Trump's Threat to Democracy and the Future of the Global Order – Event Report, 15 April 2025

Posted on April 17, 2025

On Tuesday, 15 April 2025, the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) hosted a public lecture titled “Trump's Threat to Democracy and the Future of the Global Order,” delivered by Dr. Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial...

Call for Papers: Workshop and Book Project

Posted on February 25, 2025

This projecat calls for critical examination of US foreign policy under Trump 2.0. and implications for world order, disorder, and reorder.

PUBLIC CONVERSATION: The 2024 Elections in South Africa and the United States

Posted on May 01, 2024

South Africa and the United States both have the most consequential elections in their political history in 2024.

REPORT: Study Tour

Posted on April 16, 2024

From the 11th to the 15th of March, an inspiring journey unfolded as students from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Pretoria embarked on a week-long exchange and study tour of South Africa.

POLICY BRIEF 4: The US-Africa Leaders’ Summit: A Review

Posted on April 15, 2024

A half-day policy seminar was held on 27 February 2023, hosted by the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), and the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS), both at the University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa; and the Center for African Studies at Howard...

African Immigration into the United States: A Growing Deal

Posted on November 13, 2023

In September 2023, President Joe Biden created a new advisory council that aims to strengthen ties between the US and Africa. The 12-member council, which includes several African-born US citizens—one of them being former US ambassador to South Africa, Mr. Patrick Gaspard—was created,...

PUBLIC LECTURE: Exploring Race and Gender-Based Activism for Public Health Promotion in the United States: learnings for South Africa

Posted on October 24, 2023

For centuries, Black people in the United States and South Africa have been allies in the struggle for social justice and racial equity. This presentation will explore how examples of Black activism in the United States have created systems and structures to protect, promote, and preserve the...

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: INTERROGATING THE US’ STANCE AND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ON THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR

Posted on October 19, 2023

Though the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has condemned Israel’s siege of Gaza, the US, a strong ally of Israel, has publicly declared its support for Israel