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Kollegienhaus der Universität Basel
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ZASB, ACT, ABI, Basel Institute on Governance
EUCOR cross-border workshop: "Citizenship in times of change. East-African perspectives"
The Africa Centre for Transregional Research, the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (University Freiburg), the Basel Institute on Governance and the Centre for African Studies Basel are organising a workshop to deepen the exchange on issues of citizenship with a focus on East Africa.
Citizenship is not a stable condition, but subject to change. It is not a given, but has to be fought for. It can gradually dwindle in phases of public disengagement, motivated by disenchantment with a government or as a result of active exclusion. The workshop will address the temporal dimensions of fluctuating citizenship, affected by crisis, violent conflict and re-foundations of polities, which offer opportunities for mobilization (or resistance), but also potentially new constraints on civil rights.
Registration is open until 12 April 2024.
Part I (Basel, Monday, 22 April 2024)
Chair: Saba Kassa, Basel Institute on Governance
09:30-10:30 | Citizenship beyond the nation-state? Exploring the prospects of the envisioned East African Political Federation (keynote lecture) | Alexander Makulilo (University of Dar es Salaam) |
10:30-11.00 | Kenyan Citizenship Regime in the Light of Public Participation | Gloria Kenyatta (Freiburg University) |
11.00-11.30 | Coffee Break |
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11:30-12:00 | The African Union Border Program and Citizenship/Belonging Politics on the Malawi-Mozambique Borderland | Anusa Daimon (University of Malawi) |
12:00-12.30 | Rethinking Citizenship and Belonging in Switzerland Presentation | Tebuho Winnie Kanyimba (University of Basel) |
12:30-12:40 | Discussant | Michael Aeby (University of Basel) |
12:40-13:00 | Group discussion |
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Part II (Freiburg, Monday, 29 April 2024)
Chair: Franzisca Zanker, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
14.00-14:30 | Competing Ideologies in the Construction of Post-Conflict Ethiopia. A Focus on Contested Citizenship | Catherine N’gang’a (University of Freiburg) |
14:30-15:00 | Awkward citizenship in Central Switzerland | Matthias Claudio Maurer Rueda (University of Basel) |
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
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15:30-16:00 | Citizenship Rights in the Context of Violent Extremism in Northern Mozambique | Rufino Sitoe (University of Basel) |
16:00 - 16.40 | Discussant | Andreas Mehler (Arnold Bergstraesser Institute) |
16:40-17:15 | Group discussion |
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17:15-17:30 | Reflective conclusion | Elisio Macamo (University of Basel) |
19.00: Evening lecture by Dr. Serawit B. Debele University of Bayreuth): “Genealogies of African Studies in Germany: An intersectional critique”
University of Freiburg, Room: KG I, Hörsaal 1098
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