Seminars & workshops

During the course of the research project, several seminars will be held surrounding the subjects related to our research. We encourage the participants to read the proposed articles for each seminar, since it will give everybody the opportunity to learn from eachother during the discussion rounds.

Entrance is always free.

If you want to be kept updated on these seminars, please send an email to CTD@hum.leidenuniv.nl with the request to be added to the mailinglist.

Workshop: Alternative histories from Central Africa, 3 July 2017 (French spoken)

Please note: Unfortunately, Professor Saïbou Issa and Professor Khalil Alio were both unable to make it to Leiden at the very last moment. The workshop continues as planned, with more Read More

CTD Seminar Series: Oliver Bakewell, 28 June 2016

Looking beyond conflict as a determinant of mobility in the African Great Lakes Prof. Dr. Oliver Bakewell (IMI, University of Oxford) While the Congolese are often portrayed as moving as Read More

Work visit: Dr. Ayobami Ojebode, 25 november-6 december 2015

From 25 November until 6 December 2015 Dr. Ayobami Ojebode from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria visited the Connecting in Times of Duress project. Purpose of his visit was Read More

CTD Seminar Series: Didier Kassaï, Pacôme Pabandji and Marie-Soleil Frère, 14 December 2015

Since March 2013 the Central African Republic (CAR) has been the stage to violence. Accounts on genocide, interreligious conflict and cannibalism have coloured what has been called the ‘most Read More

CTD Seminar Series: Ayobami Ojebode, 3 December 2015

‘Perpetual Migrants: Social Media and African Youth’s Search for Utopia’ Dr. Ayobami Ojebode (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) In this seminar Dr. Ayobami Ojebode will be building upon his research on Read More

CTD Seminar Series: Sylvie Ayimpam & Jacky Bouju, 3 July 2015

Les violences ordinaires dans l’Afrique contemporaine: le monde humanitaire par Sylvie Ayimpam et Jacky Bouju, Aix-Marseille University / Institut des mondes Africains (IMAF) Nous consacrerons cette Séminaire aux violences ordinaires dans Read More

Workshop: ‘Connecting in Times of Duress: A workshop on moving from data to concepts’, 23-25 March 2015

23 – 25 March 2015, Texel, the Netherlands By Inge B (with input from Boukary and Jonna) Participants CTD team: Prof. Mirjam de Bruijn, Jonna Both (post-doc), Sjoerd Sijsma Read More

CTD Seminar Series: Pedro Monaville, Cécile Michel and Sapin Makengele, 10 March 2015

Historians Reflect on Visualizing the Past in Kinshasa by Pedro Monaville, Cécile Michel and Sapin Makengele Filmmaker Cécile Michel, popular painter Sapin Makengele, and historian Pedro Monaville will reflect on their Read More

CTD Seminar Series: André Shamba, 28 October 2014

‘Le rôle des médias dans la construction de la paix en Afrique’ by André Shamba Shamba, journalist from DRC and discussion introduced by Hélène Michaud, Chief Editor at RNW’s Africa desk. Les médias Read More

Workshop: ‘Methodologies under Duress’ – CTD methods, 31 March – 4 April 2014

The third day of the workshop in Buea, Cameroon (31 March – 4 April 2014) focused on the methodology of the CTD project. Following presentations by Inge Ligtvoet and Prof. Oka Read More