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15 Sep 2026
Time: 16:30

Location: Kuppelraum, Hauptgebäude, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern

Organizer: Abteilung für Chancengleichheit, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Geschlechterforschung IZFG

Public event

Panel discussion: "Inequalities in Access to Higher Education"

Racism, Classism, and the Experiences of First-Generation Students and Scholars
16 Sep 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Introduction of the Research Colloquium

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
17 Sep 2026
Time: 18:15

Location: HS120, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, 4001 Basel

Organizer: Centre for African Studies / Near & Middle Eastern Studies

Sherene Seikaly: "On Time in Palestine"

Public Lecture in connection with the SWANA doctoral workshop 2026
18 Sep 2026 - 19 Sep 2026

Location: TBA

Organizer: Falestin Naïli & Lorena Rizzo

Workshop

Doctoral Workshop: "A Global History of Palestine"

Swiss National Science Foundation Research Project “Futures Interrupted”
18 Sep 2026
Time: 18:30  - 19:30

Location: Bernisches Historisches Museum (BHM), Helvetiaplatz 5
, 3005 Bern


Organizer: Bernisches Historisches Museum and The Museums Association of Namibia

Public event

Panel discussion: "Why Don't You Just Send It Back?"

Panel discussion in the framework of the exhibition "Destination: Usakos"
23 Sep 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Mark Drumbl & Shannon Fyfe: "Memories of Colonialism & Genocide along Namibia's Cemeteries & Streets"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
26 Sep 2026
Time: 15:00  - 16:30

Location: Online per Zoom

Organizer: Mission 21

Public event

Webinar: "The dignity of fire - energy and spirituality"

Webinar series "Global Voices – Acting Together for Peace"
29 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2026
Time: 20:30  - 22:45

Location: Kohlenberg 20, 4051 Basel

Organizer: the bird's eye jazz club

Concert: Bokani Dyer Trio

A lyrical, elegant blend of contemporary jazz and South African tradition
30 Sep 2026
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

Location: Seminarraum -201, Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 9, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Institute of Social Anthropology

Colloquium

Laurian Bowles: "The Weight of Waiting: Aluminum Pans, Contemporary Coloniality and Porter Labor in Ghana"

In the framework of the Anthropological Crossroads Colloquium
30 Sep 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Tycho van der Hoog: "North Koreans in Namibia: Lessons for the New Cold War"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium

Current exhibitions

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Exhibition: "Interwoven and Entangled – Provenance Research on the Textile Collection"

The MKB’s textile collection is as extensive as it is world-renowned. In a pop-up exhibition, the provenance research team not only shows how the collection is entangled in old colonial structures, but also what opportunities this offers…
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Exhibition: "Destination: Usakos. Going Home to Namibia – The Future of a Colonial Heritage"

Around 300 cultural belongings from the everyday lives of Namibian railway workers in the early twentieth century are currently stored at the Bern History Museum. The collection bears witness to the exploitation of land, resources and…

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