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Denis Goldberg to give the Bram Fischer Lecture 2014

Rhodes House and the Organizing Committee are pleased to invite you to the Bram Fischer Lecture 2014.

Bram Fischer: Lawyer, activist,freedom fighter

Denis Goldberg

Anti-apartheid activist & Rivonia trialist alongside Nelson Mandela

We expect demand to exceed capacity.

To attend, reserve a seat at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bram-fischer-lecture-tickets-10116493705

This year we are pleased to announce that the lecture will be preceded by a talk by Bram Fischer’s biographer at 15:30 in the same venue. No booking is required for this event and audience members are free to attend one talk or both.

Bram Fischer and the Democratic Transition in South Africa

Stephen Clingman

University of Massachusetts Amherst

For more information please contact the Chair of the Organizing Committee: Dr Nic Cheeseman niccheeseman@gmail.com

New Exeter History Network for Early Career Imperial & Global Researchers

The Imperial and Global History Network is an exciting new resource for early career researchers and postgraduates at the University of Exeter.

The aim of the Network is to connect postgraduate and early career researchers working in the field of Imperial and Global history, providing an inter-disciplinary forum for the discussion of research questions and methodologies, archival research and fieldwork, and funding applications and career development. The Network is hosted by the Centre for Imperial and Global History at the University of Exeter and membership is open to any postgraduate and early career researcher interested in the field. If you’re interested in joining the Network or you would like to find out more information please contact one of the convenors: Dr Gareth Curless and Dr Stacey Hynd.

Nominations invited for Audrey Richards Prize for doctoral thesis

Nominations are invited for the Audrey Richards Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in African Studies which is awarded biennially by the African Studies Assocation of the UK. Theses examined in a British institute of higher education between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013 are eligible and nominations should be made by 31 March 2014 to Professor David Maxwell of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, by supervisors or examiners with the permission of the candidate. The winner will be announced at the ASAUK Biennial Conference in September 2014 at the University of Sussex. See http://www.asauk.net/awards/thesis.shtml for further information.