We are offering two fully-funded PhD studentships as part of the project Understanding Statehood through Architecture: a comparative study of Africa’s state buildings (ASA). The project is funded by the European Research Council and run from the Department of Politics and International Relations, SOAS, University of London. One project will explore the history of early post-colonial architecture and the other will explore modern Chinese architectural building projects. Both w

We are looking for two postdoctoral research assistants to work on the project Understanding Statehood through Architecture: a comparative study of Africa’s state buildings (ASA). The project is funded by the European Research Council and run from the Department of Politics and International Relations, SOAS, University of London. The role The two research assistants will each carry out an independent sub-project under the direction of the PI, involving substantial periods of

The European Research Council has awarded a consolidator grant to Prof Julia Gallagher for her project, Understanding Statehood through Architecture: a comparative study of Africa’s state buildings. The five-year project sets out to understand how African states work and what they mean to citizens. It does so by looking at state buildings, such as parliaments, ministries, courts, police stations and presidential headquarters in seven African countries – South Africa, Tanzania