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Call for Papers: European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2025

The Call for Papers for the European Conference on African Studies 2025 (ECAS 2025) is now open.

Call for Papers: Liquid Urbanisms (Basel 12-13.06.2025)

The division of Urban Studies of the University of Basel invites paper propositions for an international workshop co-organized by the PRECURBICA project (Precarious Urbanism in Coastal Cities in Africa) and the Swiss Society for African…

Call for Contributions: "Hierarchy of Knowledge" University of Strasbourg

The University of Strasbourg is looking for contributions for an interdisciplinary doctoral workshop within the frame of the EUCOR conference “Decoloniality in motion. Tensions, disputes and practices”.

Henri-Michel Yéré wins Rotary - PEN Club International Poetry Award

Henri-Michel Yéré was awarded the Rotary - PEN Club International Poetry Award for his poetry book "Polo kouman/Polo parle".

Africa, Method, Theory

A course and public lecture series at the University of Basel

Registration for 8th Swiss Researching Africa Days is now open

The 8th edition of the Swiss Researching Africa Days will take place on 25−26 October 2024 at the Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Bern.

Update on the Third European Students' Conference on African Studies (29.-30.08.2024)

The conference team has finalized the program.

Call for Panels: 10th European Conference of African Studies (ECAS), Prague, 25-28.06.2025

The organizers invite the scholarly community to submit panel proposals that align with the converence theme African, Afropolitan, and Afropean Belongings and Identities.

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Call for Papers: European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2025

Call for Papers: Liquid Urbanisms (Basel 12-13.06.2025)

Call for Contributions: "Hierarchy of Knowledge" University of Strasbourg

Henri-Michel Yéré wins Rotary - PEN Club International Poetry Award

Africa, Method, Theory

What's on?

Call for Papers: European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) 2025

Call for Papers: Liquid Urbanisms (Basel 12-13.06.2025)

Call for Contributions: "Hierarchy of Knowledge" University of Strasbourg

Henri-Michel Yéré wins Rotary - PEN Club International Poetry Award

Africa, Method, Theory

Registration for 8th Swiss Researching Africa Days is now open

Update on the Third European Students' Conference on African Studies (29.-30.08.2024)

Call for Panels: 10th European Conference of African Studies (ECAS), Prague, 25-28.06.2025

Events

International Migrants Day (14.12.2024)

Lausanne Advanced Seminar in Political Ecology (28. /29.11.24)

Inaugural conference - Initiative Droit et Société (IDES) 25.11.2024

Publications

Afrique - 300'000 ans de diversité humaine (exhibition catalogue)

Museum Cooperation between Africa and Europe. A New Field for Museum Studies

Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo. A history of health care delivery in rural Ghana, ca. 1925 to 1980

African-Asian Relations: Past, Present, and Future

Swiss Societyfor African Studies

Swiss Society
for African Studies