Lectures
The MIASA Public Lecture Series features MIASA fellows in residence. It is primarily directed to researchers and students but is also open to the wider public.
The Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture is organized annually by MIASA at the University of Ghana in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies and the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Ghana. It is named after the 18th century philosopher from present-day Ghana who taught at the universities of Halle and Jena. The lecture series promotes MIASA’s overarching commitment of making African thinking increasingly relevant in global academia, and it addresses questions of how the humanities and social sciences can contribute to the decolonisation of knowledge production and epistemic justice.
Events
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Public Lecture: ‘Europe’s war’: African migration and the politics of representation in European policy making; Speaker: Prof. Heaven Crawley
Accra Abstract In this lecture, Professor Heaven Crawley, Director of the new UKRI GCRF South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub draws on her research over more than 25 years to explore the politics of representation in European policy making in response to migration from Africa. She argues that it is impossible to understand the European ... Read more
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Public Lecture: ‘Should I go or should I stay?’ – Exploring Return Migration and Reintegration Processes in Ghana; Speakers: Nauja Kleist & Mary Setrana
Accra Nauja Kleist, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark Mary Boatemaa Setrana, Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana The question of return migration and reintegration are central in many migrants’ lives and in migration policies. Returning for shorter or longer periods of time, perhaps after years abroad, requires consideration and preparation. In some cases, ... Read more
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Public Lecture: Free Movement in ECOWAS and Beyond; Speakers: Prof. Joseph Kofi Teye & Amanda Bisong
Free Movement in ECOWAS and Beyond Prof. Joseph Kofi Teye, Director Centre for Migration StudiesMs. Amanda Bisong, European Centre for Development Policy Management, Maastricht ABSTRACT While political narratives and media images on migration tend to focus on its negative impacts, recent scholarship has shown that mobility within Africa presents both opportunities and challenges for sustainable ... Read more
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Public Lecture : Thoughts towards a Conceptual Understanding of African Migration; Speaker: Dr. Faisal Garba
Thoughts Towards a Conceptual Understanding of African Migration Dr. Faisal Garba, University of Cape Town ABSTRACT African migration is largely studied within discipline specific frameworks and models. The bulk of these models were developed from studies on migration in North America. Accordingly, there is little context-based conceptual and theoretical understanding of African migration rooted in ... Read more
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Public Lecture: International Migration from a Cross-Regional Perspective: African and Asian domestic workers in the Gulf; Speakers: Prof. Akosua Darkwah, Dr. Leander Kandilige and Dr. Stefan Rother
Venue: 3rd Floor Seminar Room, International House Prof. Akosua Darkwah Dr. Leander Kandilige Dr. Stefan Rother International Migration from a Cross-Regional Perspective: African and Asian domestic workers in the Gulf Date: Wednesday, 8th May 2019Time: 2pm-4pm AbstractThe globalization of reproductive labour, also known as “care chains”, has been one of the defining features of transnational female labour ... Read more
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Public Lecture: Elite Power-sharing, Political Instability and the Allocation of Ministerial Posts in Africa; Speaker: Daniel Wigmore-Shepherd
Abstract How do political events and factors influence the composition of senior government elites? This presentation uses a newly created African Cabinet Political Elite Dataset (ACPED) to demonstrate how political factors such as regime strength or economic growth, along with key events such as elections or mass protest, exert influence on how leaders or regimes ... Read more
