Centre of African Studies
Cambridge/Africa Collaborative Research Programme
With support from the Leverhulme Trust and the Issac Newton Trust, we now have a programme of academic and intellectual exchange that will establish longer-term partnerships between Cambridge and particular African universities. A group of five Africa-based scholars, chosen out of a competition organized around a particular theme, will come to Cambridge for six months of research. A Cambridge lecturer pursuing research on the yearly theme will coordinate the programme. At the conclusion of the Visiting Fellows' tenure in Cambridge, the lecturer involved in the previous year's activities will go to the African university with which we have partnered to convene a conference. The five African Visiting Fellows will also attend. During the following year an edited volume would be produced, published on the Centre of African Studies' book series and co-published by a press run by the partner African university.
which will be centred on the theme of 'Art and Museums in Africa'.
An application package can be downloaded here.
*Application is now closed*
Art and Museums in Africa
African art has long been globally famous but has also been controversial
both intellectually and politically. Most obviously, the scramble for
African art engaged in by western museums and art collectors has been
condemned as an appropriation, as has the borrowing of forms and motifs
derived from African arts by European modernist artists. Within
disciplines such as art history and anthropology, there has been much
argument about appropriate methods and concepts for the study of African
art traditions. In the epoch of decolonization efforts were made to
establish new museums in African states, relevant to local aspirations and
new national cultures. Over the same period efforts have been made to
revive customary art practices, and to create new craft industries,
sometimes in the context of post-conflict and AIDS-prevention community
projects. Over the last 50 years modernist and contemporary arts have also
emerged and have gained increasing international recognition, while
typically lacking secure financial or institutional support within African
states.
This theme aims to support a wide range of interests in historical and
contemporary arts in Africa and in changing practices in local and national
museums and art institutions.
Visiting Fellows for 2011-2012
The Fellowships for October 2011 will be centred on the theme of Citizenship, Belonging and Political Community in Africa, mentored by Dr Emma Hunter.
The five Visiting Fellows for the academic year 2011-2012 are:
Dr Solomon GOFIE of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University
Dr Victor Adefemi ISUMONAH of the Department of Politics, University of Ibadan
Dr Malika Rebai MAAMRI who is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the National School of Higher Education, Algeria
Dr Ramola RAMTOHUL who is a Lecturer Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Mauritius
Dr Nicole ULRICH of the History Workshop, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
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. Martha was a source of warmth, energy, kindness and collegiality during her time at CAS. She is much loved and cherished by all who knew her. During Martha's fellowship at CAS, her laughter filled the Mond Building and her generosity touched us all. We certainly remember her incisive questions in the CAS seminars, and her enthusiastic participation in the CAS community. Martha's research on women and the peace process in Sierra Leone filled an important gap in the literature on peacebuilding, and she constantly reminded us of the need to think about women's multiple roles in peace and security in Africa. She will be sorely missed, and our thoughts go out to her husband, Frances Cheo and her newborn daughter, Orianne.
Research Horizons
Conversations across continents.
Each year, academic dialogue is enriched at the Centre of African Studies by the arrival of a group of African scholars who spend up to six months researching and working together.
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