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It includes this message from Dr Kate Cowcher:
Welcome to the third issue of our Africa-Scotland Art History Heritage (ASAHH) Network newsletter, and a particular welcome to our new members.
Happy 2026! You will find below some information on relevant funding opportunities, upcoming workshops and events, and members’ news. The latter includes my own short report from Addis Ababa this January, where I led a Condition Checking workshop on paintings by the Ethiopian master modernist artist and poet, Gebre Kristos Desta.
Last December we hosted, online, the ASAHH Network Forum #1, the first iteration of a network research sharing event, which we hope to a programme further version of this spring / summer. It was informal, yet rich showcase of current projects by various members, ranging from histories of Makonde sculpture to questions of colonial-era collections in and beyond Scotland. My sincere thanks to Zachary, Winani, Sam and Kirke for sharing their work with us.
If you would be interested in sharing any aspect your current work with our members or hosting a Forum event on any theme relevant to your work (eg. collections best practice; histories of photography; ethical project co-creation; ECR research etc) – please be in touch: [email protected]. ASAHH Network Forums are intended to be collegial workshop spaces for colleagues to share both early-stage and developed research, and to connect with those interested in similar questions and concerns.
As always, be in touch with questions or suggestions for the ASAHH Network.
Dr Kate Cowcher
Lecturer in Art History, St Andrews
Image: Detail of Gebre Kristos Desta, Golgotha, oil on canvas board, 1963. Collection of the Gebre Kristos Desta Centre, Addis Ababa