11 January, 2024: History beyond the human
–Diogo de Carvalho Cabral (Trinity College Dublin): Meaningful Clearings. Human-Ant negotiated landscapes in 19th century Brazil
–Iva Pesa (University of Groningen): Studying Mining through Plants on the Central African Copperbelt
–Violette Pouillard (CNRS/UGent): Animal History as Social History
5 February, 2024: Oral history
–Margot Luyckfasseel (VUB/SAB): Scratching the surface: Ngwana Women in and Around Kisangani at the Turn of the 20th century
–Enid Guene (UGent): Studying the History of Hunter-Gatherers in a Rural Setting: Combining Oral Testimonies, (an Absence of) Archives, and Other Sources
–Gillian Mathys (UGent): “Entangled pasts and presents: Decentring dominant paradigms and tracing the trajectories of oral narratives in conflict settings (Lake Kivu region)”.