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'.
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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
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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 in
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach has written a book review of the Nigerian novel "Freshwater", written by Akwaeke Emezi. The book follows the girl Ada, who is ogbanje (an igbo spirit-child), and her life as a person
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Associate professor Stig Jensen has written an analyses on the conflict in Darfur, and on how the extradiction of the former president Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague overshadows the
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Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach and CAS student Sandra Boakye have contributed, together with George Bob-Milliar (Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology), to the first installation “Cathedral and
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At a graduation event on February 7, the graduates from African Studies from the year 2019/20 were celebrated. Read the graduation speech by Amanda Hammar here.
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Tuesday the 3rd of December, associate professor Karen Lauterbach will hold a lecture on the significance of religion in the everyday life of Ghanaians. Lauterbach will explain how spiritual power plays a role across
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Associate professor Stig Jensen will be participating in a panel discussion on how to overcome the problem with poaching in Africa. The event will take place at Copenhagen Zoo, on the 27th of November from 7-9 pm. Stig
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Associate Professor Stig Jensen publishes article with former CAS student Rune Larsen, titled "The Imagined Africa of the West: a critical perspective on Western imaginations of Africa". The article is published in
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The Centre of African Studies on the South Campus of the University of Copenhagen is looking for a new student assistant to be a part of our group of staff from 21 October 2019.
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In an article for the web media KlimaNyt.dk associate professor Stig Jensen points to a bigger involvement of the Humanities in dealing with the climate crisis
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