Conferences

Invited Talks

Invited Talk 2025
Digital Feminism: Intersectionality and Activism in the Age of Social Media
Speaker: Frédéric Mirindi (University of Manitoba)
Seminar 3: Feminist Politics and Activism: Exploring Autofiction, Affective Expressions, and Digital Landscapes, University of Warwick
January 22, 2025
Invited Talk 2024
From Rubber to Cobalt: Evolving Patterns of Resource Exploitation and Social Impact in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Speaker: Frédéric Mirindi (University of Manitoba)
Economic and Social History Graduate Seminar, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
November 20, 2024 • Butler Room, Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF

If you would like to research more on DRC development, please have a look at this attached presentation and feel free to contact my colleague Ishara Musimwa, PhD Candidate at Boston University.

Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State
Lowes & Montero (QJE, 2021) • Presented by Ishara Musimwa

Panels & Roundtables

Community Roundtable 2026
Spotlight on the Crises In Sudan And DRC: A Community Roundtable on Imperialism and Global Indifference
Speaker: Johise Namwira, Frédéric Mirindi, and Richard Boli
University of Winnipeg
January 26, 2026 • 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CST • Room 2M70

Community Roundtable at the University of Winnipeg

Frédéric Mirindi's intervention addressed the following key questions:

  • Shared firsthand perspectives on the ongoing crises and atrocities in Sudan and the DRC
  • Examined the factors behind the general indifference and lack of understanding surrounding these atrocities
  • Addressed the unique challenges faced by members of affected communities living in Canada
  • Articulated why it is essential for Canadians to pay attention to these crises and their global implications