African Studies and Anthropology PhD

**Join an internationally renowned department of African Studies and Anthropology and conduct anthropological research with a focus on communities in Africa or the African diaspora.** <br/><br/>You’ll be supported by an interdisciplinary department with strengths in both African studies and Anthropology. Well provide you with expert supervision and knowledge of each discipline to enhance your research. <br/><br/>Our Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA) is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in research and postgraduate training. Benefit from the department’s international staff, interdisciplinary approach, diverse range of expertise, and active research community. <br/><br/>Academics in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology can supervise research projects drawing on archival, ethnographic and/or textual and media sources.<br/><br/>We have thematic expertise in topics including migration and diasporas, religion and society, economic inequality and insecurity, youth, the urban, popular culture, kinship, gender and sexuality.<br/><br/>We encourage you to consult our staff profile pages to identify a suitable lead supervisor before applying.<br/><br/><br/>- Be part of world-leading research. The Department was ranked second among all Area Studies departments in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise 2021, according to Times Higher Education, with 100% of published research deemed world-leading or internationally excellent. <br/><br/><br/>- Get involved with a range of activities, from weekly departmental seminars to our frequent international conferences on cutting-edge research topics hosted on campus.<br/><br/><br/>- The Department is home to an energetic and friendly community of anthropologists and Africanists – youll forge valuable research connections during your time at Birmingham.<br/>