Apr172023

Upcoming International Workshop at the University of Bayreuth: Development Beyond Aid – Financialization and Socio-Political Change in Africa’s Global Infrastructure

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After months of preparation, we are happy to announce that the international workshop ‘Development Beyond Aid – Financialization and Socio-Political Change in Africa’s Global Infrastructure’ will be held at the University of Bayreuth from 7 to 9 June. The workshop is convened by Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke on behalf of the INFRAGLOB Project together with…

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Jan162023

INFRAGLOB at the EISA PEC 2022 in Athens

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Copyright of the photos: European International Studies Association We would like to look back with you at the 15th Pan-European Conference on International Relations and the contributions of INFRAGLOB members to the conference. The conference titled ‘Pandaemonium: Interrogating the Apocalyptic Imaginaires of Our Time’ was held in Athens from 1st to 4th September last year.…

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Jan162023

Throwback to the Bayreuth International Summer School in African Studies co-organized by INFRAGLOB!

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In the past summer, INFRAGLOB team members Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke and Dr. Raoul Bunskoek co-organized the African Studies courses of the Bayreuth International Summer School 2022. This edition featured courses on Africa-Asia relations which they approached from two different angles to show the depth and complexity of the relationship but also its global implications…

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Jan162023

Public Talk by Dr. Nina Reiners on ‘Human Rights Elites: The United Nations, Independent Experts, and the (un)making of Inequalities’

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We are happy to announce that we will host Dr. Nina Reiners, political scientist at the Free University Berlin and the Graduate Institute of Geneva at the University of Bayreuth this week! You are warmly invited to join her talk ‘Human Rights Elites: The United Nations, Independent Experts, and the (un)making of Inequalities’, held online…

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Nov262022

„Contested Security Arrangements of Mega Infrastructures in Africa”: Forthcoming Presentation by Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke at the BICC International Conference 2022

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Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke will speak at the International Conference 2022 of the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) on Tuesday, November 29. Her presentation will be part of the “Conflict Dynamics in Development Corridors” session within the breakout group on “Interests of International Investors in Mega Infrastructures and Conflict Dynamics”. In her talk…

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Oct282022

Public Talk with Prof. Shahar Hameiri – Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China’s Rise

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We are happy to announce that Professor Shahar Hameiri will visit the University of Bayreuth to give a public talk on his new co-authored book “Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China’s Rise” (Cambridge University Press, 2021). The talk is hosted by the Infraglob project and takes place in presence 7th November 2022 at…

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Upcoming: Talk of Jana Hönke on “Africa’s Multiple Globalities: Chinese Companies and Practices of Securing Economic Infrastructure”

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We are happy to share with you that INFRAGLOG researcher Jana Hönke will give a talk on the topic of “Africa’s Multiple Globalities: Chinese Companies and Practices of Securing Economic Infrastructure” at the departmental seminar of the Institute of Political Sciences of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. The talk takes place tomorrow, 29 June. You…

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Feb222021

Talk by Dr. Obert Hodzi on 24th February –”African Political Elites and the Making(s) of the China Model in Africa”

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African Political Elites and the Making(s) of the China Model in Africa the Talk For the Research Colloquium of the Chair for Sociology of Africa, University of Bayreuth, we will have a special guest, Dr Obert Hodzi, Lecturer of Politics at the University of Liverpool (https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/staff/obert-hodzi/). He will be sharing with us his recently published…

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