Comparing the Copperbelt: Final Thoughts and Future Directions – Miles Larmer
The ending of the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project at the end of September 2021 provides an opportunity to reflect on the project’s achievements as well […]
Articles by Claire Phillips
Article in Oxford ASC Annual Newsletter
The project recently featured in host department Oxford African Studies Centre’s Annual Newsletter 2020-21. As well as an overview of the project’s recent achievements, the […]
Published online (Open Access): Miles Larmer, ‘Living for the City: Social Change and Knowledge Production in the Central African Copperbelt’
We’re delighted to announce the publication of Comparing the Copperbelt project PI Miles Larmer’s monograph Living for the City: Social Change and Knowledge Production in […]
Registration open for final project conference 18-19 June 2021
We are delighted to be able to share the programme and abstracts for the final conference of the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project. The conference, held […]
Now available online (Open Access): ‘Across the Copperbelt: Urban & Social Change in Central Africa’s Borderland Communities’
We’re very pleased to be able to share the full PDF of the Comparing the Copperbelt project’s edited volume Across the Copperbelt: Urban & Social […]
Coming soon: project publication ‘Across the Copperbelt: Urban & Social Change in Central Africa’s Borderland Communities’
We’re delighted to announce the publication by James Currey in June 2021 of an edited volume arising from the project, Across the Copperbelt: Urban & […]
New publication: Iva Peša, ‘Between waste and profit: Environmental values on the Central African Copperbelt’
See below link to a new article published by Iva Peša, former Research Associate on the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project: Between waste and profit: Environmental […]
Call for Papers: Comparing the Copperbelt: Social history and knowledge production in Central Africa, revised date 17-19 June 2021 (Oxford)
** REVISED CONFERENCE DATE 17-19 JUNE 2021 ** ** CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 OCTOBER 2020 ** ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ is an […]
‘We are not just a union, we are a family’ – Robby Kapesa and Thomas McNamara
Thomas McNamara is a Lecturer in International Development at La Trobe University in Australia. Robby Kapesa is a research fellow at the Copperbelt University under […]
New publication: Iva Peša, ‘Mining, Waste and Environmental Thought on the Central African Copperbelt, 1950–2000’
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new journal article by Iva Peša, Research Associate in Environmental History on the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project […]