Events and News
Seminar with Dr Mikel Burley: Conceptual Decolonization and Conceptual Justice
Please join us on Thursday 1st December, 11.30 am (GMT) for a research seminar with Dr Mikel Burley who will...
Bissau-Guinean vernacular films in transnational flow
The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies at the University of Leeds, and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies,...
“Theologies of Gender, Relationality and Power in a Nigerian Pentecostal church”
Please join us on Thursday 17th November, 11.30 am (GMT) for a research seminar with Dr Naomi Richman (Trinity College,...
“Local ecological knowledge and climate change in three corners of Africa”
Please join us on Thursday 17th November, 2pm (GMT) when Dr Sandra Bhatasara (University of Zimbabwe) will be in conversation...
Outstanding African Studies Award for Professor Raymond Bush
The African Studies Association in the UK (ASAUK), at its recent 2022 biennial conference, has awarded its prestigious Award for Outstanding Achievements in African Studies to Raymond C. Bush, Professor Emeritus at the University of Leeds.
Lionel Cliffe Prize 2022 for the Best Undergraduate Dissertation in African Studies
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is delighted to announce the winner of the 2022 Lionel Cliffe Prize for...
Nine African scholars awarded a 2022 Virtual Research Fellowship at Leeds
The Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute (LAHRI) and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) are delighted to...
When a book becomes a cake: the launch of Sacred Queer Stories
by Adriaan van Klinken On Valentine’s Day 2022, the book Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugees and the Bible, was...