Comparing the Copperbelt

Comparing the Copperbelt

Political Culture and Knowledge Production in Central Africa

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      • Conference: Comparing the Copperbelt: Social history and knowledge production in Central Africa, 18-19 June 2021
      • Extractive Industries and the Environment: Production, Pollution and Protest from a Global and Historical Perspective, 6-7 December 2019 (Oxford)
      • Workshop: Comparaison de la ‘copperbelt’: société, écologie et culture dans les communautés minières d’Afrique centrale, 23-24 July 2019 (Université de Lubumbashi)
      • Seminar: ‘Cultural Production in Africa’s Extractive Communities’, 16 May 2019
      • Seminar: ‘Knowledge production in colonial and post-colonial history’, 2 Nov 2018
      • Workshop: Comparing the Copperbelt: Political culture and knowledge production in Central Africa, 23-24 July 2018 (Kitwe, Zambia)
      • Conference: ‘Congolese Studies: Past, Present, Future’, 26-27 April 2018
      • Seminar: ‘Mining and Environmental Change in African History’, 3 November 2017
      • Seminar: ‘Urban spirituality in Central and Southern Africa’, 8 June 2017
        • Report: ‘Urban Spirituality in Central and Southern Africa’, 8 June 2017
      • Seminar: ‘Comparing Africa’s Copperbelt’, 5-6 December 2016
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Reports

Globalising the environmental history of extraction (Extractive Industries & the Environment workshop report)

3rd March 2020 Claire Phillips 0

Report written by Iva Peša, Associate Member of History Faculty, Oxford and Research Associate in Environmental History, Comparing the Copperbelt project (Jan 17-Sep 19). What […]

Listen to podcasts from ‘Cultural Production in Africa’s Extractive Industries’ workshop

6th January 2020 Claire Phillips 0

Podcasts from the Comparing the Copperbelt project’s ‘Cultural Production in Africa’s Extractive Communities’ workshop held in May 2019 are now available to listen – see […]

‘Comparaison de le ‘copperbelt’’ conference, July 2019

10th September 2019 Claire Phillips 0

On 23-24 July 2019, the Comparing the Copperbelt project co-organised a major conference with our partners at University of Lubumbashi (UNILU). The conference, held at […]

Comparing the Central African Copperbelt: Kitwe conference, July 2018

13th September 2018 Claire Phillips 0

A landmark event for the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project took place in the Zambian copperbelt city of Kitwe on 23-24 July 2018, when a two-day […]

Congo Research Network conference, April 2018

28th June 2018 Claire Phillips 0

Conference report by Miles Larmer and Benoit Henriet of the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project. On 26-27 April 2018, the University of Oxford played host to […]

Urbanism in Central Africa, ESSHC Conference Report

6th June 2018 Claire Phillips 0

Post by Iva Peša, Research Associate in Environmental History, ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project, University of Oxford. From 4-7 April 2018 the European Social Science History […]

‘Approaches towards mining and environmental change in African history’ seminar

23rd November 2017 Claire Phillips 0

Iva Peša is Research Associate in Environmental History on the ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project It is obvious that mining has a significant impact on the environment. […]

Political Cultures in the Central African Copperbelt (ECAS Panel Report)

8th August 2017 Claire Phillips 0

Iva Peša reports on the ‘Political Cultures in the Central African Copperbelt’ panel at the recent ECAS conference in Basel From 29 June until 1 […]

Report on ‘Urban Spirituality’ seminar

25th July 2017 Claire Phillips 0

Stephanie Lämmert reports on the ‘Urban Spirituality’ seminar held on 8 June at St Antony’s College, Oxford The historiography of the Zambian Copperbelt is very […]

Report on ‘Comparing Africa’s Copperbelt’ in Uppsala, December 2016

16th January 2017 Claire Phillips 0

Report by Stephanie Lämmert, Research Associate in Cultural History The workshop ‘Comparing Africa’s Copperbelt’ was the first project seminar of our ‘Comparing the Copperbelt’ project. […]

Recent blog posts

  • Comparing the Copperbelt: Final Thoughts and Future Directions – Miles Larmer

    19th October 2021 0
  • Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) main chamber at the mine’s headquarters, Katilungu House, Kitwe, Copperbelt. Photo, Robby Kapesa (2020)

    ‘We are not just a union, we are a family’ – Robby Kapesa and Thomas McNamara

    2nd June 2020 0
  • Why language matters – on ex-mineworkers’ nostalgia in Lubumbashi (DR Congo) – Daniela Waldburger

    1st April 2020 0

News

  • Article in Oxford ASC Annual Newsletter

    14th September 2021 0
  • Published online (Open Access): Miles Larmer, ‘Living for the City: Social Change and Knowledge Production in the Central African Copperbelt’

    2nd September 2021 0
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 681657).

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