Social Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa (10 ECTS),
By Lise Rosendal Østergaard
Wednesdays 9-12, First session Wednesday 10th of September 2008.
There seems to be an increasing recognition of the fact that the world is faced with two distinct HIV/AIDS epidemics today: one for Sub Saharan Africa and one for the rest of the globe. Whereas HIV and AIDS everywhere else than in Africa seems to be confined to population groups with known high risk behaviours (in particularly unprotected anal sex and injecting drugs with unclean needles and syringes) and their partners, the epidemic in Africa, especially in Southern and Eastern Afri...

Human Rights in Africa - Centre of African Studies

1 September 2008 kl. 15-17

NB: Starting date the 1st of September!

Conflicts in Africa

9 September 2008 kl. 15-17

Conflicts in Africa (10 ECTS)
By Bjørn Møller
Tuesday 15-17. First session Tuesday 9th of September 2008
The aim of the course is to provide an overview of some recent and on-going conflicts in Africa with a special focus on their possible resolution. In addition to a general introduction to conflict theory, the course will focus on a number of cases, selected as examples of different types of conflict and/or different modes of conflict management and resolution. The course concludes with a survey of the various actors and their respective roles, including the possible role of Denmark, e.g. by me...

The Past in the Present

10 September 2008 kl. 11-13

The Past in the Present: History, Memory and Power in Africa (10 ects)

Lecturer: Niels Kastfelt
Throughout the African continent we experience a dramatic resurgence of history and m...