The British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) is headquartered in

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, and is dedicated to supporting historical, archaeological, and other social science and humanities research in eastern Africa. The BIEA is sponsored by the

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. The BIEA was founded in 1959 as the British Institute of History and Archaeology in East Africa. Its first director was the archaeologist Neville Chittick. The institute changed its name to the "British Institute in Eastern Africa" in 1970, and the BIEA's current facilities in Kileleshwa, Nairobi, include an extensive research library and office resources for visiting scholars. The BIEA sponsors a Graduate Attachment Scheme, as well as Humanities Research Fellowship program and an Archaeology Research Fellowship program. Membership to the BIEA is open to all.

Publications

Two academic journals are currently produced by the BIEA, ''Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa'' and the ''

Journal of Eastern African Studies The ''Journal of Eastern African Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the Eastern African region. It was established in 2007 and is published by Routledge on behalf of the British Institute in Eastern Afric ...

''.

Directors

Neville Chittick (1961-1983) John Sutton (1983-1998) Paul Lane (1998-2006) Justin Willis (2006-2009) Ambreena Manji (2010-2014)

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(2014-2018) Jane Humphris (2018-present), London Freda Nkirote (2018-present), Nairobi

References

External links

* https://www.biea.ac.uk/ {{authority control British overseas research institutes Organizations established in 1959 1959 establishments in Kenya