Dinsdag 25 Februari 2014
Gastcollege Recente historische fictie over de Boerenoorlog in het Afrikaans
Dinsdag 25 Februari 2014 13:00
Gastcollege Prof. dr. Fransjohan Pretorius, Universiteit van Pretoria, bij UvA: Recente historische fictie over de Boerenoorlog in het Afrikaans door Prof. dr. Fransjohan Pretorius, Universiteit van Pretoria. Gastcollege in de serie Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur in de ban van de geschiedenis van prof. dr. Ena Jansen, bijzonder hoogleraar Zuid-Afrikaanse letterkunde, UvA. Tijdens het college worden recente historische romans over de Anglo-Boerenoorlog (1899-1902) besproken om de historiciteit van de teksten nader te bepalen. Het college wordt deels in het Nederlands, deels in het Afrikaans gegeven. zaal 1.05: 13.00 – ca 15.15
ASC Seminar: ‘I Blame the Sky Rivers’
Dinsdag 25 Februari 2014 15:30
Moses Mwangi, South Eastern Kenya University. On the Role of Participatory Research in Managing Conflicts over Natural Resources in Africa. New arrivals in Malalani Location in Kenya’s Kitui County are greeted with thoughtful but slightly suspicious smiles. Three words − displacement, destitution and death – summarize what is happening in this area. Violent conflicts between the Kamba and Somali communities in Malalani over water and pasture are common and often end in deaths. The CoCooN Initiatives Kenya project has used participatory research approaches to build up an understanding of the undercurrents of the conflict and to bring together the protagonists. Please register.
Film lectures - The new Moroccan cinema: meet the director
Van Woensdag 05 Februari 2014 - 16:15
t/m Woensdag 19 Maart 2014 - 18:45
The cinema of Morocco has had a revival in recent years: production is increasing, films are selected and win awards in international festivals. This new cinema has become an important aspect of contemporary Moroccan culture and it expresses adequately the ‘imaginaire’ of the country. To get a better grasp on and gain more insight in this, in each of seven lectures a Moroccan film will be viewed at the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. The film will be preceded or followed by a discussion between Moroccan French writers/directors and some other prominent speakers. They all address the contradictions of this time period; the acceleration of progress in juxtaposition with a traditional society.
