The African Studies Association of the United Kingdom was founded in 1963 and is the national subject association for Africanists within the academic community. ASAUK is a non-profit organisation which has over 900 members drawn from Africanist scholars, students and other experts. Through conferences, workshops, a newsletter and a number of prizes and awards, the African Studies Association supports and provides information to the Africanist community. ASAUK works in close cooperation with the Royal African Society (RAS), and members receive the influential quarterly journal African Affairs. In 2006 ASAUK was recognised as a Learned Society by the British Academy.
Mission
The mission of the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom is to advance African Studies and to facilitate the interchange of information, research and ideas in this field and the coordination of activities by and between persons and institutions concerned with the study of Africa.
We are currently working on a new Directory of Africanists in Britain.
If you are interested in joining the ASAUK, click on membership above.
Read about the recent winners of the Audrey Richards prize for the best thesis on Africa.
Read about the upcoming Biennial conference.
The latest newsletter from the Association is available for download from the News page.
