African Studies

Join the African Studies programme at the University of Birmingham and develop your own independent research project on Africa and its diasporas.

Within the  African Studies African Studies programme at the University of Birmingham University of Birmingham , you’ll benefit from a rounded approach to your development as a researcher. You can get involved in a range of research activities alongside your supervisory meetings, such as departmental research seminars and international workshops or conferences on cutting-edge research topics.

This experience will help you develop your skills, improving your research project and preparing you for a future career within academia or in industry.

Key facts

You’ll benefit from an interdisciplinary approach which lets you delve deeper into your chosen area of study.

Academics in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology can supervise historical and contemporary research drawing on archival, ethnographic and/or textual and media sources.

It has thematic expertise in topics including migration and diasporas, religion and society, economic inequality and insecurity, youth, the urban, popular culture, kinship, gender and sexuality. 

Key research areas: 

• Labour History

• Urban and Youth Culture

• Marginality and Exclusion

• Economic and Political Anthropology

• Migration and Mobility