Reflections Meeting: 2023 CODESRIA Gender Institute
CODESRIA's Gender Institute has been at the forefront of the Council’s work on gender for 28 years. We are delighted to host a 3-day meeting in Kampala, Uganda from 7-9 June to reflect on the contributions of the institute to gender research, envision an epistemic breakthrough, and shape the future
Prof. Tade Akin Aina, Honoree, University of Ghana-Legon
CODESRIA is pleased to note that Prof. Tade Akin Aina, former Deputy Executive Secretary in charge of Publications at the Council (1993-1998), has been nominated to receive an honorary doctorate degree to be awarded by the University of Ghana-Legon. The degree will be conferred at a Special Congregation to be
Policy Convening Session of the 2021 Gender and Democratic Governance Institutes
Starting tomorrow 5th April 2023, CODESRIA will host a policy convening session, the last in its 2021 Gender and Democratic Governance Institutes under the theme "Violence against Women and Girls in Africa's Shrinking Civic Spaces: Nature, Magnitude, and Remedies." The goal of the forum will be to contribute to practices aimed
حلمي شعراوي 1935-2023
زميلاتنا و زملاءنا الأفاضل، تحية كريمة، تلقى المجلس ببالغ الحزن والاسى نبأ وفاة أحد أعلام كوديرسيا (CODERSIA) الاستاذ حلمي شعراوي أستاذ في مركز البحوث العربية والإفريقية(AARC) في القاهرة بمصر. توفي حلمي، كما كانت شهرته في مجالس كوديرسيا، حوالي 10:30 صباح يوم الإثنين 20 مارس 2023 و دفن في وقت لاحق من نفس
Helmi Sharawy, 1935-2023
Greetings colleagues, The Council has received the sad news of the passing on of one of CODESRIA’s luminaries, Prof. Helmi Sharawy of the Arab and African Research Center (AARC) in Cairo, Egypt. Helmi, as he was popularly known in CODESRIA circles, passed around 10.30am this Monday morning 20th March 2023. He
2023 Democratic Governance and Gender Institutes: Communication in Lieu of a Call for Applications
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. Over its 50 year history, the Council has focused on its mandate of supporting African researchers to produce knowledge and elevating African voices in global discourses on issues that affect Africa
5TH CODESRIA/CASB SUMMER SCHOOL IN AFRICAN STUDIES AND AREA STUDIES IN AFRICA
Theme: How Political is Knowledge? Venue: Dakar, Senegal Date: 8-12 August 2022 Applications deadline: 30th June 2022 The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and The Centre for African Studies in Basel (CASB) call for applications for their 5th Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa. The Summer School
Forthcoming Book: Diversity and the essence of Pan-African Arts
The Arts, artistic, and literary production in Africa are echoes of Africa’s cultural heritage in its diversities, its essence, its values, its realities and its contradictions, being transmitted across generations. These resonances are translated in different ways from one period to another and from one culture to the other. They
