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Transnational and Multi-site Research Projects: Reflections from Ghana

Transnational and Multi-Site Research Projects: Reflections from Ghana
April 18, 2023
11:30AM - 1:00PM
Mershon Center, Derby Hall 1039

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Add to Calendar 2023-04-18 11:30:00 2023-04-18 13:00:00 Transnational and Multi-site Research Projects: Reflections from Ghana Registration GAHDT Supported Series: ‘(Re)Imagining Archives After Empire: Cases from Africa’ Event 2 of 2: Transnational and Multi-site Research Projects: Reflections from Ghana This is the second of two seminars funded by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme highlighting the transformations, challenges, and opportunities which emerge from working in archives in (and on) recently decolonized African states. Emmanuella Amoh will share insights gleaned from conducting multi-site, multi-country research focusing on the era of Ghana’s decolonization. Cumulatively, this speaker series seeks to illuminate a pathway in which scholars and archivists can imaginatively pursue scholarship beyond the confines of imperial archives. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. Speaker Emmanuella Amoh is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Purdue University. Her transnational scholarship lies at the intersection of 20th century African history and Diaspora studies with a focus on relations between the USA and Ghana.   Moderator Ra’phael Davis is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Ohio State University and a Graduate Fellow of the Mershon Center.  His research interests include peace and conflict studies with a geographic focus on Nigeria. Mershon Center, Derby Hall 1039 Mershon Center mershoncenter@osu.edu America/New_York public

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GAHDT Supported Series: ‘(Re)Imagining Archives After Empire: Cases from Africa’

Event 2 of 2: Transnational and Multi-site Research Projects: Reflections from Ghana

This is the second of two seminars funded by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme highlighting the transformations, challenges, and opportunities which emerge from working in archives in (and on) recently decolonized African states.

Emmanuella Amoh will share insights gleaned from conducting multi-site, multi-country research focusing on the era of Ghana’s decolonization.

Cumulatively, this speaker series seeks to illuminate a pathway in which scholars and archivists can imaginatively pursue scholarship beyond the confines of imperial archives.

Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.


Speaker

Emmanuella Amoh is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Purdue University. Her transnational scholarship lies at the intersection of 20th century African history and Diaspora studies with a focus on relations between the USA and Ghana.

 

Moderator

Ra’phael Davis is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Ohio State University and a Graduate Fellow of the Mershon Center.  His research interests include peace and conflict studies with a geographic focus on Nigeria.

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