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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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06 Dec 2023
Time: 17:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, Basel

Organizer: Martha Akawa, Dag Henrichsen, Giorgio Miescher, Julia Rensing, Lorena Rizzo

Julia Rensing (University of Basel): “Troubling Archives”

In the framework of the Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
06 Dec 2023
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

Location: Seminar Room | Münsterplatz 19 | Basel

Organizer: Institute of Social Anthropology

Colloquium

Alexander Brust: "Ambivalent Perceptions: Human Relations, Cultural Subjects and the Interpretation of Colonial Legacies between Colombia, Brazil and Switzerland"

Colloquium of the Institute of Social Anthropology
04 Dec 2023
Time: 12:15  - 14:00

Location: Seminarraum 3 | Hirschgässlein 21 | 4051 Basel

Organizer: Department of History

Colloquium

Andrina Sommer: "Frauenbilder in der kolonial-französischen Alkoholwerbung aus dem Maghreb (circa 1920–1950)"

Research Seminar African History
01 Dec 2023 - 02 Dec 2023
Time: 10:00  - 15:00

Location: Seminar für Medienwissenschaft, Holbeinstrasse 12, 4051 Basel / Zoom

Organizer: Institut für Medienwissenschaft

The (In)Audible Past

Hybrid working meeting of the SNSF funded research project "The (In)Audible Past"
30 Nov 2023
Time: 14:00  - 15:30

Location: Online via Zoom

Organizer: Universities of Edinburgh, Basel and Leuven

Public event, Colloquium

Nathan Andrews: "Decolonising African Studies Pedagogies"

In the framework of the African Politics Research Group online colloquium
29 Nov 2023
Time: 17:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, Basel

Organizer: Martha Akawa, Dag Henrichsen, Giorgio Miescher, Julia Rensing, Lorena Rizzo

Public event

Susanne Kuss (University of Freiburg i. B.) Martha Akawa (UNAM) Memory Biwa (historian and artist Berlin) & colleagues: “German and Namibian sources on colonialism and genocide”

In the framework of the Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
29 Nov 2023
Time: 16:15  - 18:00

Location: Seminar Room | Münsterplatz 19 | Basel

Organizer: Institute of Social Anthropology

Colloquium

Apostolos Andrikopoulos: "Argonauts of West Africa: Unauthorized Migration, Identity Documents and Kinship Dynamics in a Changing Europe"

Colloquium of the Institute of Social Anthropology
28 Nov 2023
Time: 16:15

Location: Zoom

Organizer: Urban Studies

Lecture series

South Designs for Planetary Futures: "Rural Futurisms x Gemane Barnes"

Online lecture series of the Critical Urbanisms programme
24 Nov 2023
Time: 18:00

Location: Novartis Pavillon | St Johanns-Hafen-Weg 5 | 4056 Basel

Organizer: Swiss TPH, Novartis

Public event

Kelly Chibale: "Fostering Drug Discovery in Africa"

Public lecture co-hosted by the Swiss TPH and Novartis
23 Nov 2023
Time: 14:00  - 15:30

Location: Online via Zoom

Organizer: Universities of Edinburgh, Basel and Leuven

Public event, Colloquium

Saba Kassa: "The politics of anti-corruption: How politics supports and undermines anti-corruption efforts"

In the framework of the African Politics Research Group online colloquium
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