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20 February 2025 2025-26 Ruth First Scholarship at Durham University Applications are invited for the 2025-26 Ruth First Scholarship at Durham University in the north of England. This is the longest-running scholarship for African students in the UK, established in 1964. After her murder in 1982, it was renamed in memory of the anti-apartheid activist Ruth First, who worked at...
12 February 2025 Dr Simon Mutebi attends International Blended Conference on the 21st Century Male Figure in Africa Dr Simon Mutebi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Re-imagining Reproduction project, attended and participated in the first-ever International Blended Conference on the 21st Century Male Figure in Africa hosted at the University of Zimbabwe. The two-day conference was held on 27 –...
4 November 2024 Re-imagining Reproduction at the Re-worlding Reproduction conference In collaboration with the Emerging Assisted Reproductive Markets in Southern Africa project (Monash University, University of the Witwatersrand and University of Amsterdam), the Re-imagining Reproduction project co-organised the ‘Re-worlding Reproduction: Navigating Emerging Knowledge, Politics, and Justice’ conference held on 16 – 19 September 2024 at Future Africa, University of Pretoria....
6 August 2024 Dr Saibu Mutaru delivers The Evans-Pritchard Lectures at the University of Oxford In April and May 2024, Dr Saibu Mutaru, a postdoctoral fellow in the Re-imagining Reproduction project, delivered the 2024 Evans-Pritchard Lectures in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. The lecture series was titled Naming the Witch, Housing the Witch and Living with Witchcraft: An...
1 August 2024 Re-imagining Reproduction team attends the Wellcome Trust Symposium in Bristol On 15 – 19 July 2024, five members of the Re-imagining Reproduction team attended the Best Practice in Engagement and Culture Symposium hosted at the Watershed Arts Centre in Bristol. The symposium brought together the eight projects that received the Wellcome Trust Research Development Award (RDA). ...
19 July 2024 Re-Imagining Reproduction project hosts interactive writing workshop Re-Imagining Reproduction project hosts another interactive writing workshop at the Women’s University if Africa, Zimbabwe on the 27th of June, 2024. As is our practice, in attendance were scholars at different levels, including senior staff, Doctoral, Masters and Honours students. The interactive sessions entailed sharing on academic writing and publishing....
11 July 2024 Summary on Keynotes- Conceiving Change Conference The keynote speakers at the Conceiving Change conference were Professor Rudo Gaidzanwa, a retired professor from the University of Zimbabwe and Dr Sandra Bhatasara, a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe. Professor Gaidzanwa delved into the multifaceted nature of reproduction, emphasising its complexity, political implications, and inherent uncertainties. She first...
3 July 2024 The Reimagining Reproduction project hosts the Conceiving Change conference in Harare Between 27th and 28th June 2024, the Reimagining Reproduction project held a conference at the Bronte Garden Hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe. The conference dubbed “Conceiving Change” brought together academics and activists to explore the different ways in which reproduction is conceived, and to interrogate and understand...
14 June 2024 Dr. Lilian Owoko at JIAS Dr Lilian Owoko, a postdoctoral fellow in the Re-imagining Reproduction project, has been invited to contribute as an author for a supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), titled ‘PEP in Africa: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges’. The supplement will be launched in July 2025. As part of this,...