Annual Lecture in the Humanities and Sciences
GAAS
Besides inaugural lectures, the Academy also has the annual lecture series, instituted in 1993, where Fellows take turns in addressing topical issues in the humanities and the sciences. Annual Lectures delivered since 2003 are as follows:
Annual Lecture in the Humanities
Humanities
| YEAR | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 2004 | Language, the Mass media and Democracy in Ghana | Kwesi Yankah. |
| 2005 | Parliamentary Vetting and our Constitutional | Democracy, George Kingsley Acquah. |
| 2007 | Military Technology, the Nkrumah Government and Ghana Armed Forces, | S. K. Addae. |
| 2008 | The African Family in Crisis: the Case of Ghana | G. K. Nukunya. |
| 2009 | Signposts to Healthy Politics in Ghana | J.R.A. Ayee. |
| 2010 | Language, Africa, and the Art of being Human | Mary Esther Kropp-Dakubu. |
| 2012 | Peaceful Electoral Environment and Elections: The Role of Stakeholders | Most Rev. Prof. E. Asante |
| 2013 | The Constitutional Phrase ‘We the People’ and the Politics of Inclusion | K. Gyekye. |
| 2016 | Scholarly Publishing in Africa and the Role of the Open Access Initiative (OAI) | A. A. Alemna |
| 2017 | Of Demolished University Gates in a Fourth Republic: Is Academic Freedom under Siege | K. Yankah |
| 2018 | Migration, Farmer-Herder Conflicts and Insecurity in Ghana: Unravelling the Recent Violent Incidents in the Afram Plains | Professor Steve Tonah |
| 2019 | Divinity and Epidemiology: Religion and Public Health in The History of Pandemics in Africa (1918-2020) | J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu |
| 2021 | “60 Years of Scholarly Excellence: Challenges, Achievements and Prospects” | Nana S.K.B. Asante |
| 2022 | The Parameters of Right to Information and its Impact on Ghana | Justice Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei |
| 2023 | Food and Public Health: If it’s Not Safe, it’s not Food, and if it’s not Healthy, it’s not Good Food: Unpacking Current Consensus and Tensions in the Food and Public Health Nutrition Landscape. | Prof. Amos Laar |
| 2024 | Food Is Medicine, Food Is Poison: A Social Psychological Perspective on Ghana’s Public Health Nutrition Crisis | Prof. Ama de-Graft Aikins |
Annual Lecture in the Sciences
Sciences
| YEAR | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 2003 | Water: A Crisis in Development | Letitia E. Obeng. |
| 2005 | The Landscape industry in Sustainable Environmental Management | J.C. Norman. |
| 2006 | Avian Influenza. Science Section and College of Physicians and Surgeons | – Symposium |
| 2007 | Who is a Sickle Cell Person | S. K. Addae. |
| 2008 | Managing the Impact of Climate Change on Food Security: Some Post-Production Options for Ghana. | S. Sefa-Dedeh. |
| 2009 | Technology for Development in Resource-Poor Countries | W. S. Alhassan. |
| 2010 | The Threat of Counterfeit and Substandard Drugs to Healthcare Delivery in Developing Countries | I. Addae-Mensah. |
| 2012 | Clay; Its Benefits to Mankind | V.P.Y. Gadzekpo. |
| 2013 | Naturally Occurring Radioactivity in Our Homes | Aba Bentil Andam. |
| 2015 | Galamsey: Effects on Soil Productivity, | Yaw Ahenkorah & E. Owusu-Bennoah |
| 2017 | Stress and Rest: Pharmacodynamic Modulation for Sustainable Human Health’ | Arthur C. Sackeyfio |
| 2018 | Plants and Human Development | G.K.S. Aflakpui |
| 2019 | Is Ghana on the Brink of Ecological Suicide? | Rose E. M. Entsua-Mensah |
| 2020 | Biodiversity Conservation, Genetic Resources, Gene Sequencing and The Nagoya Protocol: Challenges, Dilemmas and Opportunities | Alfred A. Oteng-Yeboah |
| 2021 | Self and Non-Self: The Marvel of The Human Immune System | Isabella A. Quakyi |
| 2022 | The Science of Oware Board | Dr. Nii Darku Quaynor |
| 2024 | Gold Beneficiation in Ghana: Promoting Sustainable Practices [Video] | Grace Ofori-Sarpong Akuffo |
| 2025 | FUEL FOR THOUGHT: The Impact of Cooking Fuels on High School Kitchen Air Quality [Video] | Marian Asantewah Nkansah |