CAS Seminar Series

Every year, CAS organises a series of bespoke seminars, with some outstanding Guest Speakers. All our seminars take place fortnightly, on Wednesday (4:00pm-5:30pm).

The Centre of African Studies is delighted to announce their Seminar Series for the new academic year 2026/2027.

List of Seminars for Semester 1 (September-November 2026)

Wednesday September 23, 3:30-6:15pm, Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Law School. Overview of CAS staff research projects followed by live online screening of special UoE lecture by Prof. Tendayi Achiume

Wednesday September 30, 4:00-5:30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building. Political Belonging in the Ghana–Togo Borderlands: Citizenship and the Vote at the Margins of the State. Speaker: Dr. Nathalie Raunet, University of Birmingham

Wednesday October 7, 4:00-5:30 pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building. The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise. Speaker: Dr. Pritish Behuria, University of Manchester

Thursday, October 15, 3:00-4:30pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building. Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana’s Cold War. Speaker: Dr. Nana Osei-Opare, Rice University

Wednesday November 4, 4:00-5:30pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building. The Adventure: Violent Borders, Illegal Migration, and the Uncertain Quest for Life in Morocco. Speaker: Dr. Sébastien Bachelet, University of Manchester

Wednesday November 18, 3:00-5:00pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Teviot. African Climate Futures. Speaker: Dr. Carl Death, University of Manchester

Wednesday November 25, 4:00-5:30pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building. Singing the Party Line: Ideological dissonance and commitment after rebellion in Burundi’s CNDD-FDD. Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Chemouni, Université Catholique de Louvain

List of Seminars for Semester 2 (January-March 2027)

TBC