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Call: 2022 International Geneva Award

Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS)

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Publication: "Industrial mining and HIV risk: evidence from 39 mine openings across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa"

In this study, researchers of the Swiss TPH assess the impact of natural resource extraction projects on HIV transmission risks in local communities in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings suggest that in the sample of households surrounding…

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Publication: "The Paradox of Disturbance: Africa and COVID-19"

In this book contribution, Elísio Macamo argues that the social transformation of the virus into a pandemic imposed a definition of the situation at odds with the real actual significance of the problem in Africa.

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Job: Post-Doc Research Associate, African Humanities Colloquium

African Humanities Colloquium, Princeton University

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SNIS Call for Projects 2023

The Call offers project grants for pluri-disciplinary teams working on international studies. The Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) supports pluri-disciplinary projects in the social sciences and pluri-disciplinary projects…

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Call for Papers: "Africa and the Environment – Archives and Data in the Climate Emergency"

Conference organized by the UK Library & Archives Group on Africa (London and online, 23 June 2023)

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Job: Assistant Professor in Sub-Saharan African History

Department of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

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Call for Papers: "Colonial Letters and the Contact of Knowledges: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Colonial Correspondences"

Conference organized by the University of Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth, 11 - 14 April 2023)

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Job: Research Associate in African Cultural Studies

Faculty of Arts, University of Bristol

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Start-up Grants: Social Sciences and Literary Studies

The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) offers three, the Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel two start-up grant, starting on 1 April 2023.

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