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Master’s block seminar: "European Land Investment in West Africa: Activist Approaches to Humanities Research"

This Master’s block seminar explores the involvement of European corporations in land investments across West Africa, with particular attention to Sierra Leone and Liberia. Bringing together perspectives from environmental history and…

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Young Scholars’ Forum: "Creative Encounters: Rethinking Research in Global Spheres"

This pre-conference event for the SGAS-VAD 2026 conference is designed for PhD candidates and early-career researchers to connect, reflect, and engage in a collaborative and supportive environment.

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In the media: "New book considers capitalists, conservationists, ancestral land"

Namibia's largest daily newspaper, The Namibian, reports on the launch of the southern African edition of the book "Space is the Ultimate Luxury – Capitalists, Conservationists and Ancestral Land in Namibia" by Bernard Moore and Luregn…

The Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB coordinates Africa-related teaching and research at the University of Basel and its partner institutions. It is an acknowledged centre for interdisciplinary Africa-focused research and offers a Master's and a PhD in African Studies as well as a continuing education programme for professionals.

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11 May 2026
Time: 12:15  - 14:00

Location: Seminar Room 4, Department of History, Hirschgässlein 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Department of History

Colloquium

Eric Burton: "Financing Liberation Struggles – Africa’s Hubs of Decolonization and the Creation of a Global Division of Anticolonial Labor, 1958-1966"

Research Seminar "African History"
12 May 2026
Time: 15:00  - 16:30

Location: Online per Zoom

Organizer: Mission 21

Public event

Webinar: "The dignity of water - sacred rivers and lakes"

Webinar series "Global Voices - Acting Together for Peace"
12 May 2026
Time: 17:30  - 19:00

Location: UniDistance Suisse, Schinerstrasse 18, 3900 Brigue

Organizer: UniDistance Suisse

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Bernhard Schär: "Where Were the Swiss? Switzerland and the Making of European Empire"

Inaugural Lecture
12 May 2026
Time: 18:00  - 20:00

Location: Herrengasse 11, 3011 Bern

Organizer: terre des hommes schweiz & SUKS – Schweizerisches Unterstützungskomitee für die Sahraouis

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Asria Mohamed: "Jaimitna"

Kuchen & Tee mit der Somazzi-Preisträgerin 2026
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Job: Praktikum Afrika Sammlung (50%)

Bernisches Historisches Museum

Job: Managing director of the Carl Schlettwein Foundation

Carl Schlettwein Foundation is looking for a bilingual (German/English) Managing Director with leadership experience.

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Cumulative outmigration and social thinning in rural Ghana
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Publication: "Cumulative outmigration and social thinning in rural Ghana"

This article by Michael Stasik develops the concept of cumulative outmigration to shed light on the recursive dynamics of rural depopulation. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research in a Ghanaian village characterized by substantive…

Photographs as Sources for African Histories of Health and Healing
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Publication: "Special Issue Introduction: Photographs as Sources for African Histories of Health and Healing"

This special issue co-edited by Danelle van Zyl-Hermann explores the opportunities and challenges of using photographs to write histories of health and healing in colonial and postcolonial Africa. Since the late nineteenth-century…

Pesticide Exposure
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Publication: "Pesticide exposure among organic and conventional smallholder farmers in Costa Rica and Uganda: biomarker evidence on exposure determinants"

A study in Costa Rica and Uganda co-authored by Martin Röösli and Samuel Fuhrimann shows pesticide exposure is widespread among smallholder farmers but can be reduced through organic farming and safety training.

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Short courses and certificate in African Affairs

The continuing education programme equips professionals with the knowledge, skills and resources that enable them to efficiently and sustainably work in an African context .

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University of Basel
Centre for African Studies Basel
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Tel: +41 (0)61 207 34 82

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How to find us:
The ZASB is very easy to reach by public transport. It takes about five minutes to reach the Centre from the tram/bus stops Schifflände (trams #6/8/11/14/16, buses #34/36) and Kunstmuseum (tram #1/2).

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