Research Initiatives

The Institute supports a range of research initiatives. Most recently, our focus has been on the Arts of Citizenship, a project supported by Partnership University Fund. 

FEATURED INITIATIVE

African Art in a Global Society

Last fall, IAS engaged with the issue of restitution of African art in collaboration with the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies and funded by the Mellon Foundation and the FACE Foundation. This conference forms part of a larger discussion on cultural heritage and will continue this spring 2021 with a roundtable follow-up discussion on the restitution debate.

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Ifriqiyya Colloquium

Ifriqiyya is a faculty-organized colloquium at Columbia University concerned with the study of Africa before Western hegemony.

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IAS Projects at the Global Center in Nairobi

As an extensiuon of the Columbia-Sciences Po African Philosophy Seminar funded by the

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African Philosophy and Contemporary Politics Project

This project is supported by the African Humanties Project held jointly by IAS and Sciences Po and supported by the French-American Cul

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Columbia, IFRA, and Sciences Po Research Masterclass in Nigeria

This project is supported by the African Humanties Project held jointly by IAS and Sciences Po and supported by the French-American Cultural Exchange Partner University Fund.  

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Columbia-Sciences Po Collaborative Graduate Seminars

An interactive international course offered at Sciences Po (PSIA and Ecole doctorale) and Columbia through IAS in the School of International Affairs and Public Administration (SIPA). 

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African Art in a Global Society

This past year, the Insitute of African Studies has been engaging with the question of African art in a global society with the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies and faculty at Sciences Po.

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