The Centre of African Studies acts as a hub for graduate level and faculty research at the University of Cambridge.
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African Studies retweeted
8 Jul 2025
đź’Ą CRASSH at 25!
Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme!
Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of
'Knowledge in a Fractured World'
crassh.cam.ac.uk/crassh25
ALT CRASSH at 25! Anniversary open calls, submit your ideas on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World'.
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African Studies retweeted
🥳Congratulations to POLIS PhD student Abii-Tah Bih! She's won a @cambridge_su award for 'Contributions to Access & Widening Participation' for her incredible mentorship program for aspiring African postgrads.✨
#CambridgeSUAwards #CambridgeImpact
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid…
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African Studies retweeted
@CGHR_Cambridge, housed within POLIS, is seeking to appoint a part-time fixed-term Centre Coordinator for 18.25 hours per week.
This is a great opportunity for an individual with comprehensive administrative experience.
Apply now: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51740/
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This evening, join Dr Toon Dirkx, Dr Devon Curtis and Prof @sharath_sri for "A Word From Our Sponsor: The CIA and AnyaNya Propaganda in Southern Sudan’s 'Hidden War', 1969-1971"
đź• 5.30-7.00PM
đź“ŤHarrods Room, Emmanuel College
@CGHR_cambridge @CASCambridge
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7 May 2025
Join us at Emmanuel College for the Audrey Richards Lecture in African Studies on Tuesday 27th May at 5pm. All welcome.
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Calling African researchers in the humanities and social sciences! We are accepting applications for our CAS Visiting Fellowship Programme 2025-26 until 30 May 2025.
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African Studies retweeted
14 Mar 2025
đź’« Cambridge Festival
Join us for the film premiere of Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the City of Cambridge
🗓️ 28 March 6-7.30pm
đź“Ť Lady Mitchell Hall, CB3 9DD
crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4083…
ALT Event poster
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African Studies retweeted
24 Feb 2025
Friday Lecture: 'Explaining Sudan’s Catastrophe: From Popular Revolution to Coup, War and Famine'
@sharath_sri analyses Sudan’s descent into a war that is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Friday, 28 Feb 2025 - 1.00pm
All details here:
lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events/…
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African Studies retweeted
29 Nov 2024
📢Upcoming event!
Displacement, War and the Future of Sudan
🗓️ 10 Dec 2024
đź•• 6 - 8:30pm
đź“ŤWarburg Auditorium, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB
@sharath_sri will be a panellist in this high-profile event that seeks to bring new insights to Sudan's urgent displacement emergency.
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African Studies retweeted
5 Nov 2024
Welcome Dr Siyabonga Njica, who joins @CamHistory & @LucyCavColl as Research Fellow in Global African History funded by the Isaac Newton Trust.
This 3-year post will advance his work on African & diasporic intellectual histories, developed @CASCambridge
hist.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-siyab…
ALT Dr Siyabonga Njica, Isaac Newton Trust Academic Career Development Research Fellow in Global African History at the University of Cambridge
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African Studies retweeted
5 Nov 2024
'Assembling Shaolin in Zambia: African trainees programme, cultural heritage, and philanthropy'
A presentation by Hangwei Li (German Institute of Development and Sustainability)
A hybrid event by the Frontiers of Faith network on 7 November at 2pm
crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4377…
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African Studies retweeted
📜We’ve accepted pamphlet correspondences from HMSO with East & South Africa c. 1921-26 donated by Leo Amery & his son, Julian. Both father & son were war correspondents with Leo having covered the Boer War.
🖇️Click the link in our bio to view the list and to request a viewing!
ALT Pamphlets donated by Leo and Julian Amery sprawled out on a desk in the African Studies Library.
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African Studies retweeted
16 Oct 2024
đź“Ł Frontiers of Faith network inaugural event
'Buddha Remoulding: Discourses, adaptations, and futurities of an emerging religiosity in Madagascar' a 3-year ethnographic study presented by Xuefei Shi (CHR Michelsen Institute, Bergen)
17 October at 2pm
crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4361…
ALT Frontiers of Faith logo.
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8 Oct 2024
RT @CamSociology: 📢Our departmental seminar series kicks off next Tues 15 October at 12.30 in the Sociology Seminar Room.
Join us to discu…
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African Studies retweeted
25 Sep 2024
One week to go!!! Book your place for the Memorial 2007 Annual Lecture with Professor Sir #HilaryBeckles and hosted by @ICwS_SAS. Wed 2 October 2024 from 6:30pm-9pm UK time. Chancellor's Hall, Senate House, London, WC1E 7HU. shorturl.at/CnPNi #PostColonialism #GlobalReparations #Slavery #Memorial2007 @SASNews @LondonU @HRC_News
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African Studies retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Siyabonga Njica talks about his work investigating the history of exiled South African writers and artists - gatescambridge.org/about/new… @CamHistory @DarwinCollege @CASCambridge @LucyCavColl @GatesAlumni
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đź“° Did you know we have several periodical magazines and journals on display in the library for you to peruse?
Come check them out!
A full list can be found on our website (link in bio)
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African Studies retweeted
📢New digitised collection!
Creating new connections: shared digital curation of the RCS southern African collections at @theUL is complete!
7000 images have been added to the collection page, selected from 23 archive collections & more than 40 print items
đź”— in bio for more!
ALT A collection of pamphlets from the RCS collection that have been digitised as part of the "Creating new Connection: Shared digital curation of the RCS southern Africa collections" This material encompasses a diverse range of content and format from personal papers, manuscripts, diaries, drawings, watercolours, photographs, pamphlets, cartoons, newspapers and maps to directories, monographs, official publications and journals. There is good coverage of 19th and 20th century southern Africa. The material selected for digitisation was informed by conversations with researchers and practitioners in southern Africa. Several key themes emerged, including the need to draw out African voices and experiences wherever possible. Over 7000 images have been added to the collection page, selected from 23 archive collections and more than 40 print items.
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African Studies retweeted
Join @CASCambridge for the Audrey Richards Annual Lecture in African Studies. This year we are excited to have the esteemed Professor Amina Mama with us from UC Davis.
Register to attend in person eventbrite.com/e/the-audrey-……
or via our livestream eventbrite.com/e/the-audrey-…
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