We are proud to announce Professor Dzodzi Tsikata as the final recipient of the Distinguished Research Professorship this year. Professor Dzodzi Tsikata will join the Department of Development studies as Research Professor of Development Studies from January 2023.
Prof. Ntewusu addresses participants at the opening session
The Director of the Institute of African Studies, Prof. Samuel Ntewusu, addressed the opening session of the maiden annual conference of the Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Post-COVID-19 Africa (GETSPA) project. GETSPA is a multi-country research, policy engagement, capacity, and network-building project with a focus on social policy in Africa. The project is hosted by the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana.
The Council of the University of Ghana has appointed Professor Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu as the new Director of the Institute of African Studies (IAS), College of Humanities. He replaces Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, whose tenure ended on 31 July 2022.
Architecture and Politics in Africa: Book Launch in Accra, 20 September 2022
Please join us for our book launch at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Some of the book’s editors and authors will talk about their contributions, followed by reflections from Prof Nnamdi Elleh (School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Prof Lloyd Amoah (Department of Political Science, University of Ghana).
The Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policy for Post-COVID-19 Africa (GETSPA) project is set to organise its maiden annual conference from 23 to 25 August 2022 at the ISSER Conference Facility, University of Ghana.
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has appointed Professor Takyiwaa Manuh as a Senior Fellow, effective August 1, 2022.
Prof. Manuh is an Emerita Professor of African Studies at the University of Ghana. She previously served as Director at the Social Development Policy Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Professor of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, where she was also Director of the Institute of African Studies between 2002 and 2009.
Two faculty members of the Institute of African Studies (IAS), Drs. Benjamin Kwansa (immediate past Coordinator of IAS-UGRC) and Aristedes Hargoe (Ag. Artistic Director, Ghana Dance Ensemble) have won awards to embark on fellowships to the United States.
MA/MPhil students in African Studies, Political Science and Sociology
University of Ghana, Legon
Two scholarships for thesis research available for 2023 within Certifications of Citizenship in Africa (CERTIZENS) Research Project
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR CONFERENCE ON
Natural Resource Management and Conflict in Africa
Organized by the Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ghana, and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark.
Date: 26th to 28th June 2023.
Venue: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen.
