16 Apr 2026 - 06 Sep 2026
Location: Museum Rietberg, Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zurich
Organizer:
Museum Rietberg
Exhibition / Opening ![[Translate to English:] Fast ein Paradies](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/e/csm_260219_COL_Keyvisual_2000x1333px_7a3a3652ca.jpg?1774435417)
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…
Exhibition: "A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art"
19 Jun 2026 - 31 Jul 2026
Location: UNIGE exhibition hall, Bd Carl-Vogt 66, 1205 Genève
Organizer:
Xavier Droux and Aurélie Quirion
Exhibition / Opening 
The exhibition invites visitors to follow in the footsteps of these researchers who, season after season, are unearthing from the sands of Sudan the forgotten history of this region and the civilization that flourished there, from…
Exhibition: "Memories and impressions – 60 years of Swiss archaeology in Sudan"
26 Aug 2026 - 28 Aug 2026
Location: University of Basel, main building ("Kollegienhaus")
Organizer:
ZASB
Congress / Conference / Symposium 
Joint SGAS/SSEA & VAD Conference, Basel, 26-28 August 2026
Conference: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations"
05 Sep 2026
Time: 13:30 - 17:30
Location: Kunstmuseum Basel,St. Alban-Graben 16, 4051 Basel
Organizer:
Basler Museen
Public event
Provenienzforschung in den Basler Museen: "Die ganze Geschichte"
Forschungsberichte und Diskussion 18 Sep 2026 - 19 Sep 2026
Location: TBA
Organizer:
Falestin Naïli & Lorena Rizzo
Workshop
Doctoral Workshop: "A Global History of Palestine"
Swiss National Science Foundation Research Project “Futures Interrupted” 26 Sep 2026
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Location: Online per Zoom
Organizer:
Mission 21
Public event ![[Translate to English:] Global voices](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/5/csm_Global_voices_e82c328171.png?1776771213)
Webinar series "Global Voices – Acting Together for Peace"
Webinar: "The dignity of fire - energy and spirituality"
08 Nov 2026 - 11 Nov 2026
Location: TBA
Organizer:
Luregn Lenggenhager, Silva Lieberherr & SiLNoRF
Colloquium 
University of Basel
Master’s block seminar: "European Land Investment in West Africa: Activist Approaches to Humanities Research"