News 13 Nov 2025 Professor Christopher Clapham awarded an OBE in 2025 Birthday Honours We are delighted to congratulate Professor Christopher Clapham, who was awarded an OBE in the 2025 Birthday Honours, for “services to academia, foreign policy, and UK relations with the Horn of Africa”. Christopher is a cherished member of the Centre of African Studies and has been a central part of the Centre’s intellectual community over the past… 13 Nov 2025 Professor James Mayall (in memoriam) We pass on the sad news of the death of Emeritus Prof. James Mayall (14 April 1937 - 5 November 2025). James was the first Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations at Cambridge, 1997-2004, after having been Lecturer and then later Professor of International Relations at the LSE from 1966. He was instrumental in laying the foundations…
