LectureHall IV, Universitetshuset, Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala
Welcome to the Launching of the New Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies. Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University Professor Anders Hagfeldt will inaugurate the new centre, followed by short research presentations by young scholars, a round-table on research collaborations in and with Africa, and a key note on critical African Studies.
Since January 2023, Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies has a new, broader mandate to work with all faculties to increase and strengthen higher education, and research activities and collaborations in, and with Africa. The Forum will seek to facilitate, coordinate, and provide encounters for the manifold of initiatives, opportunities, and commitments underway or to be developed.
The New Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies is part of Vice-Chancellor’s Africa Initiative. The launching will offer a wholeday of inspiring presentations of the African Initiative, of the Forum, and of young scholars. A round-table on how to engage and collaborate with African universities & research institutes. The day will end with a key note address on Critical African Studies.
Programme
9:00-10:15 Session 1: Launching the New Forum for Africa Studies Prof. Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kajsa Ahlstrand, Dept. of Theology & Chairperson, and Prof. Sten Hagberg, Director of Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies
10.45-12.15 Session 2: Young Scholars Research Presentations Emy Lindberg, Doctoral Student in Cultural Anthropology; Emma Sundberg, Doctoral Student in Theology, Rosie Duivenbode, Doctoral Student in International Maternal and Reproductive Health & Medical Humanities, Mary Karanja Muthoni, Doctoral Student in Geophysics, Kalkidan Yohannes Olkamo, Doctoral Student in Global Health, and Gbemisola Allwell-Brown, PhD in Global Health
13.30 Session 3: A Round-table on how to engage with higher education & research collaborations in/with Africa? Prof. Ludovic O. Kibora, Institut des Sciences des Sociétés, Burkina Faso; Prof. Ashleigh Harris, Dept. of English & Boardmember; Associate Prof. Meena Daivadanam, Dept. of Women’s and Children’s Health & Board-member; and Prof. Carla Puglia, International Science Programme & Board-member
15.15 Session 4: Key Note Address On Critical African Studies Prof. Amanda Hammar, University of Copenhagen & President of the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS)
16:00 End of Day