The Consortium for the Global South is a new collaboration led by the Centre of African Studies, Centre of Development Studies, Centre of Latin American Studies, Centre for Gender Studies and Centre of South Asian Studies, promoting the interdisciplinary study of the Global South within the University of Cambridge and...
The Centre of African Studies was founded in 1965 by pathbreaking anthropologist Audrey Richards, who came to Cambridge from Makerere University, Uganda. The Centre was established with the aim of expanding interdisciplinary research and teaching on Africa on the area studies Centre model. It was developed to provide a...
The Centre of South Asian Studies is a world-renowned, and exceptionally vibrant, research Centre. It serves all faculties and departments in the University whose teaching and research touches on the regions of South and Southeast Asia. Its rare library collection and unique archival collection of papers, films and...
The Centre of Development Studies provides interdisciplinary training where content and style have kept abreast with the changing reality of the developing world, and the changing requirements of those seeking to make a career in the development field. The tradition of research and teaching on development at Cambridge goes...
The Centre for Gender Studies is a multi-disciplinary Centre for research and teaching working with over 20 departments in the University and an international network of gender scholars. The aim of the Centre is to increase our capacity for rigorous gender analysis and to promote awareness of its relevance in historic...
The Centre of Latin American Studies was founded in 1966 to promote research and teaching on Latin America in the University. It is one of the five original “Parry Centres” that were established in Oxford, London, Cambridge, Glasgow and Liverpool following the report of the Parliamentary Committee on Latin American Studies...