Events
2023
4 December | Forum and Roundtable
Dialoghi sulla cooperazione: Unito e le ONG in Africa. Azioni e percorsi condivisi
27 October 2023 - 25 February 2024 | Exhibition
On Friday, October 27, the exhibition "AFRICA. Le collezioni dimenticate" has been officially launched, and it will be open to the public until February 25, 2024. It is held at the Musei Reali and curated by Elena De Filippis, Enrica Pagella and Cecilia Pennacini. It features more than 160 mostly unpublished works and artifacts, including sculptures, amulets, weapons, shields, drums and historical photographs.
5 October | Memorial
In memory of our long-time friend and member of the Italian Ethnological Mission in Equatorial Africa Stanley Baluku, who prematurely passed away in Ibanda (Uganda) the 5th of October 2023.
Commemoration by Cecilia Pennacini
31 August | Seminar
Gender as a Cultural Construct: the Case of Ssenga in Buganda
1 July | Concert
La mia geografia
26-30 June | Summer School
Gender, Sexuality, and the Public Sphere in Contemporary Africa
25 May | Conference
African Heritage: A Bridge of Cultures.
17 May | Presentation
Discourse, Gender, and Power. a Critical Discourse Analysis of the Marriage Songs of the Bakiga in Western Uganda - Emmy Rwomushana
Religion and Political Clientelism in Uganda: the Catholic Church and State Relations since 1960 - Anatoli Lwassampijja
10 - 25 May | Workshop
History, Culture, and Social Change in Uganda - Anthony Mugeere and Pamela Khanakwa
2022
20-24 June | Summer School
"Technological Transitions, Social Transformations"
8 June | Roundtable
Mobility, Refugees and Freedom in East Africa: The case of Uganda - Cecilia Pennacini, Alessandro Gusman, Gilberto Borri, Steven Odongo Aguto, Eria Olowo Onyango, Fred Bateganya
7 June | Roundtable
Il patrimonio culturale africano e le sue sfide: il caso del Mali - Cecilia Pennacini, Roberto Beneduce, Daouda Keita, Ibrahima Podiougou
17 May - 1 June | Laboratory
Anthropology, Politics and Health in Uganda Laboratory - Eria Olowo Onyango, Fred Bateganya, Steven Odongo Aguto
4 April | CPS Africa Seminar
An Appraisal of the Notion of Conflict in the Luganda and German translations of the “Animal Farm” - Margaret Mbalule Nanfuka (Makerere University)
Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Women Empowerment in the Forest Sector - Peter John Fuuna (Makerere University)
24-25 March | Conference
International conference. Working in the Digital Age
2021
14-18 June | Summer School
Summer School TOAfrica: “Environment, Conflicts and Society”
17 March | Ordinary Urban Africa: Etnografie del quotidiano nelle città africane
Presentation of a new issue of L’UOMO “Ordinary Urban Africa: Etnografie del quotidiano nelle città africane” (v.10, n.1, 2020)
2020
25 November | CPS Africa Seminar
From invited to invented space for local citizenship production: Refugee Welfare Councils in Adjumani District, Uganda – Sara de Simone, Università di Trento
22-26 June | Summer School
TOAfrica Summer School: “Health, Migration and Society”
17 February | Lectio Inauguralis
After Labor. Another view from the South. Lectio inauguralis of the Master course in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at the University of Turin - Jean and John Comaroff
30 January | CPS Africa Seminar
Water and Childhood: An Encounter Amidst Scarcity in Rural Uganda – Innocent Royal Kamya, Makerere University
Land Utilization Amidst Conflict: Implications on Livelihoods of Wetland Users in Namatala in Eastern Uganda – Constance Mudondo (Makerere University)