The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton U

The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton U Institute of African Studies, Carleton University
439 Paterson Hall

Undergraduate and Graduate programs in African Studies. carleton.ca/africanstudies

The Institute of African Studies builds on Carleton’s long history of expertise on Africa amongst its faculty and graduate students by pulling together the growing number of faculty members and experts in the Ottawa-Gatineau region to provide fresh insight into current and historical dynamics of Africa – from the slave trade that reshaped the continent and the Atlantic world to the richly textured

and innovative religious practices and livelihood strategies, from conflicts, refugees, and peace-building efforts to the production and reception of world-renowned and locally-consumed literatures, music and film. Carleton is the only Canadian university to have a stand-alone Institute of African Studies which also offers a degree program. It provides Combined Honours and Minor programs in African Studies, organizes public events and activities concerning the continent and the African diaspora, and highlights and brings together the ongoing research conducted by its faculty and students. Our undergraduate program at the Institute of African Studies offers:

Interdisciplinarity

Our Combined Honours program in African Studies is built on students taking courses in various disciplines, enabling them to develop a fuller understanding and appreciation of the many dimensions of the continent. Practical Experience

African Studies students are encouraged to acquire “hands-on” experience in regards to African Studies through taking a third year placement course, which enables them to carry out work for an organization working on Africa for academic credit, and by going to one of the African universities with which Carleton has an exchange agreement. Engaging with Contemporary Issues

In the different courses, African Studies students will be discussing and learning about events and their historical and current contexts that are debated and discussed within Africa and beyond. Students will learn about the effects of slavery on Africa and the question of reparations; African unity and pan-Africanism; authenticity and artistic productions; democratization and human rights; conservation, national parks, and sustainable tourism; justice, reconciliation, and peace-building; music and cultural performances; HIV/AIDS, malaria and government and donor policies concerning health-care; ethnicity, belonging, and citizenship; African cinema and documentary film studies; and globalization and economic sovereignty, amongst others.

🌍 Join us for a thought-provoking Brownbag Seminar: The Great Rescue: Indigenous Knowledge and Restorative Development i...
01/27/2025

🌍 Join us for a thought-provoking Brownbag Seminar: The Great Rescue: Indigenous Knowledge and Restorative Development in Africa 🌍
🗓️ January 29, 2025
⏰ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
📍 Zoom (Free)
Speakers: Dr. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba & Dr. Evelyn N. Mayanja
Register here: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAucemgrDIpE9J3xtdpmGsS-z5KRgGlcqqd
Explore how Indigenous knowledge can drive sustainable growth & transformative development in Africa.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Great Rescue: Indigenous Knowledge and Restorative Development in Africa. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

🌍 Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar📅 Date: December 4, 2024⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (ES...
11/28/2024

🌍 Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar

📅 Date: December 4, 2024
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (EST)
💻 Location: Zoom
🎟️ Cost: Free

Join the Institute of African Studies for the Knowing Africa Seminar Series as Tasha Rijke-Epstein (Vanderbilt University) explores architecture's material and symbolic power in shaping identities and social relations in Madagascar’s urban spaces.

Discussants:

Adedoyin Teriba (Dartmouth)
Ato Quayson (Stanford University)
Register now: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0oc-2sqz0jG9JNeR78Qzdyez8POBIVCEtD
Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights into the intersections of architecture, identity, and urban life in Madagascar! 🌟

🌍📢 Reminder: Don’t Miss This Inspiring Seminar!Join us for “The Aesthetics of Belonging: Indigenous Urbanism, City Build...
11/26/2024

🌍📢 Reminder: Don’t Miss This Inspiring Seminar!

Join us for “The Aesthetics of Belonging: Indigenous Urbanism, City Building, and the Oil Boom in Luanda”.

📅 Date: November 27, 2024
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (EST)
💻 Location: Zoom (Free Admission!)

Discover how Luanda’s urban landscape transformed during the oil boom and its implications for indigenous identity and belonging. Featuring:
🎤 Claudia Gastrow (North Carolina State University)
With discussions led by:
🗣️ Antonio Tomas (UC Irvine)
🗣️ Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queen’s University)
Register Now : https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcuGhrjgsEtdES73rCXMWc682l1XHfuPg

📢 Join Us for an Engaging Seminar!🌍 The Aesthetics of Belonging: Urbanism, Indigenous Identity, and the Transformation o...
11/21/2024

📢 Join Us for an Engaging Seminar!

🌍 The Aesthetics of Belonging: Urbanism, Indigenous Identity, and the Transformation of Luanda During the Oil Boom

🗣️ Featuring:
🎙️ Claudia Gastrow (North Carolina State University)
💬 Discussants: Antonio Tomas (UC Irvine) & Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queen’s University)

📅 When: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
💻 Where: VIA Zoom

Explore how Angola's oil boom reshaped Luanda’s urban landscape and its impact on indigenous identity. Don't miss this chance for a fascinating discussion!

🔗Register now: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrcuGhrjgsEtdES73rCXMWc682l1XHfuPg

You are warmly invited to join us for an engaging seminar that delves into the complexities of conspiracy narratives in ...
11/08/2024

You are warmly invited to join us for an engaging seminar that delves into the complexities of conspiracy narratives in postcolonial Africa, examining themes such as Freemasonry, homosexuality, and illicit enrichment.
This session will deeply analyze how these narratives mirror broader social, political, and cultural anxieties in contemporary African societies.
Our featured authors, Rogers Orock from Lafayette College and Peter Geschiere from the University of Amsterdam, will share fresh insights, followed by an enriching discussion with Katrin Pyper (University of Leuven) and Meredith Terreta (University of Ottawa).
Details of the Event:
• Date: November 13, 2024
• Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
• Location: Online via Zoom
• Registration Link: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkf-mvqTIpGtPO2hK7ei6r-hLk64xUhls2

🌍✨ Join us for a captivating seminar on conspiracy narratives in postcolonial Africa, exploring themes such as Freemason...
11/04/2024

🌍✨ Join us for a captivating seminar on conspiracy narratives in postcolonial Africa, exploring themes such as Freemasonry, homosexuality, and illicit enrichment and how they reflect broader societal anxieties in contemporary African societies.

🗣️ Rogers Orock (Lafayette College) and Peter Geschiere (University of Amsterdam) will present their insights, with a thought-provoking discussion led by Katrin Pyper (University of Leuven) and Meredith Terreta (University of Ottawa). Don’t miss this chance to engage in an enlightening conversation!

📅 Date: November 13, 2024
🕒 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
💻 Location: Online via Zoom

👉 Register here: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkf-mvqTIpGtPO2hK7ei6r-hLk64xUhls2

We hope to see you there!

Invitation to the Upcoming Knowing Africa Seminar SeriesTopic: Available Light: Omar Badsha and the Struggle for Change ...
10/15/2024

Invitation to the Upcoming Knowing Africa Seminar Series

Topic: Available Light: Omar Badsha and the Struggle for Change in South Africa
Speaker: Daniel Magaziner (Yale University)
Discussants: Sean Jacobs (New School) & Sarah Nuttall (University of the Witwatersrand)

Event Details:
📅 Date: October 30, 2024
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST

Register now: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAodOitrj8iH9ImXIyPHTvwUsNHF7A8WEjL #/registration

We also encourage you to register for other upcoming seminars in the series using the link below:
https://carleton.ca/africanstudies/knowing-africa/

We look forward to your participation!

🚨 Reminder for Tomorrow! 🚨We invite you to the “Knowing Africa” Seminar Series titled “Apartheid’s Remains.”🗣️ Featuring...
10/01/2024

🚨 Reminder for Tomorrow! 🚨

We invite you to the “Knowing Africa” Seminar Series titled “Apartheid’s Remains.”

🗣️ Featuring: Sharad Chari (Berkeley)
💬 Discussants: Mark Hunter (University of Toronto) & Jacob Dlamini (Princeton)
📅 Date: Tomorrow, Oct.02
⏰ Time: 1:00-2:30 PM ET
💻 Location: Via Zoom

👉 Register now: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcu6tpz8uHNGwg0XKU8rnIDnQZIuugc-N

We are pleased to invite you to the “Knowing Africa” Seminar Series titled “Apartheid’s Remains“, featuring a presentati...
09/24/2024

We are pleased to invite you to the “Knowing Africa” Seminar Series titled “Apartheid’s Remains“, featuring a presentation by Sharad Chari (Berkeley), with discussants Mark Hunter (University of Toronto) and Jacob Dlamini (Princeton).

Event Details:

Date: October 2, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Format: Online Via Zoom
Register now: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcu6tpz8uHNGwg0XKU8rnIDnQZIuugc-N

Invitation to the public talk: "Ritual Mobilities: Amulet Collections, Ecological Knowledge, and the more-than-human Wor...
09/24/2024

Invitation to the public talk:
"Ritual Mobilities: Amulet Collections, Ecological Knowledge, and the more-than-human World of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Southwestern Indian Ocean". T
Event Details:+
Date: Monday, September 30, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Speaker: Tasha Rijke-Epstein, Vanderbilt University
Moderator: Monica Eileen Patterson, Carleton University
Venue: In person at DT1723 (Dunton Tower, Carleton University)
Virtual Option: Zoom (Registration link below)
For those interested in joining in person, please email us at [email protected] to confirm your attendance.
For online participation, kindly register using the following link:
https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pd-iopzopGd1EEuuTYbRViseLFfpkHbyU
We hope you will be able to join us for this insightful event.
Warm regards,

📢 Reminder: Knowing Africa Seminar Tomorrow!Join us on Wednesday, September 18 at 1 PM EST for an engaging session in th...
09/17/2024

📢 Reminder: Knowing Africa Seminar Tomorrow!

Join us on Wednesday, September 18 at 1 PM EST for an engaging session in the Knowing Africa Seminar series.

Topic: Morafe: Person, Family, Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland
👩🏽‍🏫 Khumisho Moguerane (University of Johannesburg) will discuss her book with:

Thuto Thipe, University of Chicago
Catherine Burns, University of Johannesburg
🖥️ This is a virtual event via Zoom. Don’t miss out—register now!

🔗 https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqcuqqqj8vHtNZ7Y1hhCDCk9B9SipXVYxV

We look forward to seeing you there!

🌍📢 Join Us for an Exciting Online Event!Event: Morafe: Person, Family, Nation in Colonial BechuanalandDate: September 18...
09/10/2024

🌍📢 Join Us for an Exciting Online Event!

Event: Morafe: Person, Family, Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland
Date: September 18, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (EST)

We invite you to a fascinating exploration of the dynamics of Morafe—personhood, family, and nationhood in Colonial Bechuanaland. This event promises to offer deep insights into the social and political landscape of the time, with perspectives that resonate today.

🖥️ Online Event
To attend, register here: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqcuqqqj8vHtNZ7Y1hhCDCk9B9SipXVYxV

Don't miss out on this enriching discussion!
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1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON
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Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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