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25 Aug 2026
Time: 08:00  - 18:00

Location: Kollegienhaus, Room 001, Petersplatz 1, Basel

Organizer: MEA Institute for Strategic Studies

MEA Young Leaders Forum

The forum is organised by the MEA Institute for Strategic Studies and fosters a dialogue between graduates, young professionals, and students.
25 Aug 2026
Time: 12:00

Location: Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 9, Basel

Organizer: Centre for African Studies Basel

Young Scholars' Forum: Creative Encounters - Rethinking Research in Global Spheres

A gathering designed specifically for PhD candidates and early-career researchers to connect, reflect, and engage in a collaborative and supportive environment.
26 Aug 2026 - 28 Aug 2026

Location: University of Basel, main building ("Kollegienhaus")

Organizer: ZASB

Congress / Conference / Symposium

Conference: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations"

Joint SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference, Basel, 26-28 August 2026
26 Aug 2026 - 28 Aug 2026

Location: Room 035 (ground floor), Universität Basel, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, 4001 Basel

Organizer: SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026

Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "Nigerian Images Reimagined"

By Adeyemi Akande
26 Aug 2026
Time: 09:00  - 10:30

Location: Auditorium 033, Kollegienhaus, Petersgraben 50, 4051 Basel

Organizer: SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026

Congress / Conference / Symposium

Lyn Ossome: "The Agrarian Structure and Contradictions of Social Reproduction in Africa"

Opening Session & Keynote of the SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026
26 Aug 2026
Time: 18:00  - 19:30

Location: Kollegienhaus, Petersgraben 50, 4051 Basel

Organizer: SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026

Exhibition / Opening

[CANCELLED] Bernard Gardi: "Following the Thread: On the Significance and Interconnectedness of Textiles in the African Sahel"

In the framework of the SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026
26 Aug 2026
Time: 20:00  - 22:00

Location: Theater Basel, Theaterstrasse 7, 4010 Basel

Organizer: Theaterfestival Basel

Exhibition / Opening

Dance theatre: "Izithukuthuku: The Tattered Soul of the Worker"

In the framework of the SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026
26 Aug 2026
Time: 20:30

Location: the bird's eye jazz club, Kohlenberg 20, 4051 Basel

Other events

Concert with Robin Fassie: "Ukugeleza"

In cooperation with the Centre for African Studies
27 Aug 2026
Time: 12:45  - 13:45

Location: Seminar room 104, Kollegienhaus, Petersgraben 50, 4051 Basel

Organizer: SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026

Public event

Katienegnimin Seydou Konate: "L’Humain, la nature, les enjeux et défis écologiques"

Book presentation and launch in the framework of the SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026, followed by an apéro
27 Aug 2026
Time: 19:00  - 20:30

Location: Auditorium 033, Kollegienhaus, Petersgraben 50, 4051 Basel

Organizer: SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026

Congress / Conference / Symposium

Nomusa Makhubu: "Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Live Art, Entrapment and Civic Freedom"

Carl Schlettwein Lecture (public) in the framework of the SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference 2026, followed by an apéro

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/ Public event, Workshop

Emerging Leaders Forum: "Africa's Transformation Crossroads – Youth as Policy Drivers"

MEA Institute
/ Workshop

Workshop: "Land, Conservation, and Mining: Dereliction and Curation in African Landscapes"

Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes (CEDEL)
/ Public event

Jasmine Rose Goagoses, Maria Lugambo Hamukwaya & Thorsten Schütte: "Filmmaking in Namibia"

Lunch Talk at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien
– / Workshop

Authors’ workshop: "Spirit matters: Exploring histories of spirits and things"

University of Basel
/ Colloquium

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium: Closing Discussion

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
/ Public event, Guest lecture / Talk

Andrea Azizi Kifyasi: "China’s medical assistance to Tanzania: health services and medical knowledge in the context of South-South development cooperation"

Lunch talk co-organized by the ZASB, Department of History and R. Geigy Foundation
/ Public event

Book launch: "Politics of Land and Conservation in the Dongola-Mapungubwe Area"

Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule
/ Public event

Tjijandjeua "Gift" Uzera & Tweyapewa Ndapandula Mbendeka: "Ancestral Archives, Resonant Bodies, Material Explorations"

Lunch Talk at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien
/ Colloquium

Dirk Moses: "Genocide or War?: Conceptual Confusion in Understanding the Destruction of Gaza"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium in collaboration with Middle Eastern Studies
/ Public event

Workshop: "Building the Record, Organizing the Response: Indexing Anti-Palestinian Repression in Europe"

With Tara Mariwany
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20 Mar 2024
Time: 18:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien | Klosterberg 23 | 4051 Basel (online participation possible)

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Liam Kingsley: "Aid and Externality: Medical Governance in SWAPO Exile Camps, 1974–1989"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
20 Mar 2024
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

Location: Institute of Social Anthropology, Münsterplatz 19, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Institute of Social Anthropology

Colloquium

Book Roundtable: "Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice"

Anthropological Crossroads Colloquium, Institute of Social Anthropology
13 Mar 2024
Time: 18:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien | Klosterberg 23 | 4051 Basel (online participation possible)

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Patricia Noormahomed: "(Re)defining the Modern Built Heritage of Mozambique"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
13 Mar 2024
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

Location: Institute of Social Anthropology, Münsterplatz 19, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Institute of Social Anthropology

Colloquium

Sandra Calkins: "On Parts and Wholes: Plant Agency in Ugandan Genomic Research" (University of Twente)

Anthropological Crossroads Colloquium, Institute of Social Anthropology
06 Mar 2024
Time: 18:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien | Klosterberg 23 | 4051 Basel (online participation possible)

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium: Introduction

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
26 Feb 2024
Time: 12:15  - 13:45

Location: Rheinsprung 21, Basel, foyer

Organizer: ZASB

Other events

Semester Apéro of the Centre for African Studies

Staff, students and associates of the Centre are cordially invited to the traditional meet'n'greet opening the semester.
14 Dec 2023
Time: 17:00

Location: ZASB Foyer, Rheinsprung 21, Basel

Public event, Exhibition / Opening

Vernissage: "Barbed(wire): tool of oppression tool of protection"

Vernissage of a photo and poster exhibition at the Centre for African Studies Basel
13 Dec 2023
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

Location: Seminar Room | Münsterplatz 19 | Basel

Organizer: Institute of Social Anthropology

Colloquium

"Living Together, Apart: Transnational Attachments, Intimacies, and Kinship" (field course)

Colloquium of the Institute of Social Anthropology
12 Dec 2023
Time: 16:00  - 18:00

Location: Social Sciences Department, Rheinsprung 21, Room 00.002

Organizer: ZASB

Public event

Public Talk: "Outward Ethnographies"

Colloquium of the African Studies
11 Dec 2023
Time: 16:15  - 17:45

Location: Zoom

Organizer: ZASB

Guest lecture / Talk

Till Förster: "Nafoun – there is no fire"

In the framework of the ZASB key area "Politics and Governance"
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