Margaret Anstee Centre, Newnham College
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The Margaret Anstee Centre for Global Studies supports research into economic and social development and international relations, in and relating to the Global South. We are part of Newnham College, University of Cambridge.
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Our Term Card is out! Do join us for our Michaelmas Term 2025 events, all taking place at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social. First event is on 17 Oct to discuss Endangered Archives. Details on the website: newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-events @crasshlive.bsky.social
Term Card Michaelmas 2025
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A new working paper with @CynthKamwengo that hopefully provides some practical examples & ideas for how universities can decolonise, diversify, & update their social science curricula (& possible limits to these efforts):

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Dr Cynthia Kamwengo, Research Fellow @newnhamcollege.bsky.social and @radleyben.bsky.social have a new paper in Multiversum. Deconstructing and reconstructing African development studies through student engagement and cross-cultural collaboration at a UK university: www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-in...
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Rashalee Mitchell will deliver a lecture at 5pm on 10 June at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social on Social Protection for Female Sex Workers in Jamaica. Do join us & share! ‬ @cambridgegender.bsky.social @camsociology.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social newn.cam.ac.uk/event/social...
Lecture on 10 June on topic of Social Protection for Female Sex Workers in Jamaica: Implications for Social Policy and Development
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📢 Public Lecture! Hurling Money: Public Funding and Private Profit during COVID-19. Dr Kathryn Moeller, Shahnaaz Khan & María Fernanda Rodríguez from the Dept of Education, University of Cambridge. 📌 5pm on Tuesday 13 May in the Lucia Windsor room at Newnham College. newn.cam.ac.uk/event/hurlin...
13 May lecture at Newnham College.
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📢 Hurling Money: Public Funding and Private Profit during COVID-19. Public lecture at 5pm here at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social on 13 May presented by Dr Kathryn Moeller, Shahnaaz Khan & María Fernanda Rodríguez, Department of Education, University of Cambridge. Info: newn.cam.ac.uk/event/hurlin...
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Insightful blog post by Margaret Anstee and @newnhamcollege.bsky.social Fellow Dr Cynthia Kamwengo on the impact of US Aid cuts on Zambia, how the country is responding and the international opportunities this new reality might offer.
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🔍 Read our very first article in the series "Debating #Trump 2.0 and implications for #Africa".

In today's focus: #Zambia's 🇿🇲 response to cuts of US #aid earmarked for health initiatives, how the country can address budget shortfalls, and opportunities for economic #cooperation

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Reality Check for Zambia: Resilience in the Face of US Aid Cuts?
The Zambian government aims to optimize mining revenues, trade and investments to address budget shortfalls created by the Trump...
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Looking forward to our next lecture here at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social on 18 March with Poulami Roychowdhury speaking on From Rights to Protection: Reframing Women's Empowerment for Authoritarian Democracy, with Manali Desai as chair discussant. Find out more: newn.cam.ac.uk/event/rights...
From Rights to Protection: Reframing Women's Empowerment for Authoritarian Democracy