Comaroff lectures in Oslo

Member of CROP Scientific Committee Prof. Jean Comaroff will along with John Comaroff hold several lectures at the University of Oslo, NUPI, and the Oslo University College.

Oslo, 25-30 September 2010

27.09.10 13.15 RESEARCH SEMINAR WITH JOHN R. OG JEAN COMAROFF, NUPI. DIVINATION, DETECTION, POLICING, AND THE PROBLEM OF SOVEREIGNITY IN POST-COLONIAL CONTEXTS (SOUTH AFRICA). Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), C. J. Hambros Plass 2D, Oslo. Pre-registration recommended.

28.09.10. 13.15-15.00. LECTURE BY JOHN R. OG JEAN COMAROFF. OSLO
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (HIO). MODERNITY, THEORY FROM THE SOUTH AND EUROPE'S DEVELOPMENT TOWARD AFRICA. Høgskolen i Oslo (Oslo University College), Pilestredet 46, Oslo. Lecture hall Athene 1.

28.09.10 (19.00-21.00). ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA: AN OPEN CONVERSATION BETWEEN JOHN C. AND JEAN COMAROFF, THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN AND SINDRE BANGSTAD. Litteraturhuset (Wergeland), Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo.

29.09.10. 14.15-16.00. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO INSTITUTE SEMINAR. LECTURE BY JOHN R. AND JEAN COMAROFF. ALIENS AND THE POSTCOLONIAL STATE: TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA. Eilert Sundts Hus, A-blokken, Auditorium 7, Moltke Moes Vei 3, Blindern.

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