BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;Maxwell African Scho lars Union presents Disaster Capitalism and Political Instability in Afric a: The Case of the Perennial Conflict in the DRC \;Disaster capitalism is an extreme form of capitalism by which disasters\, both natural and ma nmade\, are turned into lucrative money-making opportunities for corporate interests\; and an opportunity for political elites to implement otherwis e unpopular policies that serve the special interests of capital. In this public lecture\, I explore this phenomenon of disaster capitalism with a f ocus on the conflict in the DRC. The goal is to demonstrate the corporate interests that have benefitted and continue to benefit from the crisis of instability in the Congo and the fact that disaster capitalism has become the modus operandi of capitalism in our contemporary world. \;Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o\n\nProfessor of\nInternational Studies\n\nRhodes College  \;Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o holds a Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs from Northeastern University\, Boston and a B.A. in Political Sci ence and Linguistics and M.A. in International Relations both from the Uni versity of Nairobi\, Kenya. He is Professor of International Studies at Rh odes College\, Memphis\, Tennessee\, where he teaches courses in comparati ve politics\, international relations\, and African politics. He has previ ously taught at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville\, University of Na irobi\, and Kenyatta University\, both in Kenya. Additionally\, Prof. Naso ng’o has held summer fellowships at Riara University and Egerton Universit y\, both in Kenya. A political comparativist\, Prof. Nasong’o’s research i nterest lies in the areas of democratization\, identity politics\, social conflict\, governance\, and development. He is author\, editor\, and co-ed itor of nine books\, dozens of peer reviewed book chapters and articles in refereed journals. His latest publication is an edited volume\, African G overnance\, Security and Development (Lanham: Lexington\, 2021). For his p rolific scholarly work\, Prof. Nasong’o has been honored with the Rhodes C ollege’s Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity \, and the Ali Mazrui Award for Research and Scholarly Excellence from the University of Texas at Austin. \; \;Click here to register \; For more information or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu. DTEND:20211026T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T124723Z DTSTART:20211026T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Disaster Capitalism and Political Instability in Africa: The Case o f the Perennial Conflict in the DRC UID:RFCALITEM639140860438321266 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

Maxwell African Scholars Union presents

Disaster Ca pitalism and Political Instability in Africa: The Case of the Perennial Co nflict in the DRC \;

Disaster capitalism is an extreme form of capitalism by which disasters\, both natural and manmade\, are tu rned into lucrative money-making opportunities for corporate interests\; a nd an opportunity for political elites to implement otherwise unpopular po licies that serve the special interests of capital. In this public lecture \, I explore this phenomenon of disaster capitalism with a focus on the co nflict in the DRC. The goal is to demonstrate the corporate interests that have benefitted and continue to benefit from the crisis of instability in the Congo and the fact that disaster capitalism has become the modus oper andi of capitalism in our contemporary world. \;


Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o

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Professor of\nInterna tional Studies

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Rhodes College \;


Shadrac k Wanjala Nasong’o holds a Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs from Northeastern University\, Boston and a B.A. in Political Science and Lingu istics and M.A. in International Relations both from the University of Nai robi\, Kenya. He is Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College\, Memphis\, Tennessee\, where he teaches courses in comparative politics\, international relations\, and African politics. He has previously taught a t the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville\, University of Nairobi\, and Ke nyatta University\, both in Kenya. Additionally\, Prof. Nasong’o has held summer fellowships at Riara University and Egerton University\, both in Ke nya. A political comparativist\, Prof. Nasong’o’s research interest lies i n the areas of democratization\, identity politics\, social conflict\, gov ernance\, and development. He is author\, editor\, and co-editor of nine b ooks\, dozens of peer reviewed book chapters and articles in refereed jour nals. His latest publication is an edited volume\, African Governance\, Se curity and Development (Lanham: Lexington\, 2021). For his prolific schola rly work\, Prof. Nasong’o has been honored with the Rhodes College’s Clare nce Day Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity\, and the Ali Mazrui Award for Research and Scholarly Excellence from the University of Texas at Austin. \; \;

Click here to register \;

For more infor mation or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contac t Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu.


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