Roundtable: Region building in Europe and East Africa, Sept. 19 2012 @ IFRA

Date: September 19, 2012
Venue: IFRA
Time: 1.30-4.30pm

Topic: Region building in Europe and East Africa – Old templates vs new scripts?

Presentations by: Prof. Daniel Bach (Emile Durkheim Centre, Sciences Po Bordeaux), Prof. Katumanga Musambayi (UoN) and Dr. Wanyama Masinde (CUEA)

To attend kindly register by sending an email to seminars@ifra-nairobi.net

Profiles
Prof. Daniel Bach is a Director of research of the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) at the Emile Durkheim Centre – for Comparative Political Science and Sociology, University of Bordeaux. He has published on Nigerian federalism, the foreign policies of Nigeria and South Africa, regional organisations and regionalisation processes in Africa, as well as on relations between France, the European Union, China, India and Africa.

Prof. Katumanga Musambayi is a professor in Political Science at University of Nairobi. He is an accomplished scholar in the field of insurgency groups having done his Ph.D work on the RPF and NRM in the 1990s. He has consulted extensively for the AU, IGAD, ICGLR and the UN on security sector reforms in Africa. Katumanga is a well published scholar in both local and international journals.

Dr Wanyama Musinde is Director of the Institute for Regional Integration and Development (IRID)which is based at the CUEA (The Catholic University of Eastern Africa). This Graduate Institute is the continent’s pioneer specialist university institute for research and training in regional integration. Wanyama is also founding Director of the African Integration House/ The East Africa Resource House, a regional integration think-do tank. He has worked as an adviser to governments on strategies and policies for regional integration, including working as Regional Integration Policy and Strategy Adviser to the Kenya Government.

*Entrance to this roundtable is free BUT prior registration is required by sending an email to seminars@ifra-nairobi.net

Public Lecture: History of Art in Kenya #1 by Dr. Dinna Pido, Sept. 19 2012 @ Goethe-Institut


Date: September 19, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free

Kenya’s art history has been far-reaching, rich and vibrant. And yet, this history is little known, not only to a wider art interested public but also to the academic field. There is scant academic literature on art and contemporary art in Kenya.

Heading to the 50th anniversary of Kenya, Goethe Institut are starting a series of conversations and lectures that aims at remembering and discussing aspects, movements and events in the arts from the 60s on.

This series is starting with a presentation by Dr. Dinna Pido.

Earthdance Nairobi, Sep 22-23 2012 @ Masai Lodge

Last year it was a fantastic festival – we’re looking forward to the new edition!

Advance tickets 2,500ksh available at:
Savani’s Bookshop – Westgate
Arabian Corner – D. Plaza / V. Market
Moniko – Valley Arcade
Galleria Hardware & Tools – Galleria
Armario – Capital Centre

At the gate 3,500ksh – VIP tickets 6,000ksh
For a map to the venue and more details, download the flyer in full resolution