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WIGH Seminar: Cahora Bassa: The Politics of Dam Development in Mozambique | Sara Lorenzini

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This graduate-faculty research seminar is designed to bring together interested faculty and students on a continuing basis to cover topics on global history. It is part of History 2950A, Approaches to Global History, and includes both reading sessions...

CAS Summer Research Grants

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Over the summer, CAS supported students with interested in doing Africa-related independent research and faculty supported research which resulted in a presentation and written report at the end of summer. You can find the topic of research by the student...

WIGH Seminar: "Through a Camera Obscura: Economic Science and the Emergence of the Market in Colonial Egypt"

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This graduate-faculty research seminar is designed to bring together interested faculty and students on a continuing basis to cover topics on global history. It is part of History 2950A, Approaches to Global History, and includes both reading sessions...

Faculty Research Connector

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For Faculty Only (post-doc fellows welcome. Unfortunately, not for students. Students, please join us for our next on biweekly Buna Coffee Breaks on Oct. 7th The Harvard University Center for African Studies invites our faculty community to a Faculty...

History of Global Capitalism Seminar: Toby Green, "Africa and the Global History of Capitalism: Repairing a History of Omission"

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"Africa and the Global History of Capitalism: Repairing a History of Omission" Toby Green, Senior Lecturer in Lusophone African History and Culture, Kings College London Graduate Student Commentator: Oliver Lazarus, PhD Candidate, History of Science...

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The Center for African Studies is deeply committed to being a valuable resource for Harvard’s students and faculty– across schools and disciplines – both on campus and on the African Continent. Through research, language and experiential grants, CAS...

Faculty Funding

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The Center for African Studies supports the Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa, which funds faculty-led and student-driven research projects that focus on advancing key challenges and opportunities facing Africa.

Warfare and Political Construction in West Africa: Global Issues and Dynamics

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Join the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs for their History of Capitalism Global Seminar. This graduate-faculty research seminar is designed to bring together interested faculty and students on a continuing basis to cover topics on global...

Welcome to the 2026-2027 Academic Year

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Dear friends and colleagues, Welcome to a new academic year at Harvard's Center for African Studies! We hope you’ve had a restorative summer and are excited for the many programs, events, and research and learning opportunities in the months ahead. Africa...

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Programming Distinguished Lectures (below ) Classical African Studies Workshop High-Level Conferences, Keynotes Faculty Support Faculty-Led Research Convenings Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa Faculty Affiliates Student & Scholar...

Africa Office

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CAS Africa Office Harvard University Center for African Studies staff operate in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Johannesburg, South Africa. The Harvard University Center for African Studies established Harvard’s first multidisciplinary, interfaculty...

Graduate Semester Research Grants

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*UPDATE: Grant opportunities for the 2021/2022 academic year will be announced by mid-September. Please sign up for our weekly newsletter HERE for the announcement. The Harvard Center for African Studies is now offering Graduate Fall & Spring Semester...