Centre of African Studies > Past events > CAS 25th Anniversary

Centre of African Studies celebrated its 25^th Anniversary on the 26^th of February 2010.

Keynote Lecture by Paul Nugent

Engaging Africa: Past, Present and Future.  Professor Paul Nugent, Director of the Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh University, and current President of AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for  Interdisciplinary Studies)

Literary reading

Brian Chikawa, Zimbabwean writer, winner of the  2004 Caine Prize for African Writing  

Student-led discussion on African Studies and Social Activism

Round Table: The Multlayered Sinificance of African Studies

Mette Knudsen, Head of Africa Department, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Ole Therkildsen, Senior Researcher, Danish  Institute for International Studies

Helle Samuelsen, Head of Anthropology, Copenhagen University 

Amanda Hammar, MSO Professor, CAS 

Reception

Social interaction and music performance by Charles Kinga