Event Archive

2012

November

• GCID Lecture Series: "The Neglected Diseases of the Bottom Billion - picking the low hanging fruit"

  06 November 2012, 17:30 - 19:00

  Part of the Glasgow Centre for International Development Lecture Series 2012/13

• Centre for Sustainable International Development

  06 November 2012, 11:00 - 12:00

  An overview of the work of the Centre for Sustainable International Development and discussion of possible areas of synergy with HSRU

• Public Lecture - Lessons of the Crisis 2007 - 2012

  05 November 2012, 17:00 - 18:30

  This lecture will address the key issues around the banking crisis.

• ESRC-DFID Strategic Advisory Team Panel

  03 November 2012, 09:00 - 17:00

  The ESRC-DFID Strategic Advisory Team has secured a panel at the DSA conference, being held this year in London on Saturday 3rd November. The panel, entitled “Social Science Research and Development Impact”, will feature a number of award holders who will reflect on their projects to stimulate discussion and debate....

• Development Studies Association Annual Conference

  03 November 2012, 09:00 - 18:00

  This year's conference builds on the last three DSA conferences (2009: Current Crises and New Opportunities; 2010: Values and Ethics; 2011: Rethinking Development in an Age of Scarcity & Uncertainty) plus the New Ideas Initiative launched in January 2012. The Keynote Speaker is Ha-Joon Chang from the University of Cambridge.

• The quest for energy: Competition and Cooperation between China and India

  02 November 2012, 14:00 - 17:00

  Part of the Global Economic Governance programme at University College, Oxford.

October

• Antipoverty transfers in the South: A quiet revolution?

  31 October 2012, 12:30 - 13:45

  Professor Barrientos will speak about initiatives to alleviate poverty in the global south. All are welcome to attend.

• African Film Series 2012 - Welcome to Lagos

  30 October 2012, 18:00 - 21:14

  BBC documentary drama 2010

• International Seminar: Engaging with the arts and infrastructure of Sub-Saharan Africa

  30 October 2012, 09:00 - 17:00

  A seminar to explore aspects of the arts and creative industries in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Panel discussion: Africa's image, its arts and culture in the 21st century

  29 October 2012, 19:00 - 21:00

  Join us for an evening of lively discussion and a performance by Kenyan/Scottish storyteller Mara Menzies.