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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…

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Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies

Twice per year, the Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SSAS) reports on its members' activities and publications, and announces upcoming events. The current newsletter includes reports on conferences co-organized by the…

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In den Medien: "Zurück zur Natur? Wie Naturschutz mit Vergangenheit Politik macht"

In einem Artikel auf Geschichte der Gegenwart zeigt Luregn Lenggenhager Zusammenhänge zwischen Naturschutz, Geschichte, Herrschaft und Kolonialismus auf.

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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04 Mar 2026
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

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

Organizer: Institute of Social Anthropology

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Gabriel Scheidecker: "Anthropology and Early Childhood Development Interventions: Working Across Disciplinary Boundaries"

In the framework of the Anthropological Crossroads Colloquium
04 Mar 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

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Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium: Introduction

First session of the Research Colloquium with Antonio Uribe
06 Mar 2026
Time: 20:30

Location: Kohlenberg 20, 4051 Basel

Organizer: the bird's eye jazz club

Concert: Thandi Ntuli presents Rainbow Revisited with Sphelelo Mazibuko & Tlale Makhene

A trio that counters political uncertainty with the unshakeable spirit of the collective
07 Mar 2026
Time: 20:30

Location: Kohlenberg 20, 4051 Basel

Organizer: the bird's eye jazz club

Concert: Thandi Ntuli presents Rainbow Revisited with Sphelelo Mazibuko & Tlale Makhene

A trio that counters political uncertainty with the unshakeable spirit of the collective
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Special Issue on Conservation and Land in Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment
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Publication: "Conservation and land in Namibia: A palimpsestic reading of an underexplored nexus"

This special issue of the Namibian Journal of Environment, co-edited by Luregn Lenggenhager, set out to capture the many and varied ways in which conservation relates to land in Namibia; accordingly, the editors opted for expanse over…

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Publication: "Walking Together: Challenging Philosophical and Ethnographic Paradigms from the Ground Up"

Anna Bloom-Christen's book examines walking together as a research method, a social practice, and a paradigmatic social phenomenon. Anchored in long-term fieldwork in post-apartheid South Africa, it explores how walking together exposes the…

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Publication: "Histories and Legacies of Migrant Labour in Namibia and Switzerland"

This edited volume shows surprising similarities in labour history and its legacy in two different contexts: South African occupied Namibia and Switzerland in the second half of the 20th century. The contributions in the volume are the…

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