Research

The African Studies Center offers many opportunities for students, faculty, and the Boston University community to engage in research in Africa, within the New England region, and beyond. Explore the sections below to learn about opportunities to fund your research, connect with fellow scholars as a Research Affiliate or Visiting Scholar, or access research tools through the African Studies Library. Learn more about various options to support research projects and other opportunities for students, faculty, and affiliates.

LATEST RESEARCH NEWS

• The World Bank, the Old City, and Liquid Land
• New Research on Diaspora and Financial Technology
• BU African Ajami Project: New Resources
• Visiting Researcher Susanne Mueller recently published in the Washington Post and with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies
• Land and the Mortgage Book Now Published
• Lori De Lucia awarded several postdoctoral fellowships for her research on race and slavery in early modern Sicily and the wider Sahelian-Mediterranean world
• African Ajami: Connecting the Grassroots, Mediating the Mundane
• African Studies Review Forum on Land Disputes and Displacement in Post-Conflict Africa
• Mortgage, Risk, and Taxation in Rural Senegal
• “Land and the Mortgage: History, Culture, Belonging,” co-edited by Daivi Rodima-Taylor and Parker Shipton (forthcoming in January 2022)