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Funding & Opportunities
May 31, 2023 in BIEA, Opportunities

Call for Abstracts: BIEA Graduate Conference 2023

Ethnicity and National Identity in Africa. Deadline 14th July 2023.
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May 29, 2023 in BIEA, Opportunities

Job: BIEA Research Fellow Regional Futures Project

The deadline for applications is 1700h EAT on 21st June 2023.
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May 29, 2023 in BIEA, Opportunities

Job: Compliance and Contracts Manager

Applications must be received by 17.00 East Africa Time on 12th June 2023.
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May 29, 2023 in BIEA, Opportunities

Job: RESEARCH FELLOW (6-month Fixed Term)

Applications must be received by 1700h EAT, on 12th June 2023.
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May 28, 2023 in BIEA, Opportunities

Call for Abstracts: The World of Iron at 10

Deadline for abstracts extended: 12th June 2023! Welcoming abstracts from around the world, from ancient to modern times.
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May 24, 2023 in Opportunities

Call for Applications: Phd Research Fellowship

The application with attachments must be delivered in our electronic recruiting system Jobbnorge with in October 1st 2023.
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May 19, 2023 in BIEA, Funding, Opportunities

The British Academy and British Institute in Eastern Africa announce seed funding for early career SHAPE researchers 

Successful research projects include those looking at transitional justice processes in Nigeria and Kenya, and how education might contribute to peace.
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May 19, 2023 in Opportunities

Call for Applications: Race Xchange PhD Studentships

- Applicants requiring a visa to study in the UK – Closing date 27th May. Applicants who do not require a visa to study in the UK – Closing date…
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Publications
April 1, 2022 / Publications

Policy and Practice in Rural Tanzania

by Antonio Allegretti. BIEA-funded research - forthcoming book
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January 18, 2022 / Publications

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

Volume 57, Issue 3 (2022)
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January 18, 2022 / Publications

Journal of Eastern African Studies

JEAS Volume 16, Issue 2 (2022)
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January 17, 2022 / Publications

Publications by Mohamed Bashir (University of Khartoum)

BIEA Thematic Grant holder
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January 17, 2022 / Publications

When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans

by Dr Sharath Srinivasan
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January 16, 2022 / Publications

Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in the Medieval Islamic Period: Ibn Battuta’s Island

by Anne Haour, Annalisa Christie
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Research & Partners
April 18, 2023 in OurResearch, research

Regional Futures

In the last two decades, an information revolution in the global south has profoundly shaped the urbanisation of metropolitan regions.
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January 17, 2022 in research

Remote Sensing for Biocultural Heritage Preservation in an African Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study of Indigenous Wells in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia

The region of Southern Ethiopia (Borana) and Northern Kenya (Marsabit) is characterised by erratic rainfall, limited surface water, aridity, and frequent droughts. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/2/314/htm
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January 4, 2022 in research

BIEA’s Wells Being project

https://www.biea.ac.uk/wellsproject/ Late last year the International Science Council ran a story about the project, which you can find here: https://stories.council.science/unlocking-science-history-water-scarcity-africa/
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