Events

Upcoming events

Event Information:

  • Fri
    05
    Mar
    2021

    Koen Bostoen (UGent): Epidemic-driven population collapse in Congolese rainforest 1600-1400 years ago urges reassessment of the Bantu Expansion

    3:00 pmMS-Teams

    Koen Bostoen (UGent): “Epidemic-driven population collapse in Congolese rainforest 1600-1400 years ago urges reassessment of the Bantu Expansion”

    Abstract: here

     

    De vergadering zal via MS-Teams plaatsvinden: link te vinden in nieuwsbrief

    Externen kunnen deelnemen door een e-mail te sturen aan dialing@ugent.be.

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Past events

Event Information:

  • Thu
    21
    Nov
    2019

    BantUGent: Dr. Louis Champion: on "Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion"

    10:00 amLecture room 1.1 Henri Pirenne, Department of Archaeology, UFO Building, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 33, 9000 Gent

    Dr. Louis Champion (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): "Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion".

     

    On November 21 we have the honour to welcome Dr. Louis Champion (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) with a talk on the "Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion". His talk will be followed by a BantuFirst research pitch on "Bananas in Early Bantu Speech Communities: Reconsidering Linguistic Evidence" by Sifra Van Acker. More info can be found here.

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