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Centre for
African Studies

Events

Treffpunkt: Haupteingang Missionshaus, Missionstrasse 21, 4055 Basel

Organizer:
Mission 21

Stadtführung: "Mission und Kolonialismus in Basel"

12 Jun 2025 - 13 Jun 2025

Urban Studies and Centre of African Studies, Basel

Organizer:
PRECURBICA Project and Swiss Society for African Studies.

Congress / Conference / Symposium

International Workshop: "Liquid Urbanisms in Africa: Thinking Climate Adaptation with and through Water"

International Workshop in Critical Urbanism, University of Basel, 12-13 June 2025

01 Sep 2025 - 03 Sep 2025

Centre for African Studies Basel

Organizer:
Centre for African Studies and Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel

Congress / Conference / Symposium

Conference: "The African Genome at the Disciplinary Crossroads: how to widen the scope of genomics’ methods across to the humanities and social sciences"

University of Basel, 1–3 September 2025

Current exhibitions

23 Aug 2024 – 16 Feb 2025 / Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "In Dialogue with Benin. Art, Colonialism and Restitution"

An exhibition shedding light on the past, present and future of the cultural heritage from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria.

24 Aug 2024 – 14 Sep 2025 / Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "Benin Dues. Dealing with Looted Royal Treasures"

The exhibition presents the results of the Swiss Benin Initiative and has been developed with Nigerian experts from Benin City and diaspora groups in Zurich.

Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash

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