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…
04 Jun 2026 - 05 Jun 2026

Location: Rämistrasse 69 & 71, 8006 Zürich

Organizer: University of Zurich

Congress / Conference / Symposium

International Conference: "Pastoralist Futures: Climate Change, Development Interventions, and State-Society Relations"

University of Zurich
08 Jun 2026
Time: 08:45  - 18:15

Location: Salle 106, Château de Dorigny, 1015 Lausanne and online via Microsoft Teams

Organizer: Gerald Stell (Université de Lausanne) & Béatrice Akissi Boutin (La Sapienza Università di Roma)

Workshop

Workshop: "Urbanités et langue en Afrique occidentale – Urbanities and language in Western Africa"

09 Jun 2026 - 11 Jun 2026

Location: University of Ghana / Online via Zoom

Organizer: MIASA

Congress / Conference / Symposium

Conference: "Transitions – Past, present and future of Sustainable Governance in Africa"

MIASA’s Final Conference of the Main Phase
09 Jun 2026
Time: 14:00  - 16:30

Location: Schnitz S02, Rosshofgasse 2, 4051 Basel

Organizer: DaSCH and FORS

Public event

Workshop: "Humanities Research Data – Practical Tools for Sharing and Preservation"

FORS-DaSCH webinar
10 Jun 2026
Time: 20:00

Location: University of Freiburg, KG I, Hörsaal 1098 and online

Organizer: Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI)

Public event

Toni Haastrup: "Whose World? Whose Rules? African Agency in a World Remade"

ALMA Lecture Series
14 Jun 2026
Time: 14:00  - 15:00

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

Organizer: Museum der Kulturen Basel

Public event

Führung: "Geschenkt, geraubt, gekauft?"

Museum der Kulturen Basel
17 Jun 2026
Time: 18:00

Location: Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Kasernenstrasse 23, 4058 Basel

Organizer: Dunja Herzog

Public event

Dunja Herzog: "Union Trading Company and the Maritime"

In the framework of the exhibition "Portheads and Riverbeds"
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
19 Jun 2026 - 31 Jul 2026

Location: UNIGE exhibition hall, Bd Carl-Vogt 66, 1205 Genève

Organizer: Xavier Droux and Aurélie Quirion

Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "Memories and impressions – 60 years of Swiss archaeology in Sudan"

Mémoires et impressions
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…
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