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GSU launches fully funded PhD in Global Studies

Sharjah 24 - 28 Oct 2025

Sharjah’s Global Studies University shapes next generation of critical thinkers

The National - 23 Oct 2025

How Global Studies University, Sharjah prepares scholars for a connected world

Gulf News - 22 Oct 2025

Moroccan expert: Global halal economy falls far below its potential

Report News Agency - 07 Oct 2025

In discussion with Prof Dr Salah M Hassan on shaping a future-ready education ecosystem in the UAE

Economic Times - Education - 06 Oct 2025

Sharjah Ruler meets first cohort of PhD students at Global Studies University

Gulf Today - 24 Sep 2025

Sharjah Ruler meets first cohort of PhD students at GSU

WAM - 24 Sep 2025

Biennale of Sydney curator Hoor Al Qasimi shares title and first artists for 2026 event

ABC News - 28 May 2025

The Africa Institute celebrates book launch based on 2020 conference

Sharjah 24 - 06 Mar 2025

Sharjah Ruler establishes Global Studies University

Gulf News - 04 Feb 2025

Africa Institute hosts ‘Congolese Horizons: Weaving Temporalities in Congo Studies’ conference

WAM - 30 Jan 2025

Kalema addresses Congo issues at 6th CRN

Sharjah 24 - 29 Jan 2025

Quand la littérature africaine se réunit à Sharjah

Livres Hebdo France - 28 Jan 2025

New Sharjah Festival Celebrates African Literature

Publishers Weekly - 28 Jan 2025

10 African scholars to watch in 2025

The Africa Report - 14 Jan 2025

Visit to The Africa Institute, Sharjah + More | Channels Book Club

Channel Television, Nigeria - 07 Jan 2025

The Africa Institute gives voice to Indian Ocean narratives in forum

Gulf Today - 11 Dec 2024

Sharjah hosts a conference on African political economy (الشارقة تستضيف مؤتمرا حول الاقتصاد السياسي الأفريقي)

WAM - 16 Nov 2024

Sharjah International Book Fair: A Beacon For African Scholarly Thought In The UAE

The Bulrushes News - 16 Nov 2024

The Africa Institute Sharjah to host meet on African political economy

Gulf Today - 03 Nov 2024

Mohammed Bin Rashid Library celebrates World Hausa Language Day feat. Lecturer Aliyu Lawal

Zawya - 27 Aug 2024

Across Five Decades, Gavin Jantjes’s Art Has Tackled Everything from Abstraction to Apartheid

ART News - 23 Aug 2024

Gavin Jantjes’s Soft Songs From Exile

Hyperallergic - 19 Aug 2024

This Year’s Venice Biennale Features an Unprecedented Number of African Countries. One Podcaster Went Behind the Scenes

Cultured Magazine - 22 Jul 2024

A Chronicle of Africa’s Showing at the Venice Biennale

Surface Magazine - 11 Jul 2024

The Africa Institute Receives Grant for African Cultural Heritage Program

Art Network Africa - 17 Jun 2024

James Burns participation at The Africa Institute’s Country-focused Season on Africa Indian Ocean rim with mention of Monsoon journal

Clemson Blogs - 13 Jun 2024

Positioning Telsem in Global Art History with Henok Melkamzer

Contemporary - 26 May 2024

University of Sharjah Signs MoU With Global Studies University in Sharjah

Unversity of Sharjah - Media - 23 May 2024

Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi ‘honoured’ to lead Biennale of Sydney 2026

The National - 16 May 2024

Hoor Al Qasimi named artistic director of the next Biennale of Sydney

The Art Newspaper - 15 May 2024

The guns and I didn’t agree’: A photographer’s vision of revolutionary Ghana | Review by Vanessa H. Larson

The Washington Post - 24 Apr 2024

Henok Melkamzer Garlands an Ancient Ethiopian Tradition

Art Review - 12 Apr 2024

Meg Arenberg – The Africa Institute Faculty Wins Prestigious Award for Zanzibari Novel Comes Amidst Mounting Criticism of PEN America

BrittlePaper - 03 Apr 2024

Ghanaian Photographer Gerald Annan-Forson Comes Into Focus with a US Retrospective

Art News - 28 Mar 2024

Henok Melkamzer: ‘Telsem Symbols and Imagery’ at the Sharjah Art Museum

Selection Arts - 25 Mar 2024

Encountering Toni Morrison in the Middle East

elephant.art - 15 Mar 2024

The Africa Institute honours Toni Morrison’s Legacy with a Special Symposium

Pulse 95 FM - 27 Feb 2024

10 African scholars to watch in 2024

The Africa Report - 24 Jan 2024

African Countries Need a New Economic Model

World Politics Review - 16 Jan 2024

In collaboration with The Africa Institute: SAF hosts South African artist-activist Jantjes and emerging photographers

Gulf Today - 04 Jan 2024

Gavin Jantjes, Sharjah Art Foundation review — fierce artworks defied apartheid’s absurdities

Financial Times - 01 Jan 2024

Cultural Currents: The Africa Institute’s Exploration of African Islands in Indian Ocean

Contemporary Identities Magazine - 20 Dec 2023

Observing World Arabic Language Day on December 18, Why is Arabic So Unique? | Interview with Bilal Al-Omar, Senior Lecturer of Arabic at The Africa Institute

Pulse 95 FM - 18 Dec 2023

Country-Focused Season: The Africa Institute Hosts Colorful Threads | Interview with John Thabiti Willis, Associate Professor of African History at The Africa Institute

Pulse 95 FM - 13 Dec 2023

South African artist Gavin Jantjes presents over 100 works in Sharjah – Curated by Salah M Hassan, Director, The Africa Institute

Gulf News - 22 Nov 2023

Are the IMF and World Bank good or bad for Africa?

BBC News - The Africa Daily - Podcast - 18 Oct 2023

The Africa Institute Faculty Grieve Chelwa at Global finance and climate change – Countdown to COP28

Commonwealth Foundation - 05 Oct 2023

Sharjah Ruler issues Emiri Decree establishing Global Studies University

Gulf Today - 18 Sep 2023

25 Must-See Museum Shows Beyond the US to Visit This Fall

ART News - 05 Sep 2023

Ep# 77 – Professor Christopher J. Lee’s 60s Picks: Battle of Algiers & Black Girl

Cinema60 Podcasts - 29 Aug 2023

Sharjah conference highlights significance of Indian Ocean in multipolar world

Al Arabiya English - 21 Dec 2022

Scholars dive into Indian Ocean from The Africa Institute platform

Gulf Today - 19 Dec 2022

Salah Hassan: ‘country-focused season’ focuses on part of Africa

Sharjah 24 News - 15 Dec 2022

David Adjaye’s Recent Projects Embrace Artistry and Diversity

Hospitality Design - 14 Dec 2022

The Africa Institute wins award for their campus design: “Unbuilt—Commercial, Cultural, Civic, Education”

The Architect's Newspaper - 14 Dec 2022

Conversation about Art with Hoor Al Qasimi, President of The Africa Institute

Heidi Zuckerman Podcast: Conversations about Art - 13 Dec 2022

Africa Institute announces country-focused season 3 is Indian Ocean

Sharjah 24 News - 12 Dec 2022

Sharjah hosts workshop on Western Sudan Community Museums project

Gulf Today - 11 Dec 2022

Sharjah hosts a workshop on the Western Sudan Community Museums Project

Amazing Architecture - 11 Dec 2022

Sharjah hosts a workshop on the W. Sudan Comm. Museums Project

Sharjah 24 News - 09 Dec 2022

The Africa Institute Announces Third Country-Focused Season Covering the Indian Ocean Region

Broadway World - 09 Dec 2022

The Africa Institute Sharjah whips up academic tempest on Indian Ocean

Gulf Today - 08 Dec 2022

The Africa Institute announces multi-disciplinary meet covering Indian Ocean region

Al Arabiya English - 08 Dec 2022

Sharjah to host workshop on Western Sudan Community Museums project

Al Arabiya English - 07 Dec 2022

Conversations About Art with Salah M. Hassan

Heidi Zuckerman Podcast: Conversations about Art - 02 Nov 2022

Alla ricerca della «Black Star» dell’Africa (Italian Publication)

Il Giornale dell'arte - 24 Oct 2022

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag pays tribute to the women of Sudan

The Economist - 19 Oct 2022

The 9 Must-See Museum Shows During Frieze Week, From Carolee Schneemann’s First U.K. Retrospective to Cecilia Vicuña’s Turbine Hall Installation

The Economist - 11 Oct 2022

Four exhibitions to see during Frieze Week

Culture Whisper - 11 Oct 2022

How to make the most of art season in the capital

Harpers Bazaar - 08 Oct 2022

Africa’s week in pictures: 30 September – 6 October 2022

BBC News - 07 Oct 2022

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness at the Serpentine Gallery

The Upcoming - 07 Oct 2022

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag’s Fluid, Untethered Modernism

Ocula Magazine - 05 Oct 2022

A Guide to Arts and Culture This October

Art Review - 03 Oct 2022

Serpentine, SAF with Africa Institute present 1st solo exhibition

Sharjah 24 - 27 Sep 2022

Artists Kamala Ibrahim Ishag To Debut New Works In London

Broadway World - 27 Sep 2022

The Extraordinary Life of Ibrahim El-Salahi

Apollo Magazine - International Art Magazine - 26 Sep 2022

Five Shows to See in the UK this Autumn

Frieze - 23 Sep 2022

Artist View: The Sudanese Visions of Kamala Ibrahim Ishag

The Guardian - 09 Sep 2022

The Cultural Calendar: The Sudanese Scene

Country and Town House (UK Magazine) - 01 Sep 2022

Beyond the Door of No Return: Confronting Hidden Colonial Histories Through Contemporary Art

New Books Network - 19 Aug 2022

Serpentine to Open Kamala Ishag Exhibition in London in October

500 Words Magazine - 16 Aug 2022

Chika Okeke-Agulu: Shining the spotlight on a true “son of the soil”, By Toyin Falola

Premium Times Nigeria - 08.3.2022 - 03 Aug 2022

Africa Institute ‘a nexus for knowledge building’

Al Khaleej - 21 Jul 2022

Sharjah Art Foundation announces its autumn 2022 programmes

Sharjah 24 - 18 Jul 2022

A is not for Apple feat. The Africa Institute faculty Prof Binyam Sisay Mendisu

Traces & Dreams Podcast - Education in Africa - 17 Jul 2022

UAE-based The Africa Institute selects Arcserve’s OneXafe

UAE Digital News - 28 Jun 2022

Gerald Annan-Forson “Revolution and Image-making in Postcolonial Ghana”

Mousse Magazine - 06 Jun 2022

Experts On Africa Set To Bring More African Voices Into Global Debates

Africa.com - 02 Jun 2022

The Africa Institute Sharjah to launch book that pairs love and revolution

Gulf Today - 06 May 2022

Love arts and culture? Here are 4 great reasons to visit Sharjah

Whats On - 11 Apr 2022

Ghana: The power of art to safeguard history and change the future

The Africa Report - 08 Apr 2022

Ruler of Sharjah: Africa contains a great cultural and heritage heritage (Arabic)

Al Bayan Newspaper - 25 Mar 2022

Sharjah: Contemporary artists present their solo work at major art exhibition

Khaleej Times - 25 Mar 2022

The 2022 March Meeting Contends with Global Decolonisation

Ocula Magazine - 23 Mar 2022

Newly Published, From a Vermont Sanctuary to Chicago’s Spoken Word

The New York Times - 16 Mar 2022

A new generation of African designers, defined by their cross-culturalism, is here to stay

Architectural Digest - 10 Mar 2022

The 8 Best Booths at Art Dubai

ART News - 09 Mar 2022

Global Ghana Conference

Contemporary And (C&) - 08 Mar 2022

El Anatsui’s ‘Shard Song’ solo to launch Efie Gallery’s Dubai space

Gulf Today - 10 Feb 2022

Sir David Adjaye announced as inaugural recipient of the Charlotte Perriand Award

Stir World - 10 Feb 2022

February Book Bag: from Bernini ‘cementing his position as Baroque Rome’s dominant artist’ to a compendium of what makes artists tick

The Art Newspaper - 08 Feb 2022

SAF March Meeting and Spring 2022 Exhibitions

Al Bawaba - 20 Jan 2022

The Africa Institute Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship 2022 for creative writers

Daily News Reporters - 17 Dec 2021

Activities of the Africa Institute in Sharjah (Arabic)

Sharjah TV - 30 Oct 2021

Adjaye Associates designs monolithic campus for The Africa Institute in Sharjah

Dezeen - 12 Aug 2021

The Africa Institute’s Global Ghana brings the Black Star nation into focus

Gulf Today - 10 Aug 2021

Adjaye Associates reveals The Africa Institute campus building in Sharjah

Identity - 02 Aug 2021

Adjaye Associates unveils design for the new Africa Institute campus in Sharjah

Archinect - 28 Jul 2021

Adjaye Associates Reveals Design For Red-Pigmented Africa Institute Campus In Sharjah

World Architecture - 28 Jul 2021

Adjaye Associates unveils a tiered citadel concept for The Africa Institute in Sharjah

Stir World - 07.27.2021 - 27 Jul 2021

Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye unveils designs for Sharjah’s Africa Institute new campus

Commercial Interior Design - 23 Jul 2021

Design for Sharjah’s Africa Institute new campus unveiled

The National Newspaper - 07.22.2021 - 22 Jul 2021

Adjaye Associates reveals design for Africa Institute campus in Sharjah, UAE

The Architect's Newspaper - 21 Jul 2021

Adjaye Associates Unveils Rusty-Red Campus for The Africa Institute in Sharjah

Architectural Record - 20 Jul 2021

Sharjah Art Institute and Africa Institute host the premiere of “White Cube” (Arabic)

Al Bayan Newspaper - 11 Apr 2021

March Meeting 2021: Sharjah Art Foundation reveals curators and artists set to appear

The National Newspaper - 22 Jan 2021

Sharjah Art Foundation Examines Future of Biennial Model Through March Meeting 2021

Broadway World - 21 Jan 2021

Covid-19 Force Cultural Institutions To Rethink Visitor Participation

Eye of Riyadh - 16 Oct 2020

This Artwork Changed My Life: Aïda Muluneh’s “Knowing The Way To Tomorrow”

Artsy - 15 Sep 2020

Top Creative Minds: 25 Thought Leaders on the Esteemed A+Firm Awards Jury

Architizer - 11 Aug 2020

Editors’ Picks: 7 Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From an Online Tony Cokes Premiere to Asia Week New York’s Summer Redux

Art Net News - 20 Jul 2020

Stream free films with The Africa Institute and Sharjah Art Foundation

Gulf News - 19 Jul 2020

10 Life Lessons to Learn from Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi

Vogue Arabia - 26 Feb 2020

Sharjah’s Africa Institute to delve into Ethiopia’s rich history with new cultural programme

The National Newspaper - 15 Oct 2019

The Africa Institute organizes the research season “Ethiopia: A Modern Nation – Ancient Roots” (Arabic)

Sharjah TV - 13 Oct 2019

The Africa Institute launches its first academic and cultural season (Arabic)

Sharjah TV - 13 Oct 2019

The Africa Institute launches its first academic and cultural season on October 11 (Arabic)

Al Ittihad Newspaper - 09 Oct 2019

The Africa Institute organizes the research season “Ethiopia: A Modern Nation – Ancient Roots (Arabic)

Al Youm Newspaper - 19 Sep 2019

The Africa Institute organizes a global conference entitled “Africa from a Global Perspective” (Arabic)

Sharjah TV - 12 Mar 2019

“Global Africa: African and African Diaspora Studies in the 21st Century” international conference

E-flux Education - 21 Feb 2019

Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi Gives Us The Lowdown On African Art In Sharjah

Harper’s Bazaar Arabia - 23 Dec 2018

Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi Gives Us The Lowdown On African Art In Sharjah

Sharjah TV - 01 Oct 2018

Sultan Al Qasimi praises the role of art in the development of the Africa Institute (Arabic)

Sharjah 24 News - 26 Sep 2018

Africa Institute Project and Africa Hall (Arabic)

Ishraqat Engineering Magazine - 25 Sep 2018

Africa Hall returns with a new look and memory of the golden era in Sharjah (Arabic)

Emarat Al Youm - 19 Sep 2018

Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates the oldest cultural platform in Sharjah after its development (Arabic)

Ahram - 18 Sep 2018

Sultan inaugurates Africa Hall in Sharjah 25th September (Arabic)

Al Khaleej Newspaper - 18 Sep 2018

The Africa Institute Opens in Sharjah

Contemporary And (C&) - 17 Sep 2018

His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah issues a decree establishing and organizing the Africa Institute (Arabic)

Sharjah TV - 07 Jun 2018

Sharjah Ruler sets up African Institute

Gulf News - 06 Jun 2018
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