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Call for applications: "Making Knowledge Policy-Relevant: The SSH’s Role in Global Sustainable Development" (ZASB Summer School 2023)
The Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel calls for applications for its 2023 Summer School in African Studies from 23 August to 01 September 2023. The deadline for applications is 02 July 2023.
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Publication: "The Lower !Garib – Orange River Pasts and Presents of a Southern African Border Region"
Giorgio Miescher and Luregn Lenggenhager are co-editors of a volume that examines the social history, geography, and economy of a hardly researched border region between Namibia and South Africa. The publication results from the Swiss South…/ Research, Doctorate/PhD, People
Nachwuchspreis of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences for Frida Lyonga
This year's bronze award for young researchers of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW) goes to Frida Lyonga, a PhD candidate at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Basel.
/ Research, Studies
Interactive Map of Colonial Entanglements in Basel
An interactive map shows how the history of Basel is interwoven with the history of colonialism. The map is a coproduction of the Visionscarto collective in coproduction with students at the University of Basel in the framework of the…
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Basel Summer School in African Studies 2023: "Making knowledge policy-relevant: The SSH’s role in global sustainable development"
The Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB calls for applications for the Basel Summer School in African Studies 2023, which will take place from 23 August to 1 September 2023. The focus is on the challenge of policy relevance in the social…
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 190: "Sicherheit – ein knappes Gut"
Dieses Heft befasst sich mit den Bedingungen, unter denen Sicherheit erzeugt werden kann. Welche Rolle spielt der Staat als Produzent von Sicherheit? Wie kann ein Staat mit beschränkten Ressourcen die Bevölkerung in diesen Prozess…
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Publication: " Development trajectories of mediation support structures in the AU, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC"
This article by Michael Aeby and Jamie Pring examines the capabilities, utilisation and sustainability of the mediation support structures (MSS) in the framework of the the African Peace and Security Architecture.
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Publication: "Material Culture in Transit. Theory and Practice"
Zainabu Jallo is the editor of the first in the Book Series, Routledge Studies in Anthropology and Museums. The collection of essays critically addresses the multivalent ways in which mobility reshapes the characteristics of artefacts,…
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Artist in residence: Romy Brauteseth (Johannesburg)
Romy Brauteseth is an integral part of the South African jazz scene. In April/May and August/September she will be artist in residence in Basel, develop two new musical projects and work on a book project.