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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: 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

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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
– / 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
/ Public event

Workshop: "Education after Gaza after Education after Auschwitz"

With Dirk Moses
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16 Sep 2018
Time: 16:00  - 18:00

Location: Centre for African Studies, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Veit Arlt

Public event

Concert: Derek Gripper & Hopkinson Smith - an encounter of J.S. Bach, Ballake Sissoko and Toumani Diabaté

Between Baroque and West African music traditions
15 Sep 2018
Time: 20:30  - 22:30

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

Organizer: Veit Arlt

Public event

Concert: The Swiss South African Jazz Quintet

A long lasting and exciting cooperation between North and South
15 Sep 2018
Time: 18:00  - 20:00

Location: Centre for African Studies, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Veit Arlt

Public event

Concert: Paul Hanmer & Derek Gripper feat. Hopkinson Smith - Desert Blues and Baroque

Chamber music of a different kind
15 Sep 2018
Time: 16:00

Location: Zentrum für Afrikastudien der Universität Basel am Rheinsprung 21, Basel

Organizer: IAF

Public event

Afrika Experten-Spaziergang

Im Rahmen des IAF
14 Sep 2018
Time: 20:30  - 22:30

Location: Centre for African Studies, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Veit Arlt

Public event, Other events

Concert: Siya Makuzeni's Ippyfuze

Siya Makuzeni (Johannesburg) navigates the space between Rock and Jazz.
13 Sep 2018
Time: 16:00  - 21:00

Location: Wildt'sches Haus, Petersplatz 13, Basel

Organizer: Centre for African Studies and South African Embassy

Public event

Be the legacy - Commemorating the Nelson Mandela centenary

A celebration of hope and human creativity
08 Sep 2018
Time: 16:00

Location: Zentrum für Afrikastudien der Universität Basel am Rheinsprung 21, Basel

Organizer: IAF

Public event

Afrika Experten-Spaziergang

Im Rahmen des IAF
03 Sep 2018 - 07 Sep 2018
Time: 09:00  - 17:00

Location: Alte Gewerbeschule, Petersgraben 52, Basel

Organizer: Critical Urbanisms

Colloquium

Block course: African Cities

The course explores critiques of African urban exceptionalism and engages with a southern urban literature that helps reinsert African cities in broader global debate, inspired from, but not confined to the continent’s history.
02 Sep 2018 - 16 Sep 2018

Location: Zentrum für Afrikastudien der Universität Basel, Rheinsprung 21, Basel

Organizer: IAF

Public event

Afrika Stadtspaziergang

Stadtspaziergang im Rahmen des IAF.
28 Aug 2018 - 30 Aug 2018

Location: Windhoek, Namibia

Organizer: Basler Afrika Bibliographien

Congress / Conference / Symposium

Conference: "The Past, Present and Future of Namibian Heritage"

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