of Nigeria and Zambia’ Dieu Hack-Polay (Lincoln International Business School) ‘Colonialism and postcolonialism in Ivory Coast: the long road to independence is still open’ (Skype) Shrabani Saha (Lincoln International Business School) ‘Corruption and economic development: new evidence from Middle Eastern and North African countries’ Dimitrios Vortelinos (Lincoln International Business School) ‘Asymmetries in the African financial markets’ |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch |
| Time | Event/details |
| 13.45-15.15 |
Session 3: The person or the mask? Identity, community, memory and representation Chair: Shrabani Saha Hadiza Abdulrahman (School of Education) ‘Contested representations of Northern Nigeria’s Almajirai and Almajiranci’ Solomon Anjide (School of Social and Political Science) ‘Influence of individual leadership in Boko Haram’ Anna Catalani (School of Architecture and Design) ‘Through the lenses of the diaspora: western museums and the diasporic imagination’ Amira Elnokaly (School of Architecture and Design) ‘An ecocity framework: rebuilding communities in Aswan, Egypt’ Rowan Gatfield (School of Architecture and Design) ‘Am I Zulu: finding the peas in a political soup’ |
| 15.15-16.15 |
Session 4: PhD Showcase Chair: Anna Catalani Doctoral students from across the Colleges of Arts and Social Science and the Lincoln International Business School present their ongoing Africa-related research for discussion |
| 16.15-17.00 |
Wrap-up/Refreshments Kutoma Wakunuma (De Montfort University), Colloquium reflections Craig Marsh (Pro Vice Chancellor for International Partnerships, University of Lincoln) closes proceedings |