Eigene News
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Publication: Transfigurations of Aging: Everyday Self-Care in a Civil Servant Milieu of Dar es Salaam
Andrea Kaiser-Grollimund examines health-promoting self-care practices of older urban dwellers and transfigurations of the social imaginary of aging in Dar es Salaam’s middle class.«Koloniales Denken wirkt überall nach»
Tanja Hammel im "Tagesanzeiger" über das koloniale Erbe der Schweiz«Alltagsrassismus ist schwer wegzukriegen»
Elísio Macamo in der "Zeit" zur Black-Lives-Matter-Bewegung in der Schweiz
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Publication: Decolonising the Academy: A Case for Convivial Scholarship (Carl Schlettwein Lecture 2019)
Francis B. Nyamnjoh's Carl Schlettwein Lecture makes a plea for not just conversations across disciplines but also the integration of popular epistemologies into scholarship. The lecture was held in the frame of the conference "Africa and …/ Studies
Black Lives Matter: Statement by students of the MA African Studies
As a response to the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests, the students of the Master's program African Studies issued a statement./ Research
Carl Schlettwein Lecture 2019 is published
Basler Afrika Bibliographien | Centre for African Studies
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Call: 4th CODESRIA/CASB Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Centre for African Studies in Basel (ZASB) call for applications for their 4th Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa./ Organizational Unit, People
Sonja Merten becomes a member of the ZASB Directorate
At its meeting of 2 June, the Steering Committee of the Centre for African Studies Basel elected Sonja Merten as a member of the Directorate.