{"id":913,"date":"2025-10-02T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/africa-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:00:08","slug":"africa-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/africa-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<section class=\"block blogintro\">\n<div class=\"righttopcorner\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/corners\/righttopcorner.png\"><\/div>\n<article>\n<div class=\"blog-heading-left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/regulars\/blogs\/africa-conference\/15284-6-eng-gb\/africa-conference_carousel.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfrica<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/>Conference<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Third European Conference on African Studies is taking place on 4th &#8211; 7th June at The University of Leipzig, Germany. With over 150 panels and an estimated 1000 participants, this sizable conference brings together international scholars in th&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"notification\">\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" style=\"display: inline;\">\n\t<button class=\"follow\" type=\"submit\" name=\"ActionAddToNotification\" title=\"Follow this blog\" id=\"author\"><\/button><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ContentNodeID\" value=\"778\"\/><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"UserRedirectURI\" value=\"\/Blogs\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Africa Conference\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The Third European Conference on African Studies is taking place on 4th &#8211; 7th June at The University of Leipzig, Germany. With over 150 panels and an estimated 1000 participants, this sizable conference brings together international scholars in the field of African Studies with this years theme set as \u2018Respacing Africa\u2019. Specific subjects addressed in the sessions will include war and peace, health, youth, economic interaction and the role of the media. Marieke Hounjet will be blogging for the Broker from the conference providing analysis and highlighting the different perspectives and opinions voiced at the event. Marieke will be encouraging contributions and comments from both those attending and following on the website. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/africa-conference\/day-iv-a-shower-of-satisfaction\/16929-2-eng-gb\/day-iv-a-shower-of-satisfaction_column.jpg\" alt=\"Day IV: A Shower of Satisfaction\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Day IV: A Shower of Satisfaction<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">Marieke Hounjet<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cWhy do you draw us like pigs?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cBecause I draw what I see\u201d(The latter is Jonathan Shapiro\u2019s answer to the question of investigators at the detention centre after he was arrested one time)Today&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Day III: An Inspiring Smile\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Day III: An Inspiring Smile<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">Marieke Hounjet<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tToday was a day filled with numerous interesting panels, in perhaps slightly less traditional research areas, but certainly in \u2018up and coming\u2019 fields. One was themed \u2018Navigating Urban Space\u2019, where the speakers introduced interesting ideas about t&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Day II: A Resilient Smile\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Day II: A Resilient Smile<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">Marieke Hounjet<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe one programme-item that has been on my conference schedule from the very beginning was the book launch today of Patrick Chabal\u2019s most recent book, Africa: The politics of suffering and smiling&nbsp;(London: Zed Press, 2009). After today I almo&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Day I: Eurocentrism &amp; Obama\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Day I: Eurocentrism &#038; Obama<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">Marieke Hounjet<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tAfter I helped a small group of African scholars with some directions in Leipzig yesterday I realised that the African Studies Conference had truly started. I was happy to see today (and now I need to be very careful with how I phrase this) that A&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Professor Dr. Ulf Engel's Expectations\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Professor Dr. Ulf Engel&#8217;s Expectations<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/engel-ulf\/\">Ulf Engel<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t28 May 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tTwo things are important for me when it comes to ECAS 3.Firstly, when we revived AEGIS around 2000 we considered a number of activities, to improve networking and to enhance international visibility. Among other things, the biennial AEGIS Summer S&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"When Brokering and Building Meet\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">When Brokering and Building Meet<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">Marieke Hounjet<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 May 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tWelcome everyone, to this blog about the third European Conference on African Studies taking place in Leipzig, Germany, from the 4th until the 7th of June this year. 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