Events and News
LUCAS Annual Lecture 2020-21: ‘#AskAMan and the Cultural Itineraries of Courtship in South Africa’ – Professor Grace Musila
Professor Grace Musila (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) will deliver the Leeds University Centre for African Studies annual lecture of...
African Knowledges – Taking Stock and Looking Ahead – Seminar 8 in the series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”
On 20th May, we have the eighth seminar in the Sadler series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”. In this last...
African Knowledges of Community and Belonging – Seminar 7 in the series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”
On 29 April, we have the seventh seminar in the Sadler seminar series “African Knowledges for Global Challenges”. This seminar...
University of Leeds and CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Webinar – ‘Innovation: Solutions to the climate crisis in Africa
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | 14:00 – 15:30 BST | Online Despite its low contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, Africa...
Nine African scholars awarded Virtual Research Fellowship with Leeds
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies has partnered with the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute to launch a...
Call for Papers: “African languages and social change: Politics, activism, and justice”
The “Language in Africa” (LIA) special interest group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) is holding its 2021...
LUCAS-LAHRI Virtual Research Fellowships Scheme
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS), in collaboration with the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute (LAHRI), is...
New book by Jane Plastow: “A History of East African Theatre”
Congratulations to LUCAS member Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre at the University of Leeds, who recently published her latest...