This year’s event at Oxford University is dedicated to its founder, Prof Terence Ranger. Mazarire will take part in a panel jointly organised with the Journal of Southern African Studies (JSAS) on 'Prof Terence Ranger and the Study of African History'.
“We are also hoping that Professor Ezra Chitando will be able to join us for our panel on 'Religion in Zimbabwe and the diaspora'. He lectures in Religious Studies and is the former Dean of Students at the University of Zimbabwe,” said the BZS spokesperson.
To register go to
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bzs-research-day-2015-tickets-14096734713?aff=eac2
Draft Programme – All paper and panel titles are working titles only
8.30-9.15 Registration in the Nissan Theatre Foyer
9.15-9.30 Welcome and Introduction
9.30-10.45 Panel 1: Religion in Zimbabwe and the diaspora
Chair: Professor David Maxwell, University of Cambridge
Presenters include: Professor Ezra Chitando, formerly University of Zimbabwe (invited),
Pentecostalism and masculinity
10.45-11.15 Tea/Coffee break – Buttery, Besse Building
11.15-13.00 Panel 2 : Professor Terence Ranger and the study of African history
(Keynote panel organised jointly by BZS & JSAS)
Chair: Professor Diana Jeater, Open University & JSAS Editorial Board
Presenters include: Professor Gerald Mazarire, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
13.00-14.00 Lunch: St Antony´s cafeteria, Besse Building, or free choice
Please note that the cafeteria is cash-free – debit or credit cards only
14.00-15.30 Panel 3: Political Economy in Zimbabwe and the Diaspora
Presenters include: Dr Mbongeni Ngulube, University of Leuven, ZimAsset or development from below?
Father Brian MacGarry, Jesuit Mission in Zimbabwe
15.30-16.00 Tea/Coffee break – Buttery, Besse Building
14.00-15.30 Panel 4: Education in Zimbabwe and the Diaspora
Chair: Dr Miles Larmer, University of Oxford
Presenters include: Dr Blessing Miles Tendi, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, The role
of intellectuals in social change
Dan Hodgkinson: The history of the student movement in Zimbabwe
17.00-17.30 Summing up: Professor Diana Jeater, BZS
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