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Welcome to the African Studies Centre

The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Africa. In every Faculty and Division across the University there are active research programmes focused on the continent. The African Studies Centre, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Alongside vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc in African Studies, inaugurated in 2006, is already recognised as Europe's most prestigious and successful training programme in its field. Explore this website to find out more about what African Studies at the University of Oxford has to offer.

Latest News

  • Victor's Justice

    Chris Mahony (MSc 2007) has published a piece in The Atlantic magazine on Charles Taylor's conviction for war crimes. 
    Updated: 11 May 2012  Read more...

  • Vacancy: Departmental Lecturer in African Anthropology

    The African Studies Centre in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography seek applications for a full time fixed-term Departmental Lecturership in African Anthropology. 
    Updated: 24 Feb 2012  Read more...

  • The Future of Somalia

    Professor David Anderson has commented on the regional implications of the latest initiative to bring peace to Somalia, led by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron. 
    Updated: 24 Feb 2012  Read more...

  • Attracting the youth vote in Senegal

    In a radio interview with RFI English, African Studies Research Fellow Dr Helene Neveu Kringelbach has discussed whether she thinks the youth in Senegal feel represented by the political process.
    Updated: 22 Feb 2012  Read more...

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Events Calendar

Week of Monday 14 May 2012

Monday 14th

Regional Disparities and Government Quality. Redistributive Conflict Crowds Out Good Government

Tuesday 15th

Wednesday 16th

African Apocalypse: Pentecostalism's New Global Spiritual Warfare

Thursday 17th

'Diaspora and Spiritual Awakening: Religion and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Life of Kwame Nkrumah'

Friday 18th

'Understanding African poverty over the longue duree'

Saturday 19th

Sunday 20th