Mon retour au pays
– Max-Landry Kassaï, 29 May 2017 C’était pour moi un grand ouf de rentrer au pays, car j’en avais assez des tracasseries du refuge. J’étais rentré un soir vers 18 heures, au moment où le pays commençait à se remettre peu à peu de la crise laRead More
Being young in times of conflict: Readings from the Central African Republic, 1 June 2017
On Thursday 1 June, 14:00-17:00, the African Studies Centre in Leiden presents the panel discussion and blog reading Being young in times of conflict: Readings from the Central African Republic. The Central African Republic has been characterized by recurrent periods of violent conflict. The 2013Read More
Mirjam de Bruijn – We should know: #FreeNadjo #FreeSolloh
CTD researcher Mirjam de Bruijn wrote a blog about the silence surrounding the recent arrests of youth leader Palmer Nadjo Kaina (Iyina) and Betrand Solloh in Chad. Who notices these arrests? Why are they relatively silenced?
Social Media in Africa Symposium, University of Edinburgh, 26-27 April 2017
Inge Ligtvoet presented the paper ‘Information biographies: a proposal/method to discover the world beyond the hashtag’ (co-author Mirjam de Bruijn) at the Social Media in Africa Symposium at the University of Edinburgh on 26 April 2017. Read the abstract below: Information biographies: a proposal/method to discover theRead More
Summer School – Migration Memory Under Construction, 13-16 June 2017
We are excited to share below the announcement of the Summer School ‘Migration Memory Under Construction’. The Summer School, jointly organized by the research schools Huizinga and Posthumus, touches on some of the key themes of Connecting in Times of Duress. Date: May 24 and JuneRead More
Tchad : IYINA – Les jeunes sont fatigués, le régime réprime
– Deuhb Emmanuel Zyzou, 17 avril 2017. #FreeNadjo #FreeSollo Un an après avoir gagné l’élection présidentielle, largement contestée par la classe politique et la société civile, le président tchadien, Idriss Deby Itno fait face aujourd’hui à un phénomène nouveau et incontrôlable : une jeunesse revendicative. DesRead More
About the subprojects
The Connecting in Times of Duress subprojects have been designed in such a way that they are comparative and complementary. They have a common methodology and cover the historical development of communication innovations which make it possible to compare between various types of relations between duress andRead More
CTD conference in N’Djaména, Chad, 25-28 October 2017
The History Institute of Leiden University and the research institute CRASH (Chad) joined hands to organize the end conference of the project ‘Connecting in Times of Duress’ (Leiden University) in the Chadian capital N’Djaména, 25-28 October 2017. The conference presented and discussed the research findings of the project,Read More
Rapport du colloque « Société civile et gouvernance » à N’Djaména, 14-16 février 2017
– Par Hoinathy Remadji Du 14 au 16 février 2017 s’est tenu, dans les locaux du CEFOD à N’Djamena, le colloque international sur le thème « Société civile et gouvernance ». Organisé par le CRASH, ce colloque s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet de recherche postdoctoral deRead More
Prof. dr. Mirjam de Bruijn – Youth, Media and Protest: Histories of Engaging in Central African politics and social life
Youth, Media and Protest: Histories of Engaging in Central African politics and social life New political and social uprisings in West and Central Africa seem to announce a new era in politics from below in several African countries. In this project I follow some ofRead More