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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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Call for applications: CODESRIA/ZASB Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in partnership with the ZASB, Dakar, 20-24 July 2026

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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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29 Apr 2026
Time: 14:30

Location: Online via Zoom

Organizer: Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), in collaboration with the African Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI)

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AAP Public Dialogue: "Governing AI in Africa: From Policy Frameworks to Enabling Ecosystems"

Alliance for African Partnership
03 May 2026
Time: 20:00

Location: Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel

Organizer: Kaserne Basel

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Concert: Nubya Garcia & Band

Offbeat Jazz Festival
05 May 2026 - 07 May 2026

Location: Zeppelin Universität, Am Seemooser Horn 20, DE-88045 Friedrichshafen and online via Zoom

Organizer: Zeppelin Universität

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Conference: "Transcultural relations and colonial legacies"

Restitution beyond objects, cultural memory and digital mediation
06 May 2026
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

Location: Seminar Room 1, Department of History, Hirschgässlein 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Department of History

Colloquium

Ettore Morelli: "The woman with copper earrings: fragments of a history of power in southern Africa, c. 1200–c. 1800"

Research Seminar "African History"
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Job: Hochschul-Praktikant*in im Bereich (digitale) internationale Bildungsveranstaltungen und Projektmanagement (80-100%)

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Job: Two interns in Continuing Education team

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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…

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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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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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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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