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Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2026 Location: 13:00-15:00, in Clothworkers’ North, G12 This roundtable discussion brings together contemporary expertise on Africa’s media image from a variety of perspectives, and asks to what extent does misrepresentation of Africa persist, and how can it be addressed? The panel provisionally includes: Israel Campos, PhD Candidate, University of...
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Jane Plastow, a distinguished scholar, theatre director, and passionate advocate for community-based arts and African performance cultures. Professor Plastow passed away in September 2025. She leaves a legacy of academic excellence, creative innovation, and profound social impact. Jane was educated at the University...
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies is hosting a conference on the theme "New Directions in Singles Studies: Towards Pluriversity". The conference is organised by Professors Tendai Mangena and Adriaan van Klinken, with funding from the British Academy, and in collaboration with the International Association for Single...
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies was involved in organising and facilitating a recent writing and mentoring workshop that took place at the University of Nairobi in Kenya (28-30 July, 2025). Funded by the British Academy under its International Writing Workshop scheme, the general intention of the workshop was to cultivate professional networks and...
LUCAS is pleased to introduce the six new Virtual Fellows selected for the 2025–2026 LUCAS-LAHRI Fellowship Programme for Africa-based academics. Running from August 2025 to May 2026, this initiative supports collaborative research between the Fellows and their mentors at the University of Leeds. Each Fellow will pursue an independent project while engaging in scholarly exchange...
The University of Leeds mourns the passing of an illustrious alumnus, the pioneering African writer, dramatist, theorist and activist Ngugi wa Thiong'o. He died on Wednesday 28th May 2025, at the age of 87, in Atlanta, USA. Born in Kenya in 1938, Ngũgĩ studied an MA in the School of English at Leeds, 1964-1965. During...
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is delighted to welcome Dr Zaynab Ango, from the University of Abuja, Nigeria. In the period May to October, 2025, she will be a British Academy Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. During this period, she will be working on the project “The Return of the Repressed:...
The University of Johannesburg’s Department of Sociology and SARChI Chair in Social Change and the University of Leeds’ School of Politics and International Studies invite researchers and analysts, with an interest in economic crime, to a two-day hybrid workshop. The event will be hosted on 23 & 24 April 2025. Researchers have analysed issues of...
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS), in collaboration with the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute (LAHRI), is pleased to announce up to six short-term Virtual Visiting Research Fellowships for 2025-26. Please review the full call for applications and application form, or email [email protected] to request a copy. All application materials must be sent to [email protected] by the deadline...
The Journal of the British Academy has just published its latest issue, which includes a special section on "African Ecologies: Literary, Cultural and Religious Perspectives." The recently restyled journal was launched at a celebratory event at the British Academy in London, on 22 May 2024. At this event, the journal's editor, Professor Fiona Williams, highlighted...