Oxford University Russian Society invites you to:
Baroness Cox’ Talk ”The Privilege of Making a Difference: in the context of
the challenges for countries in transition in the former Soviet Union”
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When: 12 June, 8.30 pm
Where: Trinity College, Sutro or Danson Room
Refreshments will be served.
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=29863574752
(please register your interest if you are going to come)
Baroness Cox is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords, and
campaigner for many humanitarian causes in post-Soviet Republics. Her peerage
was announced on the recommendation of the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in
1982. She lobbied openly for Soviet regime change from the upper house of
Parliament at the height of the arms race.
Baroness Cox is Chief Executive of HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust);
President of the Trustees of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a Patron of the
Medical Aid for Poland Fund; a Trustee of MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief
International), a non-executive director of the Andrei Sakarov Foundation, an
International representative for Elam Ministries, chairperson of the British
Armenia All-Party Parliamentary. She is also a member of the Standing
Conference on Women’s Organisations, honorary vice-chairman of the
International Islamic Christian Organisation for Reconciliation and
Reconstruction and on the advisory council to MigrationWatch, Vice President of
the Royal College of Nursing, active member of the World Committee on
Disability, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
Posted by Daniel Paget, Thursday 12th June @ 3:54pm
Political godfathers: Party Politics and Democracy in South-Western Nigeria
8:00-9:00pm, Monday 26th
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi
Africa Forum is a series of informal seminars, convened to give students an easy, low-commitment, introduction to issues of Development in Africa. The forums are led by masters students, in an atmosphere of eager enquiry and Divine chocolate, to sharpen our young minds.
This week’s forum touches on issues of corruption, power, ethnicity and citizen apathy in a presentation of research on the Godfathers of Nigeria - rich men who control the means to parliamentary success, and so can extract gains when their political dependents take office. To hear more, join us for the talk, the discussion and the chocolate.
Places are limited, so to book your place for the first forum, or just receive further information, follow this link - http://www.oxfordhub.org/u8/
Tunde Oseni is reading for a Msc in African Studies. His thesis is on Godfathers in South-West Nigeria
Posted by Daniel Paget, Sunday 25th May @ 4:31pm
U8 provides three ways to engage in international development issues this week…
Posted by Daniel Paget, Sunday 18th May @ 6:33pm
8pm, Thursday 22nd
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi
What a treat! Two Africa Forum events in a week!
Citizenship & conflict - Somalia and Kenya
an obscure but interesting topic dealing with the dynamics of Somali immigrants in Kenya, and related issues of human rights, politics of identity and security issues in war-ridden Somalia. The event begins with a presentation of issues, with primary research from Kenya,followed by a discussion led by Emma Lochery, our delightful speaker.
Places are limited, so to book your place for the first forum, or just receive further information, follow this link - http://www.oxfordhub.org/u8/
Emma Lochery is completing a Msc in African Studies. She has had papers published for the Oxford Council for Good Governance the Tax Justice Network, and U8.
Posted by Daniel Paget, Sunday 18th May @ 6:15pm
8:00-9:00pm, Monday 19th
Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College
Africa Forum is a series of informal seminars, convened to give students an easy, low-commitment, introduction to issues of Development in Africa. The forums are led by masters students, in an atmosphere of eager enquiry and Divine chocolate, to sharpen our young minds. This week’s discussion:
Development Theory and NGOs in Africa
The event begins with an introduction to development theory and issues, followed by a short presentation on fresh graduate research on African NGO relations with Western counter-parts, before we open up the floor to questions, discussion and chat, really.
Places are limited, so to book your place for the first forum, or just receive further information, follow this link - http://www.oxfordhub.org/u8/
The speaker, Kofi Hope, is completing a masters in African Studies. His thesis drew upon primary research on an African NGO, Women for Change, and considers their work in Zambia and how government policy and NGO-donor relations shapes their work.
Posted by Daniel Paget, Sunday 18th May @ 6:08pm
7:30-8:30pm, Wednesday 21st
The Stapeldon Room, Exeter College
According to estimates based on recent antenatal clinic surveys, South Africa today has an estimated 5.4 million citizens living with HIV. Women bare a disproportionate burden of infections, which are significantly caused by violence against women. However, AIDS was not always conceptualized as a gendered epidemic related to violence against women.
This paper explores how the early dominant conceptualizations of the ‘feminization’ and ‘heterosexualization’ of AIDS in South African epidemiology undermined the development of feminist AIDS activism from the mid-1980s to late 1990s. In general, the historical narrative outlined in the paper points to the ways in which the dominant early epidemiological readings of women’s HIV-related risk created barriers to the growth of South African feminist organizing around AIDS. These barriers remain salient today with women only recently entering the leadership tier of AIDS activist organizations and the eradication of violence against women being relatively new to their agendas.
About the presenter:
Mandisa Mbali is a South African Rhodes Scholar and Doctoral Candidate based at
the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine and St Antony’s College at the
University of Oxford. Her thesis is on the history of AIDS activism in South
Africa, 1982-2002. Her most recent publication is a chapter in “The politics of
AIDS: Globalization, the state and civil society” edited by Maj-Lis Foller and
Hakan Thorn and published by Palgrave Press earlier this year.
Posted by Daniel Paget, Sunday 18th May @ 6:08pm
Following last week’s successful event, we begin the second Africa Forum. Africa Forum is a series of informal seminars, convened to give students an easy, low-commitment, introduction to issues of Development in Africa. The forums are led by masters students, in an atmosphere of armchair-learning with chocolate cake, to sharpen our young minds. This week’s discussion:
Citizenship & conflict - Somalia and Kenya
an obscure but interesting topic dealing with the dynamics of Somali immigrants in Kenya, and related issues in Somalia. The event begins with a presentation of issues, with primary research from Kenya, before we open up the floor to questions, discussion and chat, really.
Places are limited, so to book your place for the first forum, or just receive further information, follow this link - http://www.oxfordhub.org/u8/
Posted by Daniel Paget, Monday 12th May @ 11:13am
Africa Forum is a series of informal seminars, convened to give students an easy, low-commitment, introduction to issues of Development in Africa. The forums are led by masters students, in an atmosphere of armchair-learning with chocolate cake, to sharpen our young minds. This week’s discussion:
Citizenship & conflict - Somalia and Kenya
an obscure but interesting topic dealing with the dynamics of Somali immigrants in Kenya, and related issues in Somalia. The event begins with a presentation of issues, with primary research from Kenya, before we open up the floor to questions, discussion and chat, really.
Places are limited, so to book your place for the first forum, or just receive further information, follow this link - http://www.oxfordhub.org/u8/
Posted by Daniel Paget, Monday 12th May @ 11:07am
“I deeply hope that the horrors humanity has suffered during the 20th century will serve us as a painful lesson, and that the creation of the International Criminal Court will help us to prevent those atrocities from being repeated in the future.” - Dr Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Hey U8-ers!,
Today:
The Oxford Forum for International Development (OxFID) in association with the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group present:
Dr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Hague on ‘International Justice in Africa’
OxFID have already sold 350+ tickets, so be sure to arrive on time to get in quickly.
TODAY, doors open at 6:15 for 6:45pm close, Sheldonian Theatre
- Tickets on sale until midday at http://oxfordhub.express.ts.com/ or for £3 on the door.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo was elected as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on 21 April 2003. In 1985 Dr. Moreno-Ocampo was the deputy prosecutor in the “military juntas trial” in his home country, Argentina, the first case against top commanders responsible for mass atrocities since the Nuremberg trials. His mandate today is to investigate and prosecute the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He has currently opened investigations into the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Darfur (the Sudan) and the Central African Republic.
An independent and determined Prosecutor, Dr. Moreno-Ocampo has in the course of his career indicted presidents, ministers, top military commanders and militia leaders, alike.
Posted by Daniel Paget, Thursday 8th May @ 10:34am
Africa Forum is a series of informal seminars, convened to give students an easy, low-commitment, introduction to issues of Development in Africa. The forums are led by masters students, in an atmosphere of armchair-learning with chocolate cake, to sharpen our young minds. This week’s discussion will be on…
Anti-corruption Agencies in Nigeria
a promising event which may throw some light on how patrimonial ties in Nigeria work, and what hopes there are of fighting it. The event begins with a presentation of issues, with research hot of the African earth, before we open up the floor to questions, discussion and chat, really.
Places are limited, so to book your place for the first forum, or just receive further information, follow this link - http://www.oxfordhub.org/u8/
Posted by Daniel Paget, Saturday 3rd May @ 3:52pm
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