This consists of WATJCentre Lectures, Roundtable and Podcasts.
Preamble The United Nations Global Crisis Response Group on food, energy and finance systems (GCRG) in its June 2022 brief noted that about 1.6bn people across 94 countries are vulnerable to an aspect of global food, energy and financial crises; out of which 1.2bn are reported to live in geographies that are severely vulnerable to […]
The Global Challenge of Inflation from the African Lens Read More »
Preamble The recent rise in the legitimacy of far-right inclined movements within several national polities has impacted the landscape of political dynamics across different regions of the world. The increase in the support base for National Rally’s Marine Le Pen during the past presidential elections in France is evidence that even the most acclaimed republican
Africa and Global Far-Right Politics Read More »
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9uFS_XOZKU
Environmental Justice and the Aspiration for Sustainable Peace in The Middle East Read More »
Book: Thin Sympathy: A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice Author: Prof Joanna Quinn, Director and Graduate Chair, Centre for Transitional Justice and Post Conflict Reconstruction, Western University, Ontario, Canada Discussants: Dr Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Prof. Elisabeth King, Professor of International Education and Politics,
Thin Sympathy: A Strategy to Thicken Transitional Justice – Prof. Joanna Quinn Read More »
Book: Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa Editors: Prof Egodi Uchendu, University of Nigeria, Nigeria; Ngozi Edeagu, University of Bayreuth, Germany Discussants: Prof Kehbuma Langmia, Howard University, USA Prof Gloria M T Emezue, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJdTVf9slc
Negotiating Patriarchy & Gender in Africa – Prof. Egodi Uchendu & Ngozi Edeagu Read More »
Preamble The declaration of a peacekeeping mission by the Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 22, to honour the agreement between his country and the secessionist regions in Eastern Ukraine – Donetsk and Luhansk, confirmed the earlier intelligence reports from the United States (US) and its Western Allies to the UN Security Council (UNSC) about
Rehumanising our Globe as a Sustainable Solution to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Read More »
On the 27th of January, we facilitated the organisation of the ‘La Nuit des Idees’ https://www.lanuitdesidees.com/en/demandez-le-programme/ at the Alliance Francaise, Ikoyi Lagos which was themed ‘(Re)construire ensemble’ – Rebuilding Together. The event was centred on the organisation of a roundtable with the topic ‘Interreligious Dialogue and Social Cohesion: Perspectives from Nigeria’. This aligns with our
Preamble The call by the Taliban-appointed interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund, on the international community to rescind their decision on the withdrwal of aids in order to assuage the sufferings of the Afghan people reiterated the need for collaborative efforts towards averting the looming humanitarian crises in his country. The end
Taliban 2.0 and the Search for Legitimacy in Global Politics Read More »
Preamble The shift in the operational dynamics of economic sectors globally, since the beginning of the pandemic, has contributed to the popularization of the phrase ‘new normal’ specifically used to depict new guidelines for minimizing physical contacts through physical distancing, crowd control and sanitary habits that, in some cases, resulted in the outright closure of
The Place of Digital in Political Economies within a Pandemic Read More »
Book: The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible Author: Prof Rachel Havrelock, Founder/Director – The Fresh Water Lab; Professor, English Department, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA Discussants: Rabbi Dr Frank Dabba Smith, Lecturer, Leo Baeck College, London, UK Dr Emily Filler, Assistant Professor, Religion Department, Washington and Lee University, USA Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V-hDkEAkbw
The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible – Prof Rachel Havrelock Read More »
WATJCentre is focused on creating a foundational drive for the study of transitional justice in Africa by creating and updating a teaching curriculum for relevant institutions of learning…read more…
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