Centre of African Studies
The Centre of African Studies has moved!The Centre has relocated to brand new offices on the 3rd floor
of the Alison Richard Building at 7 West Road. The Centre and
its library will be officially open from Monday 16 January 2012.
The Alison Richard Building houses the Department of Politics
and International Studies as well as African Studies, South
Asian Studies, Latin American Studies and Development
Studies. The building will also accommodate the Centre for
Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
(CRASSH).
The Centre's new postal address is:
University of Cambridge
Centre of African Studies
Alison Richard Building
7 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DT
All email addresses and telephone numbers will remain unchanged.
News
Occasional Talks
Macroeconomics from below:
macroeconomics and exercise of power in Africa
Béatrice Hibou Directrice de Recherche au CNRS (CERI/SciencesPo)
Visiting Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge
Monday 14 May 2012 at 5pm, Room S1,
Centre of African Studies, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT
more information here
The Peacebuilding Process in DR Congo: Going Nowhere Slowly but Costly
Thierry Vircoulon
Project Director: Centre Africa International Crisis Group
Monday 21 May 5pm
Seminar Room S1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT
more information here
Citizenship, Belonging and Political Community in Africa
A Conference held at the British Institute of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya 11 & 12 July 2012
A programme will be available in early May,
for more information please contact
Dr Emma Hunter, elh35@cam.ac.uk
News about Mr Kevin Beckford who is pursuing an MPhil in African Studies here
The Audrey Richards Annual Lecture in African Studies - 9 March 2012 at 5pm
Professor Simon Gikandi
"The Formation of African Intellectuals"
The Keynes Lecture Theatre, Kings College, Cambridge
For more information click here
For pictures and report click here
We are extremely sad to convey the news that Martha Cheo, one of our Visiting Fellows from 2008-2009, passed away suddenly in Nigeria in February 2012. Click here for more
The Centre of African Studies' long-standing administrator Dorian, has retired from her post. We would like to thank her for helping to make the Centre into the lively, vibrant and welcoming place it is now and wish her all the best for the future.
View celebration pictures here
EDGAR GRAHAM BOOK PRIZE 2012
The Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies invites submissions for the Edgar Graham Book Prize 2012. 'click' here for futher details
MPhil in African Studies
The centre is now accepting applications for the MPhil in African Studies 2012-13
More information here.
For a printable poster click here.
Africa Research Forum
The Africa Research Forum is an interdisciplinary discussion forum for post graduate students and faculty members working on Africa related topics.
More information here
From 3 January 2012 the Centre will be located at the new Alison Richard Building in West Road.
map here
@CASCambridgeVibrant teaching and research programmes focused on Africa exist across the University, including those in the natural and biomedical sciences, archaeology, social sciences and humanities.
Cambridge has a reputation for high-quality research relevant to the continent, for the stimulation of debate and for active engagement with Africa-based scholarship. The Centre of African Studies was established in 1965 by the path-breaking social anthropologist, Dr Audrey Richards. Our first-class library attracts a steady flow of students and visiting academics. We act as a hub for graduate-level and faculty interdisciplinary research, we run a one-year interdisciplinary MPhil, and we host the Cambridge/Africa Collaborative Research Programme which brings African academics to Cambridge to work with us and share their research.
The Centre's Africana library attracts a steady flow of undergraduate and graduate students. So does the Centre's Research Seminar Series that takes place during Michaelmas and Lent of every academic year.
Contact the Centre of African Studies,
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road,
Cambridge. CB3 9DT.
Email centre@african.cam.ac.uk
Tel. 01223 334396 Fax. 01223 769329
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Cambridge. CB3 9DT.
Email centre@african.cam.ac.uk
Tel. 01223 334396 Fax. 01223 769329
Information provided by webmaster@african.cam.ac.uk © 2012