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    Kuukuwa Manful talks about the project
    • Sep 3, 2020

    Kuukuwa Manful talks about the project

    Joanne Tomkinson speaks about the project
    • Jul 24, 2020

    Joanne Tomkinson speaks about the project

    Innocent Batsani Ncube talks about the project
    • Jul 24, 2020

    Innocent Batsani Ncube talks about the project

    Architecture as a gift in Sino-Africa relations
    • 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...
     Call for papers: Built environment, infrastructure and state power in north-east Africa
    • 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,...
    Julia Gallagher talks about the project.
    • Jun 17, 2020

    Julia Gallagher talks about the project.

    State-building in Ethiopia: tracing the state through architectural continuity and disruption
    • 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...
    Dependence in the age of coronavirus: how a global pandemic is unsettling African buildings
    • 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...
    Professor Julia Gallagher's latest book: Zimbabwe’s International Relations - now in paperback
    • 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...
    Who owns the Zimbabwean Parliament building?
    • 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...
    ASA Post-doctoral researcher Daniel Mulugeta publishes a book 'The Everyday State in Africa'.
    • 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...
    ASA exhibition on state architecture in South Africa
    • 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...
    ASA exhibition on state architecture in South Africa
    • 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...
    Politics of Architecture in Africa workshop
    • 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...
    Julia Gallagher appointed as Senior Research Fellow at Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies
    • 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...
    STATE-MENTS: a public exhibition about South Africa's state buildings
    • 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...
    Daniel Mulugeta Gebrie article published in the Journal of Critical African Studies.
    • 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...
    
Public Lecture: Nation-building: a cloudy view of the past
    • 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...
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