Report of the 12th EADI General Conference
The Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva hosted the EADI General Conference in June 2008. Now a conference report was published which will be presented on 25.03.2009...
View ArticleCall for papers: States at Work in Sub-Saharan Africa
Further information see http://www.lasdel.net/
View ArticleECAS 2009: 3rd European Conference on African Studies
The members of AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) and the Institute of African Studies at the University of Leipzig are hosting AEGIS third biennial conference in Leipzig,...
View ArticleResearch Fellow spring term 2009: Prof Nick Shepherd, UCT
From January until June 2009 Prof Nick Shepherd from the Centre for African Studies and the Centre for Science Research at the University of Cape Town is guest of the Centre for African Studies Basel...
View ArticleAfrican Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE) receives funding
Main applicant was Dr Gregor Dobler of the Department of Social Anthropology. ABORNE is an interdisciplinary network of researchers interested in all aspects of international borders and trans-boundary...
View ArticleLecture Series: Living the City
In the spring semester of 2009 we hold a bi-weekly public lecture series featuring scholars specialising in the field. Programme: 18.02.2009: Abdallah Uba Adamu (Bayero University Kano):Hell on Earth:...
View ArticleCentre of Competence on Afrika
On the initiative of the Centre for African Studies scholars working on Africa at the University of Basel and representatives of NGOs and institutes outside of the University gathered in April 2007 in...
View ArticleNew position in African Studies
In November the trial lectures for the new chair in African Studies were held. The commission's report was submitted and the University Council decided on it on 22 January 2009. The new professor...
View ArticleDoctoral thesis on colonial Switzerland
Patrick Minder has submitted his doctoral thesis entitled "La Suisse coloniale ? Les représentations de l’Afrique et des Africains en Suisse au temps des colonies (1880—1939)" at the University of...
View ArticleJob: Two Research Fellowships on "Judicial Independence in New Democracies"
Applications are invited for 2 half-time positions, each with a contract of 3 years, starting 1 May 2011 or later. The salary is commensurate with 13 TV-AVH / TVöD.The successful candidate will work in...
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