Category: Network News
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Newsletter #7 – September 24, 2026
Access this edition of our newsletter here. It includes this message from Dr Kate Cowcher. Hello, after a summer break, from ASAHH Network! In this first newsletter of the network’s second year, you will find news from our members Dr George Agbo and Dr J. Kelechi Uguwanyi about their recently awarded RSE Collaboration Grant on…
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Report: Network Summer Meet-Up: Creativity As / In Research
On August 20th, ASAHH Network members gathered at the Royal Society of Edinburgh for a session of sharing current research, and discussing creative methodologies. The session began with a presentation from artist and writer JJ Fadaka about their sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show The Masquerade. JJ spoke of having grown up mainly in the UK, with…
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01/10/26 Roundtable: Lucky Sibiya’s uMabatha (Zulu Macbeth) Prints Between South Africa and Scotland
15:00-17:00 UK / 16:00-18:00 SA, 1 October 2026 Online via MS Teams, free tickets via link Lucky Sibiya (1942-1999) was a South African artist, born in Vryheid, who studied with Cecil Skotnes, head of the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg. In the mid-1970s, Sibiya produced the uMabatha portfolio of fifteen woodcuts, inspired by the play, uMabatha by…
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ASAHH Network Summer Meet-Up: Creativity In/As Research
14:00-17:00 – 20 August 2026 Hybrid event – Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22–26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ – Online via MS Teams Register here. We’re excited to announce our summer get-together at the RSE on ‘Creativity In/As Research’. Join us for conversations and presentations around the topic of art and creative practice as research…
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Newsletter #6 – June 5, 2026
Access this edition of our newsletter here. It includes this message from Dr Kate Cowcher. Welcome to the sixth ASAHH Newsletter. There are lot of exciting events and calls for the next month, all flagged below – from an Mbira music workshop to an Amazigh arts event. At St Andrews, we’re hosting Prof Antawan Byrd…
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25/6/2026 ASAHH Network Reflections: African Collections in Scotland
16:00-18:00, Thursday 25 June 2026 Hybrid event: Hebdomadar’s Room, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews; Online via MS Teams, free tickets via website Dr John Giblin, Keeper of Global Arts, Culture and Design, National Museums Scotland Join us for a special event to hear from Dr John Giblin, who will soon depart his post…
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Newsletter #5 – April 17, 2026
Access this edition of our newsletter here. It includes this message from Dr Kate Cowcher: Welcome to the fifth issue of the ASAHH Network newsletter. Welcome, as always to our new members! This month we highlight, amongst other things, a new publication from Dr Zachary Kingdon, an upcoming event at St Andrews on Algerian-French art…
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19/6/2026 ASAHH Network Forum 02
3:30pm-5:00pm, Friday 19 June 2026 Online, free tickets via website The Africa Scotland Art History Heritage Network is pleased to announce our next ASAHH Network Forum, taking place online via MS Teams. This is a collegial event for network members to share brief overviews of current or recent projects, or to put a call out for collaborators on…
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Newsletter #4 – February 27, 2026
Access this edition of our newsletter here. It includes this message from Dr Kate Cowcher: Welcome to the fourth issue of our Africa-Scotland Art History Heritage (ASAHH) Network newsletter. At the beginning of this month, I had the pleasure of seeing Zimbabwean musician, Angus Mtizwa, play in Edinburgh as part of the Rhythm and Revolution series at the People’s Leisure…