Julia Gallagher’s latest book, Zimbabwe’s International Relations: fantasy, reality and the making of the state, has just been released...

The ASA team is putting on a double panel at the British International Studies Association annual conference 17-19 June 2020. The panel...

This book reconceptualises the idea of the state in Ethiopia. It focuses on the cultural and political processes of state formation, and...

State-ments, an exhibition that draws on Julia Gallagher’s research on popular ideas of state buildings, has just finished a tour of five...

State-ments, an exhibition that draws on Julia Gallagher’s research on popular ideas of state buildings, has just finished a tour of five...

Eighteen scholars working on politics and architecture in Africa met for a week-long workshop at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced...

Julia Gallagher has been appointed Senior Research Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies, part of the University of...

State-ments is a series of exhibitions in and about South African cities, which explores citizens' perceptions of their diverse and...

Daniel Mulugeta has published an article, 'Everyday conceptions of the state in Ethiopia: corruption discourses, moral idioms and the...

Public Lecture: Nation-building: a cloudy view of the past ASA is hosting a public lecture exploring the relationship between politics...

The Politics of Architecture in Africa Workshop, Paper Presentations, Exhibition 1-8 December 2019. The Politics of Architecture in...

Julia Gallagher has been appointed as specialist advisor for a UK inquiry into UK-Africa relations being carried out by the UK House of...

Daniel Mulugeta has published an article, 'Dynamics of state-society relations in Ethiopia: paradoxes of community empowerment and...

Daniel Mulugeta Gebrie and Julia Gallagher will present papers at the annual Africa Studies Association Conference in November 2019 in...

Innocent Batsani Ncube will attend the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) Third International Biennial Conference 2019. The...

ASA has recently become affiliated with the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. The relationship will enable mutual...

Julia will take part in a workshop on ‘Challenges and opportunities towards a sustainable growth in Africa’s cities’ in September 2019 at...

Members of the ASA team will be attending the Edinburgh’s Centre of African Studies conference which takes place between 11-14 June 2019....

PHD candidate Kuukuwa Manful will be co-convening a panel at the Ghana Studies Association Conference held at the University of Ghana,...

The workshop will be held at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) and aims to exploit the rich potential architecture...