Africa on the Square – Saturday, 10 October 2015 – 12:00pm to 6:00pm

By dsw|October 7, 2015|Africa, Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Celebrate the best of African culture in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 10 October, from noon-6pm. Launched in 2014, this new festival proved a big hit with 20,000 people coming on the day.This year’s packed line-up of entertainment includes live music, DJs, dancing and a talent show. There’ll also be an African market, food stalls, a fashion show and lots of activities for kids. Africa on the Square is organised by

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Film Africa – London 30 October to 8 November 2015

By dsw|October 2, 2015|Africa, Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Programme now launched!   All films and events for 2015 can be viewed on the Film Africa website. The programme for Film Africa 2015 is now available to be viewed on our website. There is a great selection of over sixty features, documentaries, special strands, short films, events and more in store for you for our ten day film festival in London. Tickets for some screenings are already on sale and the

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Open Access (free) Monograph Series: Oriental Institute Seminars (OIS)

By David Pearson|October 2, 2015|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

Oriental Institute Seminars (OIS) The Oriental Institute yearly appoints a Postdoctoral Fellow for a twenty-four month (non-renewable) appointment. Postdoctoral Fellows are selected from an international pool of applicants, based on their proposals to organize a two-day conference at the Oriental Institute. The conferences address important theoretical or methodological issues in the field of ancient studies — archaeological, text-based, and/or art historical avenues of research. The Oriental Institute encourages cross-disciplinary proposals that deal

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