Events | Centre for African Studies | University of Basel

05 Sep 2025 - 26 Apr 2026

Location: Museum der Kulturen Basel, Münsterplatz 20, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Museum der Kulturen Basel

Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "The path to the beyond"

[Translate to English:] Der Weg ins Jenseits

How do different societies imagine the transition from this life to the afterworld? What are the underlying conceptions, and what path does the deceased person or their soul travel on? The exhibition at the Museum der Kulturen Basel shows…

Time: 12:00 - 13:00

Location: Museum der Kulturen Basel, Münsterpl. 20, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Museum der Kulturen Basel

Mittagsführung: "Geschenkt, geraubt, gekauft?"

Tag der Provenienzforschung im Museum der Kulturen Basel

Time: 18:15 - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Book launch: "Histories and Legacies of Migrant Labour in Namibia and Switzerland"

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Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium

Time: 12:15 - 14:00

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, Basel

Organizer:
Department of History

Sophie Schasiepen: "Confronting Museum and Academic Collections’ Role in Capitalism"

Research Seminar "African History"

Time: 18:15 - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Rufino Sitoe: "Spiteful Emancipation: Youth Engagement in Violent Extremism in Northern Mozambique"

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Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium

16 Apr 2026 - 06 Sep 2026

Location: Museum Rietberg, Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zurich

Organizer:
Museum Rietberg

Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art"

[Translate to English:] Fast ein Paradies

A group of twenty renowned artists explore the current state of this photographic heritage across four thematic sections in “A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art”, acting as archivists, counterpoints to the…

Time: 18:15 - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Film Screening & Discussion: "Kapana: A Namibian Gay Love Story"

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Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium

Time: 12:15 - 14:00

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

Organizer:
Department of History

Anna-Katharina Osterlow: "Training the African Vanguard of the Computer Age: Early Computing in Nigeria and Senegal, 1963-1985"

Research Seminar "African History"

Time: 18:15 - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Hildegard Titus & Dag Henrichsen: "Decolonising Namibia’s Queer History"

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Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium

Time: 16:15 - 18:00

Location: Seminar Room 1, Department of History, Hirschgässlein 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Department of History

Ettore Morelli: "The woman with copper earrings: fragments of a history of power in southern Africa, c. 1200–c. 1800"

Research Seminar "African History"