africa - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Afrikastudien

Swiss Society
for African Studies

The Swiss Society for African Studies SSAS was founded in 1974. Its primary aims are to advance the research on Africa and further the academic exchange in this field. Based on the model of Area Studies it offers opportunities to connect researchers and the interested public in a theme-oriented and multidisciplinary exchange

26.06.2020

We report on two of our conferences, present new projects and introduce a new colleague.

18.06.2020

The Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva advertises a post-doctoral position (3 years).

10.06.2020

The 6. edition of the Africa Days foresses nine panels and round tables, as well as a poster exhibition

25.05.2020

Position at the Laboratory Archaeology and Population of Africa, University of Geneva (1 November 2020 to 31 October 2025).

20.05.2020

Le laboratoire « Les Afriques dans le monde » de Sciences Po Bordeaux offre une bourse de doctorat pour une période de 36 mois dans le cadre d’un partenariat avec l’Institut...

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Newsletter SGAS/SSEA 2020/1

We report on two of our conferences, present new projects and introduce a new colleague.

Cover Newsletter

Job: Postdoc in the project "The contemporary expansion of corporate Islam in rural West Africa"

The Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva advertises a post-doctoral position (3 years).

Andre Chappatte conducting an interview

Call for papers and posters: Swiss Researching Africa Days

The 6. edition of the Africa Days foresses nine panels and round tables, as well as a poster exhibition

Swiss Researching Africa Days 2018

Job: Assistant in Archeology (70%)

Position at the Laboratory Archaeology and Population of Africa, University of Geneva (1 November 2020 to 31 October 2025).

Site de Faleme (APA)

Job: Bourse doctorale, laboratoire « Les Afriques dans le monde »

Le laboratoire « Les Afriques dans le monde » de Sciences Po Bordeaux offre une bourse de doctorat pour une période de 36 mois dans le cadre d’un partenariat avec l’Institut...

Job: Postdoc - Étude fonctionnelle des céramiques archéologiques du Sénégal (1er-2ème millénaires AD)

Le team du programme de recherche FNS-Sinergia "Foodways in West Africa : an integrated approach to pots, animals and plants" invite des applications pour un poste de...

Site d'Alinguel (projet Falémé)

Conference "Material Culture in Transit" postponed due to Covid-19 situation

A new date will be announced in due time.

Conférence "Africana - Figures de femmes et formes de pouvoir" rapportée au 5-10 octobre 2020

Suite à la pandemique Corona notre conférence est rapportée en automne 2020.

Events

Swiss Researching Africa Days

23. - 24.10.2020

The platform for exchange of the African Studies community of Switzerland

Exposition: Africana. Figures de femmes et formes de pouvoir

11.05. - 22.11.2020

En collaboration avec le Pôle pour les études africaines de la Faculté des lettres de l'UNIL, la Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire consacre une exposition aux figures...

Conference: Material Culture in Transit

19. - 20.03.2020

++Due to the Covid-19 situation the conference is postponed. A new date will be announced in due time.++

This international conference seeks to examine transnational trajectories...

Publications

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

05.03.2020

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

16.12.2018

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

16.11.2018

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Cover picture Le Terroriste noir de Tierno Monenembo

Couronné du Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, du Prix Erckmann-Chatrian, du Prix Palatine du roman historique ainsi que du Prix du roman métis, Le Terroriste noir, paru en 2012, est un roman...