News

2025.06.10

A Recap of the MA Thesis Research Exhibition at CAS' 40th anniversary

By Eva Steinhorst On April 25th, the Centre of African Studies (CAS) marked a significant milestone - its 40th anniversary. This wasn’t merely a commemoration of years gone by, it was a celebration of intellectual…

Publication

2025.06.03

New Commentary on Development and Culture by Karen Lauterbach

When one takes a broad view across the African cultural scenes, there is little sense of a deep longing to better understand Danish or European values. On the contrary.

Publication

2025.05.09

Gabon’s 2025 Election: A Turning Point?

In a recent Globalnyt article, Professor Stig Jensen analyses Gabon’s April 2025 election. Following a non-violent coup in 2023, General Brice Oligui Nguema brought an end to the Bongo family’s 56-year rule and has now…

Publication

2025.05.01

New anthology on The Politics of the Past in Zimbabwe

CAS is pleased to announce the publication of The Politics of the Past in Zimbabwe (Brill 2025) co-edited by our colleague Amanda Hammar, together with Astrid Rasch and Minna Joahnna Niemi.

Article

2025.04.30

40 years of African Studies

Friday 25 April 2025, the Centre of African Studies (CAS) at the University of Copenhagen celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Publication

2025.04.10

Africa’s role in geopolitical shifts

In light of current geopolitical changes, Associate Professor Stig Jensen shares his thoughts on Africa’s role in the world in the latest episode of Globalnyt’s podcast Højtryk. He has also co-authored a recent article…

New Staff

2025.03.19

Welcome to new staff members

We are very happy to welcome Simona Bianchi as PhD fellow at Centre of African Studies, and William Francises as guest student at Centre of African Studies and the Centre for Privacy Studies. Simona Bianchi will be…

Article

2025.02.26

Africa's Youth Driving Democratic Change

Professor Stig Jensen and our former student, Buster Emil Kirchner, MA in African Studies, have recently published an article in Pov.International discussing the significant role of Africa's youth in driving democratic…

Articles

2024.12.12

Articles on Ghana’s Election 2024

Dive into the latest articles exploring Ghana’s 2024 Elections and gain valuable insights from experts, including Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach.

Article

2024.12.05

Analyzing President Biden's Visit to Angola

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has recently analyzed President Biden's visit to Angola from December 2-4, 2024, in articles published on pov.international and Altinget.

workshop

2024.11.14

HOWA Research Project – CEA/CAS Workshop Highlights

In the framework of the Marie Sklodowska Curie-funded research project HOWA, hosted by the Centre for African Studies, an interdisciplinary workshop was held at the Centre of African Studies at the University of…

Festival

2024.10.08

Swahili Festival 2024

Swahili Festival is an annual event offering a platform to Swahili businesses, NGOs, artists, and more to showcase their work, as well as offering the opportunity for attendees to interact with Swahili culture. This…

Research

2024.09.04

New postdoc researcher at the Centre of African Studies

The Centre of African Studies welcomes new postdoc researcher Dr. Mads Yding.

Research

2024.09.03

New Assistant Professor at the Centre of African Studies and Center for Privacy Studies

Francis Ethelbert Kwabena Benyah, join Centre of African Studies (CAS) as an Assistant Professor in African Studies, with a dual role at the Centre for Privacy Studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of…

Research Conference

2024.09.02

CAS graduates attend The Third European Students' Conference on African Studies

Three recent graduates from the African Studies MA program presented their MA theses at the conference hosted by the University of Basel

Research Conference

2024.08.27

ECAS 2025 - Call for Panels Deadline on 15th September

The European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2025 will take place from 25-28 June in Prague under the theme: African, Afropolitan, and Afropean Belongings and Identities.

Research

2024.08.23

'The Social Life of Health Data': Health Records and Knowledge Production in Ghana

Guest Researcher at CAS and Marie Curie fellow at the IT University Alena Thiel has published a new book examining 'The Social Life of Health Data'

Research

2024.08.20

New Publication: ‘Farming God’s Way’ in Post-Apartheid South Africa

CAS guest researcher Hans Olsson has published a new article in the Journal of Southern African Studies, examining 'Evangelical Cosmologies of Land and ‘Crisis’ in Post-Apartheid South Africa'

New Staff

2024.08.14

Sven Botha joins the Centre of African Studies as a Guest Researcher

Sven will advance his research on Africa-Nordic relations while at CAS. This research encompasses the establishment of a research community that examines the relationship between Africa and the Nordics from a political,…

New Staff

2024.07.24

Mumbi Macharia is the new Kiswahili teacher at the Centre of African Studies

Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Mumbi will be teaching Kiswahili I and Kiswahili II at the Center of African Studies