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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240620T141500
SUMMARY:6th Biennial AEGIS CRG African History Conference
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to the 6th Biennial AEGIS CRG Afri
 can History Conference hosted in collaboration with the Department of Hist
 ory at the University of Basel and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien with s
 upport from the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel.\\r\\nThe confe
 rence is free of charge. The conference hosts will offer refreshments duri
 ng the breaks and a dinner on 20 June. Participants are required to arrang
 e and pay for their own travels and accommodation. We have made a prelimin
 ary reservation for a number of rooms at Hotel IBIS Budget\, close to the 
 train station Basel SBB. Rooms can be booked at a preferential rate via ou
 r registration form until 30 April 2024.\\r\\nThose wishing to take part m
 ust register before 30 April 2024 via our online-form https://forms.gle/dC
 rZESTPjXBAboEP7 [https://forms.gle/dCrZESTPjXBAboEP7]. Please note that al
 l confirmed participants (including roundtable conveners and organizers) a
 re requested to register! Late registration is possible but we then cannot
  guarantee the availability of a hotel room.\\r\\n\\r\\nProgramme\\r\\n(de
 tailed roundtable descriptions see download)\\r\\nThursday 20 June\\r\\n14
 :15        Welcome \\r\\n14:30        Roundtable I: Betwixt 
 and Between: On Being Classified as “Mulatto” / “Mixed Race” / Mé
 tis in West Africa\, 16th–20th C.\\r\\n16:00        Coffee/tea br
 eak\\r\\n16:15        Roundtable II: Tools of power – teaching ab
 out the past in Ethiopia\, Egypt and Sudan\\r\\n17:45        Break\
 \r\\n18:00        Exciting Lecture in African History: Invisibility
 \, hyper-visibility\, erasure\, and elsewhereness: working with black wome
 n’s life-stories (Athambile Masola\, Cape Town)\\r\\n19:00       
  Drinks and dinner\\r\\nFriday 21 June\\r\\n09:00        Roundtable
  III: Archives\, Languages and Pasts: foregrounding African knowledge prod
 uctions and history practices\\r\\n10:30        Coffee/tea break\\r
 \\n11:00        CRG business meeting \\r\\n12:00        Lunc
 h\\r\\n13:00        Roundtable IV: Agency as a problem in African h
 istory\\r\\n14:30        Farewell coffee\\r\\n\\r\\n16:00     
    Optional tour: Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) – Namibia Resourc
 e Centre & Southern Africa Library\\r\\n17:30        Reception (Ap
 éro) at BAB\\r\\n\\r\\nOrganizers:   Julia Tischler\, Department of Hist
 ory\, University of Basel\\r\\n                     Dag
  Henrichsen\, Basler Afrika Bibliographien\\r\\n             
         Veit Arlt\, Centre for African Studies\, University of Basel
 \\r\\nSupport:        Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel
X-ALT-DESC:<p>We are pleased to invite you to the 6<sup>th</sup> Biennial A
 EGIS CRG African History Conference hosted in collaboration with the Depar
 tment of History at the University of Basel and the Basler Afrika Bibliogr
 aphien with support from the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel.</
 p>\n<p>The conference is free of charge. The conference hosts will offer r
 efreshments during the breaks and a dinner on 20 June. Participants are re
 quired to arrange and pay for their own travels and accommodation. We have
  made a preliminary reservation for a number of rooms at Hotel IBIS Budget
 \, close to the train station Basel SBB. Rooms can be booked at a preferen
 tial rate via our registration form until <strong>30 April 2024</strong>.<
 /p>\n<p>Those wishing to take part <strong>must register before 30 April 2
 024</strong> via our online-form <a href="https://forms.gle/dCrZESTPjXBAbo
 EP7">https://forms.gle/dCrZESTPjXBAboEP7</a>. Please note that all confirm
 ed participants (including roundtable conveners and organizers) are reques
 ted to register! Late registration is possible but we then cannot guarante
 e the availability of a hotel room.</p>\n\n<h2><span><span><span><strong><
 span><span><span>P</span></span></span></strong><strong><span><span>r<span
 >o</span><span>g</span><span>r</span><span>am</span><span>m</span>e</span>
 </span></strong></span></span></span></h2>\n<p>(detailed roundtable descri
 ptions see download)</p>\n<h3><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Thurs<
 span>d</span><span>a</span>y 20 <span>J</span>u<span>ne</span></span></spa
 n></strong></span></span></span></h3>\n<p>14:15<strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Welcome </strong></p>\n<p>14:30<strong>&nbs
 p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Roundtable I: Betwixt and Be
 tween: On Being Classified as “Mulatto” / “Mixed Race” / Métis in
  West Africa\, 16th</strong><strong>–</strong><strong>20th C.</strong></
 p>\n<p>16:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Coffee/tea b
 reak</p>\n<p>16:15<strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ; Roundtable II:</strong> <strong>Tools of power – teaching about the pa
 st in Ethiopia\, Egypt and Sudan</strong></p>\n<p>17:45&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Break</p>\n<p>18:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb
 sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <strong>Exciting Lecture in African History: Inv
 isibility\, hyper-visibility\, erasure\, and elsewhereness: working with b
 lack women’s life-stories (Athambile Masola\, Cape Town)</strong></p>\n<
 p>19:00<strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </strong>
 Drinks and dinner</p>\n<h3><span><span><span><span><span><strong><span><sp
 an>Friday 21 June</span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span
 ></h3>\n<p>09:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <strong>
 Roundtable III: Archives\, Languages and Pasts: foregrounding African know
 ledge productions and history practices</strong></p>\n<p>10:30&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Coffee/tea break</p>\n<p>11:00<stron
 g>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; CRG b</strong><strong>
 usiness meeting </strong></p>\n<p>12:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\; Lunch</p>\n<p>13:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\; <strong>Roundtable IV: Agency as a problem in African history</s
 trong></p>\n<p>14:30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Fare
 well coffee</p>\n\n<p>16:00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \; <strong>Optional tour: Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) – Namibia R
 esource Centre &amp\; Southern Africa Library</strong></p>\n<p>17:30&nbsp\
 ;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Reception (Apéro) at BAB</p>\
 n\n<p><strong>Organizers:</strong> &nbsp\; Julia Tischler\, Department of 
 History\, University of Basel</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Dag Henrichsen\, Basler Afrika Bibliographien</p>
 \n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Veit Arl
 t\, Centre for African Studies\, University of Basel</p>\n<p><strong>Suppo
 rt:&nbsp\;</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Freiwillige 
 Akademische Gesellschaft Basel</p>
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