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- Jul 24, 2020

- Jul 24, 2020

- Jul 17, 2020
Architecture as a gift in Sino-Africa relations
by Daniel Mulugeta As part of the African Statehood Architecture (ASA) research project, I have been conducting ethnographic fieldwork in...
- Jul 10, 2020
Architecture and politics in Africa - making, living and imagining identities through buildings
Date: 16 September 2020 Time: 10am - 5pm Our webinar, ‘Architecture and Politics in Africa: making, living and imagining identities...

- Jul 1, 2020
Call for papers: Built environment, infrastructure and state power in north-east Africa
SOAS University of London - Understanding African Statehood through Architecture (ASA) North-east Africa Webinar: Built environment,...

- Jun 17, 2020

- Jun 11, 2020
State-building in Ethiopia: tracing the state through architectural continuity and disruption
by Atnatewos Melake-Selam, Daniel Mulugeta, Joanne Tomkinson and Julia Gallagher The story of Ethiopia’s state has been told through...

- Apr 9, 2020
Dependence in the age of coronavirus: how a global pandemic is unsettling African buildings
By Dr Joanne Tomkinson In February 2020, I was conducting research in Ethiopia for the African State Architecture (ASA) project. My area...

- Apr 3, 2020
Professor Julia Gallagher's latest book: Zimbabwe’s International Relations - now in paperback
Julia Gallagher’s latest book, Zimbabwe’s International Relations: fantasy, reality and the making of the state, has just been released...

- Mar 13, 2020
Who owns the Zimbabwean Parliament building?
by Innocent Batsani Ncube Parliament building in Harare, Zimbabwe seen from Nelson Mandela Avenue One of the most enduring legends in...
- Feb 21, 2020
ASA double panel at BISA conference in June 2020
The ASA team is putting on a double panel at the British International Studies Association annual conference 17-19 June 2020. The panel...

- Feb 14, 2020
ASA Post-doctoral researcher Daniel Mulugeta publishes a book 'The Everyday State in Africa'.
This book reconceptualises the idea of the state in Ethiopia. It focuses on the cultural and political processes of state formation, and...

- Jan 20, 2020
ASA exhibition on state architecture in South Africa
State-ments, an exhibition that draws on Julia Gallagher’s research on popular ideas of state buildings, has just finished a tour of five...

- Dec 9, 2019
ASA exhibition on state architecture in South Africa
State-ments, an exhibition that draws on Julia Gallagher’s research on popular ideas of state buildings, has just finished a tour of five...

- Dec 9, 2019
Politics of Architecture in Africa workshop
Eighteen scholars working on politics and architecture in Africa met for a week-long workshop at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced...

- Dec 9, 2019
Julia Gallagher appointed as Senior Research Fellow at Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Julia Gallagher has been appointed Senior Research Fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies, part of the University of...

- Nov 25, 2019
STATE-MENTS: a public exhibition about South Africa's state buildings
State-ments is a series of exhibitions in and about South African cities, which explores citizens' perceptions of their diverse and...

- Nov 22, 2019
Daniel Mulugeta Gebrie article published in the Journal of Critical African Studies.
Daniel Mulugeta has published an article, 'Everyday conceptions of the state in Ethiopia: corruption discourses, moral idioms and the...

- Nov 15, 2019
Public Lecture: Nation-building: a cloudy view of the past
Public Lecture: Nation-building: a cloudy view of the past ASA is hosting a public lecture exploring the relationship between politics...