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11月14日周五In-person location to be confirmedWe are pleased to announce an upcoming book launch event for the second edition of Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists, edited by Agnès Rocamora and Anneke Smelik. This hybrid event will be held on 14 November 2025 from 3–4:30 PM (CEST).
11月21日周五University 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)
即將到來的活動
9月12日周五University 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)- 9月11日周四University 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)
6月20日周五University 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).
4月11日周五AmsterdamThe 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
3月28日周五Room 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.
2月14日周五AmsterdamThe 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”.
9月26日周四NairobiKey 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
3月22日周五AmsterdamKen 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)
9月21日周四Room 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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