BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news4621@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251203T155126 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250908 SUMMARY:Summer School: "Honouring Mudimbe: Rethinking Research through Afri can Thought" DESCRIPTION:The Basel Summer School in African Studies aims at stimulating and consolidating a new perspective on African Studies with a focus on Afr ican Studies as “area studies”. It addresses themes theoretically\, co nceptually and methodologically relevant to the pursuit of reflection on t he intellectual challenge of Africa as an object of knowledge on the one h and and its contribution to general scholarship on the other.\\r\\nThe pas sing of Valentin-Yves Mudimbe marks the end of an extraordinary intellectu al journey\, but also presents a powerful invitation to think anew. As one of Africa’s most incisive thinkers\, Mudimbe left us not only a formida ble critique of colonial knowledge systems but also a challenge: to imagin e a different future for research on and from Africa\, one in which Africa n conceptual creativity plays a central role. This Summer School seizes t he moment of his passing not to commemorate\, but to respond. It invites a new generation of researchers to grapple with the foundational question M udimbe raised: How can African Studies contribute not only to better know ledge about Africa\, but also to the renewal of the very tools through whi ch we produce knowledge\, namely concepts\, theories\, and methods?\\r\\nT his year's Advanced Study Skills workshop introduces participants to the basics of writing and submitting a book review to a scholarly journal.\\r\ \nThe Summer School takes place on-site in Basel\, Switzerland\, and is op en for PhD students enrolled at universities in Switzerland and abroad.  For PhD candidates enrolled at a university in Switzerland or in Africa\, the Summer School is free of charge. The participation fee for all other P hD candidates is CHF 150.\\r\\nDeadline for applications: 6 July 2025 X-ALT-DESC:

The Basel Summer School in African Studies aims at stimulatin g and consolidating a new perspective on African Studies with a focus on A frican Studies as “area studies”. It addresses themes theoretically\, conceptually and methodologically relevant to the pursuit of reflection on the intellectual challenge of Africa as an object of knowledge on the one hand and its contribution to general scholarship on the other.

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Th e passing of Valentin-Yves Mudimbe marks the end of an extraordinary intel lectual journey\, but also presents a powerful invitation to think anew. A s one of Africa’s most incisive thinkers\, Mudimbe left us not only a fo rmidable critique of colonial knowledge systems but also a challenge: to i magine a different future for research on and from Africa\, one in which A frican conceptual creativity plays a central role. \;This Summer Schoo l seizes the moment of his passing not to commemorate\, but to respond. It invites a new generation of researchers to grapple with the foundational question Mudimbe raised: \;How can African Studies contribute not only to better knowledge about Africa\, but also to the renewal of the ver y tools through which we produce knowledge\, namely concepts\, theories\, and methods?

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This year's Advanced Study Skills workshop intro duces participants \;to the basics of writing and submitting a book re view to a scholarly journal.

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The Summer School takes place on-site in Basel\, Switzerland\, and is open \;for PhD students enrolled at u niversities in Switzerland and abroad. \;For PhD candidates enrolled a t a university in Switzerland or in Africa\, the Summer School is free of charge. The participation fee for all other PhD candidates is CHF 150.

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Deadline for applications: 6 July 2025

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