First IOWC Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference on Africa
28 April 2008
10:00am - 4:30pm
McGill University, 3647 Peel, Room 101
The public is welcome to attend the conference, listen to the presentations and to participate in the discussion.
Tentative Program
9:30-10:00 Registration, Coffee
10:00-10:10 Welcome Address Prof Gwyn Campbell, Director of the IOWC, Department of History, McGill University
Social Selves in Relations of Power
Moderator: Will Hanley
- 10:10-10:45 The Saint and the Sultan: The Politics of Moroccan Mysticism. Abdelilah Bouasria, PhD Candidate, American University, Washington D.C.
- 10:45-11:20 The Djembefola's Path: A Route Towards Rooted Cosmopolitanism. Pascal Gaudette, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, McGill University
Politics of 'Knowledge'
Moderator: Will Hanley
- 11:20-11:55 The "discovery" of the indigenous population in Rwanda-Urundi: A Glimpse into the Early 20th Century Belgian Colonial Reports. Facil Tesfaye, PhD Candidate, Department of History, McGill University
- 11:55-12:30 Russian Geographical Orientalism: Wilhelm Junker's Travels in Africa 1873-1886. Rashed Chowdhury, PhD Candidate, Department of History, McGill University
12:30-1:00 Lunch Break
Public Health and Public Policy
Moderator: TBA
- 1:00-1:35 History and Policy: How Historical Context shapes the Implementation of Aids Policies in Contemporary Africa. Mark Daku, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, McGill University
- 1:35-2:15 Latourization of Africa: Malaria Control and the Limits of Actor-network Theory. Steven Serels, PhD Candidate, Department of History, McGill University
(Re)-Acting to the Environment
Moderator: Scott Matter
- 2:15-2:50 Towards an Environmental History of the Slave Trade in Africa: The Case of the Waday-Benghazi in the 19th Century. Michael Fergusson, PhD Candidate, Department of History, McGill University
- 2:50-3:25 Valuing Madagascar's Mangroves: Links Between Subsistence Livelihoods, Forest Conservation and Coastal Development. Caroline Seagle, MSC Candidate, Department of Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
- 3:25-4:05 Land Use, Human-Wildlife Conflict and Community Conservation in Laikipia. Alec Blair, MSC Candidate, Department of Geography, McGill University
4:05 Closing Remarks Prof. John Galaty, Department of Anthropology, McGill University
