Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh

Description

At the Centre for African Studies (CAS) members seek to contribute to collective efforts to centre African voices and theorising in understanding Africa and the contemporary world. The University of Edinburgh has an important and long historical connection with Africa, and CAS is a world leading centre for the study of Africa.

Founded in 1962, CAS provides interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision on Africa and international development. Members host a vibrant research community, committed to critical and cutting-edge theoretical and empirical approaches, placing African experiences at the heart of interdisciplinary scholarship.

CAS is the largest centre of African studies in Europe and regularly appear at the top of UK good university guides. The Centre delivers a range of high-quality masters programmes on campus and online. It runs prestigious PhD programmes that attract students from across the world.

Alumni of CAS programmes have gone on to a wide range of exciting careers including jobs in academia, non-profit and social enterprise, government, international organizations and beyond.

Researchers at CAS undertakes cutting-edge interdisciplinary research. CAS scholars are committed to the critical study of a diverse range of topics as well as the pursuit of inclusive, ethical and equitable partnerships. CAS currently host more than 20 research projects, including several large, international collaborative projects.

The Centre acts as a cultural hub for Africa in Scotland and in the UK. It supports the highly successful Africa in Motion annual film festival and has close working relationships with the Scottish Parliament and Government and with local NGOs. Moreover, it engages with African communities in Scotland, and it seeks to forge closer relationships between Scotland, the UK, Europe and Africa.

Research in the Centre of African Studies is carried out in several core areas/themes:

• Politics, Law and Justice
• Science, Technology and Innovation
• Economic Development and Change
• Religion and Social Movements
• Peace and Conflict
• Migration and Borders
• Media and Communication

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

1962

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University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL