VAD2018

Conference of the African Studies Assosiaction in Germany at the University of Leipzig June 27-30 2018 #vad2018

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Thanks everybody for coming, supporting and following #vad2018, it was nice to have you here in Leipzig and we hope you enjoyed the event. See you at VAD-Conference 2020 in Frankfurt.

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Big Thank you to Konrad Adenauer Stiftung for Organization and interesting speakers at the round table "Africas Fragile Democracies". #vad2018 #KAS

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Thank you Friedrich Ebert Stiftung for organizing the round table "New Approaches to Collective Security for Regional Support Towards Sustainable Peace" #vad2018 #FES

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Thanks to Heinrich Böll Stiftung for bringing these fascinating voices to Leipzig talking about Feminism and LGTBIQ Struggles in Africa and the global north! #vad2018 #HBS

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The round table Africa’s Fragile Democracies is coming to an end but the discussion doesn’t need to end there. Let us know what you think! #opinion #Democracy #vad2018

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Last day of our conference starts at 8.00am and we have some important changes: Panel 17 (8.30am) will be in HS 16 instead of HS 6!
Have a nice day at #vad2018 and let us know about it.

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The concert has started. Time to celebrate #vad2018 #reggeamanding

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The Conference Dinner has started at Moritz Bastei. Are you hungry ? #dinner #vad2018

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Did your kid play in the childcare today? How was it? #youngestconferencemembers #vad2018

[Dércio Tsandzana, PhD @derciotsandzana]

Social media and political participation in Mozambique: the time of youth? | Leipzig University (Germany) @VAD20181
Paper (PDF): https://t.co/xh7YA2n6Fw
Presentation (Powerpoint): https://t.co/0WN5ERHQ4Y

[Muhsin Ibrahim @muhsin234]

I can't forget #vad2018 conference. We had an interesting, robust discussion at panel 47 this morning. My paper on restorative representation in Nigerian cinema generated a lot of reactions. Looking forward for the next one. Thanks @VAD20181 organisers.

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After Lunchbreak we will go on with Panel Session G with interesting Panels like P04 "Universities as Nodes in Global Networks of Knowledge Production and Power: New Perspectives on Universities in African Countries" or the round table "Die Deutsche Afrikapolitik". #vad2018

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Join us for our next round table about Global Dynamics in African Studies in room S420 #vad2018 #discuss #share

[Tanja Hendriks @TanjaDHendriks]

This afternoon, Professor Rijk van Dijk @ASCLeiden and myself will present a paper entitled "The Certified Believer" in the panel on #prayers #papers and #procedures: spiritual bureaucracies / bureaucratic spiritualities in Africa #vad2018 @VAD20181

[Rabea Rittgerodt-Burke @RabeaRi]

What an excellent panel starting off this @VAD20181 conference day: Southern African #Liberation Movements P20 #vad2018 #africanhistory

[Tanja Hendriks @TanjaDHendriks]

Starting day 2 @VAD20181 in a panel on "infrastructure's intimacies: #failure, #affectivity, and #promise" #vad2018

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#goodmorning everybody, registrationdesk opens at 8am and the first panel session starts at 8.30am. Get a deeper look into Social Media, New Affordances, and Participatory Citizenship in Africa in a double session from 8.30am to 1pm #vad2018

[Rabea Rittgerodt-Burke @RabeaRi]

@VAD20181 But...there’s still wine..#whathappenedtotheworld

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Fist successful day at #vad2018 tomorrow we have more exciting panels #goodnight

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Thank you for a wonderful keynote Amanda Hammar #vad2018