HIPSIR Peace Forum on South Sudan Re-Cap
Today we post a write-up of the Hekima Institute for Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) round table series, held at HIPSIR on September 7, 2018, this year on the […]
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The Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race
The Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race (TRRR) is a community of discourse, focusing on religious responses to issues of race (and similarly functioning ethnic or cultural markers of social otherness) […]
Blind Spots in Humanitarian Intervention: The Geneva Conference for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This week we are posting the first of a two part series on humanitarian intervention and international involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Father Dr. Toussaint […]
The 2018 John Langalibalele Dube Memorial Lecture: “I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table: The Enduring Power and Promise of Education as a Public Good”
The University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN) hosts the annual J.L. Dube Memorial Lecture, named after the first president of the African National Congress (ANC) and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, John Langalibalele […]
Out of the linguistic plantation complex: Africa Betrayed or the Anglophone Question in Cameroon
Since 2016, Cameroon has been in the midst of what has become known as “the Anglophone crisis.” The territory of present-day Cameroon was even more disrupted than many countries colonized […]
No More “Harmful Traditional Practices”! Gender Activism and Faith Leaders in International Development
Guest post by: Brenda Bartelink Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalisation, University of Groningen and Elisabet Le Roux, Unit for Religion and Development Research, University of Stellenbosch
Researchers from the University […]
Performative Migration Theology: Modest Reflections on How Churches Impact Politics
By Prof. Trygve Wyller[1]
This talk was delivered at annual Steve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa on 19th April 2018. Professor […]
Leaving a Legacy of Noble Protest and Modern Dance
Guest Post by: Jennifer Fisher, Associate Professor of Dance at the University of California, Irvine
When visitors from the University of Ghana, Legon welcomed a UC Irvine dancer exchange in 2010, […]
The Power to be a Feminist: Violence and Innocence in Gender Activism
Continuing our series on #MeToo and humanitarianism in Africa, Dr Brenda Bartelink problematizes the colonial biases in European activism and considers if/how that hinders African women from being […]