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Current "Afrika-Bulletin"
Restitution – eine Chance für Nord und Süd

Interdisciplinary focus on Africa
Master programme African Studies

Continuing education course, 11/12 June 2021
Media and Journalism in Africa: Transformations and Challenges

Exhibitions, lectures and concerts in your living room
Stay@home program

Studying Africa, understanding the world
The Centre for African Studies

Archives, libraries and online collections
Resources for teaching and research

[Translate to English:] Studierende während Vorlesung

25 February 2021 / Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD

Research seminars and graduate courses in spring semester 2021

Several units within the Research Network Africa offer research seminars and graduate events. While these are directed at PhD candidates and postdocs in the first place, many are open for guests.

14 December 2020 / Research

Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies

Pandemic, Corona virus, lockdown, home office, economic and social crisis - unsurprisingly, these keywords of the year 2020 also echo in the latest newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies.

08 December 2020

Social norms and poor services drive petty corruption in East Africa’s health sector

In an article on "The Conversation", Saba Kassa, Claudia Baez Camargo and Jacopo Costa present their research on petty corruption in the health sector of Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. They focus on behavioural drivers, such as the role of…

The Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB coordinates Africa-related teaching and research at the University of Basel and its partner institutions. It is an acknowledged centre for interdisciplinary Africa-focused research and offers a Master's and a PhD in African Studies as well as a continuing education programme for professionals.

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For students, lecturers, researchers and employees

Information about the new coronavirus

Find general information and guidelines of the University regarding studying, teaching and research in the context of the Corona pandemic.

Events

09 Mar 2021 15:00 - 16:00 / Public event, Workshop

Workshop: 4IRAI and the ethics of care in Africa

Introductory Workshop within the framework of the HUMA initiative

10 Mar 2021 – 19 Mar 2021 / Continuing Education

swisspeace course: Conflict Sensitivity

Continuing education course

10 Mar 2021 12:15 / Lecture series

Ralph Weber: Introduction to Comparison

Research colloquium “Reversing the Gaze”

10 Mar 2021 16:15 - 18:00 / Colloquium

Till Förster: Urbanity again - from experience to practice in urban theory

Mittwochskolloquium Ethnologie

Note: Due to the Corona pandemic, many events are cancelled or postponed while others take place with restrictions. Please consult the Website of the respective organizers for details.

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News

04 March 2021 / Research

Call for papers: Drivers and challenges of social policies: Global, regional, national, and local perspectives

03 March 2021

Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 181: Restitution – eine Chance für Nord und Süd

25 February 2021 / Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD

Research seminars and graduate courses in spring semester 2021

16 February 2021 / Research

Call for Papers: Architectural Training Research in the Foreign Aid-funded Knowledge Economy, 1950s–1980s

15 February 2021 / Research

Call for Applications: MIASA Fellowships at the University of Ghana in 2022

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Job portal

RSS

01 March 2021 / Studies

Job: Hilfswissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeitende (12h/Woche)

Museum der Kulturen Basel

11 February 2021 / Studies, Doctorate/PhD

Job: Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in 60-80%

Museum Rietberg, Zürich

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ZASB - Research Network Afrika in 2019

Study and further education programmes

An interdisciplinary focus on Africa

MA African Studies

Students acquire knowledge and skills to interact with Africa in an interdisciplinary and scientifically sound way. In addition, transdisciplinarity is promoted by integrating practical knowledge from outside the university and introducing students to applied researchfields.

interdisciplinary exchange

Basel Graduate Network African Studies

The Graduate Network offers specialized doctoral programmes for PhD students across disciplines and faculties. The programme seeks to enhance the quality and relevance of both interdisciplinary and disciplinary Africa-related research.

Continuing education

Short courses and certificate in African Affairs

The continuing education programme equips professionals with the knowledge, skills and resources that enable them to efficiently and sustainably work in an African context .

Recent publications

RSS

09 February 2021 / Research

A short history of the KFPE. 1994-2019

In this report, Alexandra Hofmänner examines the Swiss North-South relations in historical perspective based on the example of the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE).

11 January 2021 / Research

Publication: Speaking Through Houses: Interweaving Biography, Property and Personhood in Urban Zimbabwe

In her JJ Bachofen Lecture in 2019, Amanda Hammar looked at houses from an anthropological point of view. Hammar further builds upon theories of houses as constituants of people's biographies and "how they embody interconnections between…

04 January 2021 / Research

Publication: Existential Transformations. Life in the West African Savannah since the 1970s

Till Förster's paper asks how existential transformations are experienced, lived, remembered and conceived by the people, but also by ethnographers. Förster aims at capturing "la longue durée" of his fieldwork among the Senufo in…

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The ZASB executive office is currently closed due to the Corona pandemic. Please contact us via Phone or Email.

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The ZASB is very easy to reach by public transport. It takes about five minutes to reach the Centre from the tram/bus stops Schifflände (trams #6/8/11/14/16, buses #34/36) and Kunstmuseum (tram #1/2).

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Current "Afrika-Bulletin" Restitution – eine Chance für Nord und Süd

Interdisciplinary focus on Africa Master programme African Studies

Continuing education course, 11/12 June 2021 Media and Journalism in Africa: Transformations and Challenges

Exhibitions, lectures and concerts in your living room Stay@home program

Studying Africa, understanding the world The Centre for African Studies

Archives, libraries and online collections Resources for teaching and research

25 February 2021 / Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD

Research seminars and graduate courses in spring semester 2021

14 December 2020 / Research

Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies

08 December 2020

Social norms and poor services drive petty corruption in East Africa’s health sector

Current

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For students, lecturers, researchers and employees

Information about the new coronavirus

Events

Workshop: 4IRAI and the ethics of care in Africa

swisspeace course: Conflict Sensitivity

Ralph Weber: Introduction to Comparison

Till Förster: Urbanity again - from experience to practice in urban theory

News

04 March 2021 / Research

Call for papers: Drivers and challenges of social policies: Global, regional, national, and local perspectives

03 March 2021

Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 181: Restitution – eine Chance für Nord und Süd

25 February 2021 / Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD

Research seminars and graduate courses in spring semester 2021

16 February 2021 / Research

Call for Papers: Architectural Training Research in the Foreign Aid-funded Knowledge Economy, 1950s–1980s

15 February 2021 / Research

Call for Applications: MIASA Fellowships at the University of Ghana in 2022

Job portal

01 March 2021 / Studies

Job: Hilfswissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeitende (12h/Woche)

11 February 2021 / Studies, Doctorate/PhD

Job: Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in 60-80%

Sign up to our email newsletter

ZASB Newsletter

The Centre for African Studies

Portrait

The Centre for African Studies

Members

Researchers and lecturers at the ZASB

Annual report (PDF)

ZASB - Research Network Afrika in 2019

Study and further education programmes

An interdisciplinary focus on Africa

MA African Studies

interdisciplinary exchange

Basel Graduate Network African Studies

Continuing education

Short courses and certificate in African Affairs

Recent publications

09 February 2021 / Research

A short history of the KFPE. 1994-2019

11 January 2021 / Research

Publication: Speaking Through Houses: Interweaving Biography, Property and Personhood in Urban Zimbabwe

04 January 2021 / Research

Publication: Existential Transformations. Life in the West African Savannah since the 1970s

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Current "Afrika-Bulletin"
Restitution – eine Chance für Nord und Süd

Interdisciplinary focus on Africa
Master programme African Studies

Continuing education course, 11/12 June 2021
Media and Journalism in Africa: Transformations and Challenges

Exhibitions, lectures and concerts in your living room
Stay@home program

Studying Africa, understanding the world
The Centre for African Studies

Archives, libraries and online collections
Resources for teaching and research