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Fri 21 NovUniversity of Amsterdam, Room 0.16, BG1The ASCA Global Africa Reading group is delighted to announce "Histories and Materialities of Second-Hand Clothes." This event will be held on Friday 21 November 2025 (3:00-4:30pm CEST) in BGI 0.16 (In Person) and online (via Zoom). Speaker: Mwangi Mwaura (University of Oxford) & Jiaying Tu (UvA)
Fri 14 NovUB D2.08 (Ruyszaal), University LibraryWe are pleased to announce an upcoming book launch event for the second edition of Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists. 📅 Friday, 14 November 2025 🕒 3:00–4:30 PM (CET) 📍 UB D2.08 (Ruyszaal), University Library (UvA) & Zoom In-person & Online Registration Required
Fri 12 SeptUniversity of Amsterdam, Room 0.16, BG1The ASCA Global Africa Reading group is delighted to announce "Hegemonic Trajectories in the Global South. This event will be held on Thursday, 12 Sep 2025 (3:00-4:30pm CEST) in BGI 0.16 (In Person) and online (via Zoom). Speaker: Prof. Alf Gunvald Nilsen (University of Pretoria)- Thu 11 SeptUniversity of Amsterdam, Room 0.16, BG1Registration Required The ASCA Global Africa Reading group is delighted to announce our first event for this semester: "How to Turn Your Thesis Into a Book." Thursday, 11 Sep 2025 (3:00-5:30pm CEST) in BGI 0.16 (In Person Only). Speaker: Prof. Alf Gunvald Nilsen (University of Pretoria)
Fri 20 JunUniversity of Amsterdam, Room 0.16The ASCA Global Africa Reading group is delighted to announce the details of our fourth and final seminar event for this academic semester. For our final session, we will be having a book salon. This event will be held on Friday, 20 June 2025 (3:00-4:30pm CEST).
Fri 11 AprAmsterdamThe ASCA Global Africa Reading group is delighted to announce the details of our third seminar event for this academic semester: “Afro-Sino Tech Futures”. This seminar will be held on Friday, 11 April 2025 (3:00-4:30pm CEST) in Room 0.16, BG1 Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012XT, Amsterdam
Fri 28 MarRoom 0.16The ASCA Global Africa Reading group is excited to announce the details of our second seminar event for this academic semester: “Global Africa/Global China”. This seminar will be held on Friday, 28 March 2025 (3:00-4:30pm CET) in Room 0.16, BG1 Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012XT, Amsterdam.
Fri 14 FebAmsterdamThe ASCA Global Africa reading group is delighted to announce the details of our first seminar event for this academic semester: “Building Futures, Shaping Resistance: Nairobi in Focus”.
Thu 26 SeptNairobiKey themes: 1. De-centering creativity 2. Global Africa as method 3. Fashion supply chains 4. Creative resilience 5. Web3 6. AI and creative labour 7. Fast fashion 8. Brands, labels, and authenticity 9. African creative industries
Fri 22 MarAmsterdamKen Kweku Nimo is a Ghanaian researcher who explores themes in African fashion, culture and textile heritage. His book Africa in Fashion: Luxury, Craft and Textile Heritage examines the evolution of fashion in Africa and the contemporary fashion design industry on the cusp of global relevance.![[Past] Global Africa (Putting into focus: Africa, China and interactions within the multiple “South(s”))](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7f66d_070a17571be343b8befa200c6d6f6750~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1416,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/b7f66d_070a17571be343b8befa200c6d6f6750~mv2.jpg)
Thu 21 SeptRoom D3.06The Fold: Fashioning K(New) Narrative Seminar (21 September 2023), keynote speakers are Dr. Erica de Greef and Mr. Lesiba Mabitsela; founders of the Africa Fashion Research Institute based in Cape Town (South Africa).
![[past] Brotherly Strangers: Kenya’s & Zambia’s Relations with China 1949-2019 Seminar, keynote speaker Dr. Jodie Sun](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7f66d_67ee81f4fef24a74b0a0a76033b9b53e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1415,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/b7f66d_67ee81f4fef24a74b0a0a76033b9b53e~mv2.jpeg)
![[Past] Reading session, work-in-progress sharing, led by Ms Fairuzah Atchulo, and Mr. Qidi Feng](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7f66d_a4052b34d3164eb49df3a8f0eaf67548~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_540,h_780,al_c,q_85,enc_auto/b7f66d_a4052b34d3164eb49df3a8f0eaf67548~mv2.jpg)
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