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24 Aug 2026
Time: 09:00  - 17:30

Location: ZASB, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: CEDEL

Workshop

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

Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes (CEDEL)
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: 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
/ Public event

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

Lunch Talk at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien
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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
/ Public event

Workshop: "Education after Gaza after Education after Auschwitz"

With Dirk Moses
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26 Mar 2026 - 27 Mar 2026

Location: Seminar Room 2, Department of History, Hirschgässlein 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Department of History

Colloquium

Workshop: “Work in Progress”

Discussion of ongoing research projects in the framework of the Research Seminar "African History"
25 Mar 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Mark Mushiva: "Decolonial Futurities and African Accelerationism"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
23 Mar 2026
Time: 12:15  - 14:00

Location: Seminar Room 4, Department of History, Hirschgässlein 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Department of History

Colloquium

Catarina Madruga: "Collecting as Subsistence. Interspecies Relationships in the Production of Knowledge on Angolan Fauna, 1870s and 1910s"

Research Seminar "African History"
18 Mar 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Olivier van Beemen: "Hey, Weren't They the Good Guys?" – A Critical Look into Conservation in Africa

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
13 Mar 2026
Time: 12:30  - 13:30

Location: Online via Zoom

Organizer: ZASB

Public event

Webinar: Presentation of the Master’s program African Studies

With Veit Arlt
12 Mar 2026
Time: 17:30  - 19:45

Location: Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB

Public event

African Studies at Info Evening Master

Presentation of the Master's program
11 Mar 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Jeremy Tiboth: Poetic Reading and Conversation with Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja & Julia Rensing

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
04 Mar 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Introduction of the Research Colloquium

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
16 Feb 2026
Time: 12:15  - 13:45

Location: Rheinsprung 21, CH-4051 Basel

Organizer: Zentrum für Afrikastudien

Informational event

Semester-Apéro of the Centre for African Studies

The traditional meet'n'greet event for staff, students and associates
13 Feb 2026
Time: 20:15  - 22:00

Location: Verso Bar, Kollegienhaus, Petersgraben 50

Organizer: Centre for African Studies and Faculty of Theology

Public event

Party & concert: Black Earth Band

Join us at the Verso Bar for a party with the Black Earth Band
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