News

Centre of African Studies welcomes new visiting researcher Yahya Barry!

Centre of African studies is excited to welcome and host new guest researcher Noura Alkhalili.

At CAS we are excited to offer three elective courses next semester that are open for both credit students, professional masters students and part time (open university) students. 1. The course "Critical Development…

At CAS we are very happy to introduce and welcome our new teacher in Kiswahili language, Ramadhani Kassim. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Education form St. Augustine University of Tanzania, and an MA in African…

The Danish Zoological Society will hold an online meeting on Thursday 19 November 2020 at from 7 to 8 pm. Associate Professor at Centre of African Studies, Stig Jensen, will provide insight into some key issues in…

Associate Professor Stig Jensen participates in an exciting debate on the challenges of climate change within an African context. The Danish radioprogramme "Kraniebrud" aims at illuminating different aspects of…

At CAS we are very happy to introduce and welcome our new teacher in Economic Development in Africa Dr. Abel Gwaindepi. Dr Abel Gwaindepi holds an MA in Development Economics from Rhodes University (South Africa) and a…

New article on Juxtacities – an approach to urban differences and divides in the global south by Amanda Hammar and Mairanne Millstein

Collaborating with CAS has been a most useful experience. During these months (June – September 2020) I have had the opportunity to work with professionals who have changed my perspective on African Studies. Not only at…

Today, 1 October 2020, marks a positively embraced transitional moment for CAS, when our Director of the past six years – Amanda Hammar – passes the directorship of CAS to Karen Lauterbach. This is a rotated position,…

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written a chapter that will be published in the peer reviewed book from Aarhus University Publications titled "The Crisis of Democracies and the New Autocracies".

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written a series of travel-letters, titled: "Africanist in the Arctic". In these letters, Stig Jensen explores, and reflects upon, the climate crisis and climate adaptation, nature…

The staff of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen are deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Zindziswa Madikizala-Mandela, who until recently was South Africa’s Ambassador to Denmark.

The faculty of Theology has named the winners of the 2020 COVID-19 essay competition. CAS student Belinda Hertlein won second place with the essay titled: 'Privilege or Solidarity? A story of a twisted world'.

In this blogpost for the Faith & Activism series of Religion in Public hosted by The Centre of Religion and Public Life, University of Leeds, Marie Curie Fellow at CAS, Hans Olsson, discusses the role of food in…

The Centre of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and the School of International Development at UEA advertise one 3-year PhD Postgraduate Research Studentship researching religion and social change i…

Stig Jensen, associate professor at CAS, and Rune Larsen, PhD-student at Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa, KU Leuven, and former student at CAS, have published an article in videnskab.dk. In this…

CAS Associate Professor Stig Jensen has authored a series of articles about Africa in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The series is divided into three parts, reflecting on how the current situation will…

On the 27th of February Dr. Joel Cabrita of the Stanford University History Department gave a fascinating seminar at CAS on Writing World Christianity: Bengt Sundkler, Titus Mthembu and the Politics of Knowledge…

Marie Curie Fellow at Centre of African Studies, Hans Olsson, has published an article titled: "Chasing Money: Tourist-Induced Labor Migration and Pentecostal Teachings of Success in Zanzibar". The article explores the…