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Call for Applications: Research, Teaching & Service in an Uncertain Age

2021 Virtual Summer Institute of the lfe Institute of Advanced Studies, 26 July 2021 - 6 August 2021

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Call for panels: Africa and the Human: Old Questions, New Imaginaries

4th Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa, University of Cape Town, 11-16 April 2022

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Project funding: T-AP Recovery, Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World (RRR)

Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (T-AP)/Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

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Job: Assistant Professor of History (West or Central African history)

Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Podcast: Cry like a Boy

What does it mean to grow up as a man in Africa? The makers behind this interview and documentation podcast trace the stories behind centuries-old stereotypes of men and shed light on men who actively take action for gender equality across…

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Publikation: Alternativen zur Restitution? Lokale Perspektiven auf ein globales Problem

Mit seinem Kapitel im Sammelband "Geschichtskultur durch Restitution? Ein Kunst-Historikerstreit" leistet Till Förster einen Beitrag an die Debatte über geraubte Kulturgüter und Restitution.

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Job: Student Assistant (10h/week)

Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Basel

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Artist in residence: Keenan Ahrends (Johannesburg)

Guitarist Keenan Ahrends is known for his evocative musical writing, his emotive improvisation and his sensitive musicianship.

Testing Deworming Drugs with School Children, Pemba Island in Tansania
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Improved treatment of tropical worm diseases: ERC Advanced Grant for Jennifer Keiser

Jennifer Keiser, Head of the Helminth Drug Development Unit at Swiss TPH, was awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant for EUR 2.47 million over five years to conduct research on soil-transmitted helminth infections.

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Call for support: African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town

After the fire at the University of Cape Town on 18 April 2021, researchers who have worked with the African Studies Library Special Collections are invited to share copies of their records.

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