2009 Spring Seminar Programme

'Waltz with Bashir: China, Darfur and the International Criminal Court'
Sharath Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
2 February, Room B111, 6pm, SOAS

‘China’s exceptionalism in Africa: the challenges of delivering difference’
Chris Alden (LSE) and Daniel Large (Africa Asia Centre),
16 February, Room B111, 6pm, SOAS

‘'The Tenuous Hold of China in Africa: China's Principal-Agent Dilemma in Africa’
Dr. James Reilly (University of Oxford),
24 February, Room 102, 21-22 Russell Square, 5-7pm.

‘A Just Peace or just peace? Peace-building and rule of law promotion in Africa’
Speakers: Oliver Richmond (University of St. Andrews), Stephen Brown (University of Ottawa), Olga Martin-Ortega and Johanna Herman (University of East London), and Sarah Maguire (independent rule of law expert). Chair: Professor Chandra Lekha Sriram (Chair in Human Rights and Director of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London).
2 March, Room 116, 6-8 pm.

‘Chinese medical teams and a short lived-Chinese medical practice on Pemba, Tanzania: anthropological investigations’
Dr Elisabeth Hsu (University of Oxford),
10 March, Room 116, 5-7 SOAS

‘Learning and change in China's Africa Policy: the case of Angola’
Ana Cristina Alves (LSE),
19 March, Room 116, SOAS, 6 pm.

"From Post-Washington to Beijing consensus in Africa? Aid, economic policies and policy space."
Carlos Oya (SOAS),
28 April, Room 116, 5-7pm