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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

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, Lecture series

Charles D. Piot: "Is the African Informal Economy Decolonial?"

Public lecture in the framework of the course "Africa, Method, Theory", followed by refreshments
– / Congress / Conference / Symposium

11th Namibia Research Day

Basler Afrika Bibliographien
/ Lecture series

Therese Steffen: "Major African novels in English: From Chinua Achebe to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie"

Lecture Series "Languages and Literatures in Africa – Plural Forms of Living-Together"
/ Public event, Lecture series

Patience Mususa: "Invisible Voices: Planners' Perspectives on Zambia’s Copperbelt Mining Resurgence"

Public lecture in the framework of the course "Africa, Method, Theory", followed by refreshments
/ Public event

Project launch: "Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change"

Launch of the SNSF Starting Grant project by Luregn Lenggenhager, followed by an apéro
/ Colloquium

Israel Campos: "Beyond Toeing the Party Line: A History of Angola’s Postcolonial State Press (1975-1991)"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
/ Lecture series

Wolfgang Trimmel: "Self-translation, multilingualism and postcolonial identities in Maghrebi literature"

Lecture Series "Languages and Literatures in Africa – Plural Forms of Living-Together"
/ Colloquium

Libita Sibungu: "Restorying/Restoring of Memory to Place and Body"

Lunch Talk in the framework of the Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
/ Colloquium

Lahja Haufiku: "A Reading of Selected Works of Disability Arts in Namibia"

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
/ Lecture series

Henri Michel Yéré: "Speaking from within: On writing a spoken language"

Lecture Series "Languages and Literatures in Africa – Plural Forms of Living-Together"
RSS
25 Aug 2026
Time: 09:00  - 18:00

Location: Kollegienhaus, Petersgraben 50, 4051 Basel

Organizer: The MEA Institute for Strategic Studies

Public event, Workshop

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

MEA Institute
23 Jul 2026
Time: 12:15  - 14:00

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Centre for African Studies & Basler Afrika Bibliographien

Public event

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

Lunch Talk at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien
18 Jun 2026 - 19 Jun 2026

Location: Room 00.002, Centre for African Studies, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Julia Tischler

Workshop

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

University of Basel
27 May 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium: Closing Discussion

Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
27 May 2026
Time: 12:30  - 13:15

Location: Room 00.004, ZASB, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB; Department of History; R. Geigy Foundation

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
21 May 2026
Time: 18:15

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

Organizer: Centre for African Studies

Public event

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

Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule
21 May 2026
Time: 12:15  - 14:00

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Basler Afrika Bibliographien

Public event

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

Lunch Talk at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien
20 May 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

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
20 May 2026
Time: 14:00  - 16:00

Location: Seminar room 00.002, Center for African Studies, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Organized by students

Public event

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

With Tara Mariwany
20 May 2026
Time: 10:00  - 12:00

Location: Seminar room 00.002, Center for African Studies, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Organized by students

Public event

Workshop: "Education after Gaza after Education after Auschwitz"

With Dirk Moses
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