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Now Hiring! Events & Communications Intern

January 30, 2024

The Center for African Studies is a university-wide resource center committed to broadening knowledge about Africa and African perspectives. CAS is looking for an intern to join the team as an Event & Communications Intern for the spring semester with the possibility of extending into the summer and/or fall semester. This position would be assisting with the planning, organizing, publicizing, and assisting of the Center's events. The position is hybrid, with the intern expected to work in-person...

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Announcing The 2024 Africa Health Conference and Poster Competition

January 16, 2024

We are delighted to announce the 2nd Annual Africa Health Conference presented by the Harvard Chan Africa Health Students Forum (AHF). 

Conference Overview: 
The Africa Health Conference at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is an annual event bringing together experts, researchers, practitioners, and students worldwide to discuss and explore pressing health challenges in Africa. Building on the success of last year's inaugural conference, themed "Building Resilience and the Future of Health in Africa," this year's event will explore the theme "...

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Now Hiring - CAS Communications Intern

September 7, 2023

The Center for African Studies is a university-wide resource center committed to broadening knowledge about Africa and African perspectives. The Center for African Studies is looking for a Harvard University student to join the team as a communications intern for the Fall 2023 semester. The intern will work closely with the Center’s Student Support and Outreach Officer to disseminate and publicize the Center’s work in various digital platforms and assist the Center with duties as needed.  

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Center for African Studies Undergraduate Research Fellowships - Now Accepting Applications!

September 5, 2023

The Center for African Studies (CAS) is currently inviting applications for up to three inaugural CAS Undergraduate Research Fellowships. CAS undergraduate fellows will engage with faculty and scholars at Harvard and beyond, working on critical institutional and policy questions and learning new tools and methods for understanding contemporary problems in Africa. These one-year competitive fellowships offer unique opportunities to develop research and analytical skills in subject areas and...

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Okediji Appointed Director of Center for African Studies

August 9, 2023

Ruth L. Okediji, the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and leading intellectual property (IP) law scholar, has been named Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies (CAS).

“I am delighted that Ruth Okediji has agreed to serve as the next director of the Center for African Studies,” said University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Alan M. Garber. “Ruth is an exemplary scholar, teacher, and mentor. Her intellectual leadership and extensive experience working with inter-governmental organizations as well as national and...

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JOB OPPORTUNITY: HARVARD UNIVERSITY - TENURE-TRACK PROFESSOR IN HISTORY AND AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

July 26, 2023

TENURE-TRACK PROFESSOR IN HISTORY AND AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department of History
Department of African and African American Studies
Cambridge, MA

Position Description: The Departments of History and African and African American Studies seek to appoint a tenure-track professor in the History of Modern Africa (focus on sub-Saharan Africa, field open). The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2024. The tenure-track professor will be responsible for teaching at...

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