New Journal: Revue d’Histoire Contemporaine de l’Afrique 08.01.2021 This francophone open access journal is located at the University of Geneva.
Towards Shared Research: Participatory and Integrative Approaches in Researching African Environments 16.09.2020 This open access volume edited by Claudia Zingerli and Tobias Haller is based on a conference coorganised by the Swiss Society for African Studies and the Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecology (saguf).
Job: Frontier settlements: Territories of artisanal mining labour in Africa (PhD position) 15.09.2020 This SNSF research project is co-hosted by the Department of Human Geography, Lund University, and it is in partnership with the University of Zimbabwe, the University of Ouagadougou I, the Institut National des Sciences des Sociétés in…
Conference "Material Culture in Transit" new date 12.08.2020 The conference will be held as online event on 10 September 2020 from 9:30-17:45. Please register now!
Newsletter SGAS/SSEA 2020/1 26.06.2020 We report on two of our conferences, present new projects and introduce a new colleague.
Job: Postdoc in the project "The contemporary expansion of corporate Islam in rural West Africa" 18.06.2020 The Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva advertises a post-doctoral position (3 years).
Call for papers and posters: Swiss Researching Africa Days 10.06.2020 The 6. edition of the Africa Days foresses nine panels and round tables, as well as a poster exhibition