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Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA @CFAAA4

Promotes African arts & archaeology at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Events, funding, things, ideas. Tweets by current Director - Abubakar Sule Sani

Joined June 2020
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Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA retweeted
SRU@SainsburyRUnit
30 Aug 2024
@SainsburyRUnit PhD candidate and @CfAAA4 member Abdulmalik A. Abdulmalik is currently conducting fieldwork in Nigeria exploring the nature of entanglements between the Europeans and West Africans during the Atlantic period... (1/3)
Photograph of excavations in the old Apa (the first slave port in Nigeria and the first established settlement on the Badagry coast).

ALT Photograph of excavations in the old Apa (the first slave port in Nigeria and the first established settlement on the Badagry coast).

Photograph of excavations in the old Apa (the first slave port in Nigeria and the first established settlement on the Badagry coast).

ALT Photograph of excavations in the old Apa (the first slave port in Nigeria and the first established settlement on the Badagry coast).

Photograph of excavations in the old Apa (the first slave port in Nigeria and the first established settlement on the Badagry coast).

ALT Photograph of excavations in the old Apa (the first slave port in Nigeria and the first established settlement on the Badagry coast).

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We're hiring a senior research associate! To work with Prof Sule Sani on a @BritishAcademy_ Global Professorship. Closes 19 September! vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancie…
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Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA retweeted
The British Academy
@BritishAcademy_
18 Jul 2024
The British Academy is delighted to welcome 86 new Fellows! We are first and foremost a Fellowship organisation, going all the way back to our founding by Royal Charter in 1902 - our Fellows truly are the heartbeat of the Academy. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
Purple banner with white text reading: We are first and foremost a Fellowship organisation, going all the way back to our founding by Royal Charter in 1902 – our Fellows truly are the heartbeat of the British Academy. Our work – mobilising the social sciences and humanities in order to understand the world and shape a brighter future – is guided by the expertise and contributions of our Fellowship. Our Fellows enable us to support the leading researchers of the future. They mentor and support the next generation of leading scholars and provide crucial governance and guidance across all the work that we do.

ALT Purple banner with white text reading: We are first and foremost a Fellowship organisation, going all the way back to our founding by Royal Charter in 1902 – our Fellows truly are the heartbeat of the British Academy. Our work – mobilising the social sciences and humanities in order to understand the world and shape a brighter future – is guided by the expertise and contributions of our Fellowship. Our Fellows enable us to support the leading researchers of the future. They mentor and support the next generation of leading scholars and provide crucial governance and guidance across all the work that we do.

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The University of Antwerp (Belgium) is hiring a post-doctoral research fellow in the field of social and/or economic history of Africa (1-year – 100%): uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vacatu…
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Wits Centre for Diversity Studies@DiversityCentre
15 Jul 2024
🚨🚨Applications are due 16 August for a week-long workshop on Critical Diversity Literacy & African Studies! Who: Early career scholars When: 24-30 Nov 2024 Where: Johannesburg Apply here: forms.gle/pDYuh3XfR8g8kfyr6 Queries: info.wicds@wits.ac.za Share widely!
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Shadreck Chirikure@chirikure
14 Jul 2024
Archaeologists: Much to offer, but they are undervalued universityworldnews.com/post…

Archaeologists: Much to offer, but they are undervalued

Zimbabwean archaeologist Professor Shadreck Chirikure says archaeological data can be exploited to solve climate change, and that Africa holds some of...

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Very much enjoyed visiting this with colleague Prof Abubakar Sule Sani, @BritishAcademy_ Global Professor @uniofeastanglia @SainsburyRUnit @HUM_ResearchUEA
Hetan Shah@HetanShah
11 Jul 2024
Replying to @HetanShah
We are ready to welcome you to the @BritishAcademy_ Summer Showcase on Friday and Saturday. Already over 1,000 people signed up for both days. A free festival of ideas featuring @DavidOlusoga @SusanMichie @garyyounge @angelamcrobbie and many more! thebritishacademy.ac.uk/even…
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The Sainsbury Research Unit is delighted to welcome Professor Abubakar Sule uea.ac.uk/web/groups-and-cen…
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Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA retweeted
The Art Newspaper
@TheArtNewspaper
8 Jul 2024
Mary Beard and David Olusoga discuss the Parthenon Marbles debate at the British Museum, highlighting complexities of restitution and the relevance of universal museums. Nicholas Cullinan notes ongoing concerns ow.ly/EFpZ50SwXHu
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Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA retweeted
MEG@mus_ethno_group
10 Jul 2024
Lot of opportunities open @BM_AG including one on Senior Curator – Global Majority Collections. Looking for an experienced socially-engaged practitioner to join the Curatorial & Participation team. Deadline: 15 August 2024
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery@BM_AG
2 Jul 2024
We are currently recruiting for a variety of job roles. Find out more and apply online: birminghammuseumstrust.livev…
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National Humanities Center@NatlHumanities
8 Jul 2024
The National Humanities Center will offer up to 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the #humanities for the 2025-26 academic year. Please help us spread the word. The deadline to apply is October 3, 2024. bit.ly/nhc-scholarly-program…

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Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA retweeted
British Institute in Eastern Africa
@The_BIEA
28 Jun 2024
😇We invite you #GRADUATES to join the discussion on: ✨Navigating Methodological Challenges in Social Science Research✨ with Dr. Fred Nasubo, PhD @FNasubo 💫 👉Register tinyurl.com/graduate-forum-4… #research
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Look at those cowrie shells, @abigailmoffett ! ❤️
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme@EMKP_BM
3 Jul 2024
This week’s #projectspotlight features Freda Nkirote M’Mbogori’s #EMKP project which documents the #handcrafted water, milk and living containers of the #nomadic Gabra and Borana people of Northern #Kenya and Southern #Ethiopia. Learn more here: ow.ly/qTpZ50Sr5Cy
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Looking forward to an end to "the constant drip-feed of paranoid, xenophobic and anti-intellectual rhetoric from the ruling party, which seeks to win approving newspaper headlines with mindless attacks on academics" theguardian.com/politics/ng-…

How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster

The long read: Over the past 14 years, the Conservative dream of a free market in higher education has collided with the harsh reality of austerity and the cultural resentment of the radical right –...

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Centre for African Art & Archaeology, UEA retweeted
The British Academy
@BritishAcademy_
30 Jun 2024
Do you identify as an early career researcher? The British Academy's Early Career Researcher Network (ECRN) provides personal and professional development opportunities across the SHAPE disciplines. Visit our website to register now: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/earl…

Early Career Researcher Network

An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences

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One topic includes large mammals in the mixed wood and grasslands of Southern Africa
Marie Muschalek@MMuschalek
28 Jun 2024
📢 Job alert! Come work with me @BaselHistory !📢 Three fully-funded (4yrs) positions - 2 PhD, 1 PostDoc - in my SNF project 'Killing to Keep'. dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/per…
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🚨The deadline is this Monday to submit abstracts for this @BritishAcademy_ British International Research Institutes two-day online conference. It invites projects working with, or impacted by, climate change in North and East Africa. Hosted by @TheEES ees.ac.uk/resource/climate-c…
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Dr Awet Araya to join SRU faculty in August 2024 🙌🎉 uea.ac.uk/web/groups-and-cen…
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Revealed: Secrets from behind the scenes of blockbuster filmed in Norwich

It marks 10 years this month since Avengers: Age of Ultron was filmed at the Sainsbury Centre on the University of East Anglia campus in Norwich.

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