As the world marks Africa Day, the University celebrates its existing partnerships across the continent and looks forward to further collaboration as a key strategic aim for the future.
Africa Day is the annual
commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries on
the African continent, as well as around the world.
The University benefits from many collaborations with colleagues and organisations in Africa.
Professor Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Leeds said: Our new strategy emphasises the need for universities and nations to collaborate more
fully than ever before if we are to reduce inequality and reach the targets set
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The Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute presents Burning the Books: Series Finale of the Out of the Ashes series on May 25, 2021, at 7 pm GMT/2 pm EST.
The event is an online lecture by Richard Ovenden, Bodleyâs Librarian, University of Oxford, and author of Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge (Harvard University Press).
Libraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and willful neglect; deprived of funding, libraries are fighting for their very existence. âBurning the Booksâ recounts the history that brought us to this point.
“We now ask for your intervention to end this silencing of Palestine and other narratives of resistance and justice.” Organizers of an April online event featuring Leila Khaled, which was shut down by private tech companies following Israel lobby pressure, respond.
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Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute are hosting two fantastic online events with an array of excellent speakers on Friday, May 7, 2021.
This special centenary joint symposium will address the cultural, political and social legacies of the Irish partition in 1921. The symposium consists of two panels: the first, from Trinity College, Dublin, will discuss the cultural and literary legacies of partition; the second, from Queen’s University, Belfast, will cover the political and social consequences.
Each speaker will present for ten minutes and each, followed by audience Q and A
The first panel titled Partition and its Legacies: Cultural and Literary Legacies will be chaired by Ciaran O Neill and speakers include Stephen O’Neill, Guy Woodward, and Eve Patten.
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