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Karen Lauterbach (Associate Professor at CAS) has published the article ‘’A Refugee Pastor in a Refugee Church’: Refugee-Refugee Hosting in a Faith Based Context’ in Migration and Society (vol. 4, issue 1). The article…

In this article Hans Olsson puts focus on the relationship between religion and farming in South Africa and discusses how a Christian model to grow food enters questions of social and ecological sustainability.…

The African football association CAF has a new president, after Ahmad Ahmad from Madagascar had to resign due to corruption. The new man at the helm is the South African business man and mining billionaire Patrice…

Globalnyt has published a series of articles about CAS students and their exciting, creative and relevant thesis projects. This can give insight into some of the possibilities studying at CAS, and what type of research…

For the first time ever, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, has found a child soldier guilty of crimes against humanity. Dominic Ongwen was abducted and brainwashed by a Christian rebellion army and…

CAS welcomes Hamida Massaquoi, our new PhD fellow at the faculty.

CAS Associate Professor Amanda Hammar has recently had a chapter published in The Handbook of Displacement (Adey et al., Palgrave Macmillan 2020). The Handbook “provides the knowledge and tools needed to understand how…

In November 2019, CAS Associate Professor Amanda Hammar was invited to give the 5th JJ Bachofen Lecture in Anthropology at the University of Basel. The title of her lecture was Speaking Through Houses: Interweaving…

Associate Professor Stig Jensen publishes article on tourism in Uganda during the COVID-pandemic in Globalnyt.

The Centre of African Studies (CAS) on the South Campus of the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) is looking for a part-time student assistant to be part of an exciting new team of researchers from Denmark, Ghana and…

The Centre of African Studies, in partnership with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University, Uganda, and the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, proudly hosts a new…

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…