First BIGSAS Colloquium of 2025

The first BIGSAS Colloquium of this year will happen today, Thursday, 30 January 2025 between 16:00 and 16:45 (There will be a mentor lecture right afterwards!) in the Knowledge Lab of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence in S58, RWI as well as online via Zoom. One Junior Fellow will give insights in his research project: Augustine Gyan – “From ‘Cash-Cow’…

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Biruk Terrefe, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bayreuth and a Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre took part in the “Rural Futures in Eastern Africa” workshop on 29th of January 2025. Abstract: The uncertainties of rural life in Eastern Africa’s underdeveloped arid and semi-arid districts have always presented challenges for…

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The First Global South Research Center Forum: Pluriversal International Relations and the Global South at Tongji University

Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke and Dr. Raoul Bunskoek participated in the panel “Global South Internationalism” at the First CGSS Forum, held at Tongji University, Shanghai, on December 14-15, 2024. Organized by the Global South Research Center (CGSS), the forum brought together scholars to discuss diverse perspectives on international relations. Dr. Hönke and Dr. Bunskoek presented…

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Movie Screening – Operation Afrika: Die Jagd nach den Rohstoffen der Zukunft

On Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 7:00 PM, the event series “AfriKaleidoskop meets ARTE” will take place at Kulturhaus Neuneinhalb, Gerberplatz 1, Bayreuth. Organized by the Africa Multiple Cluster with support from the Chair for Sociology in Africa at the University of Bayreuth. The program includes a screening of a 52-minute documentary by filmmaker Philipp…

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Book Talk: “Africa’s Global Infrastructures” at Shanghai University

After Beijing, join the Infraglob team in Shanghai. On December 13, 2024, at 14:00, Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke and Yifan Mia Yang will present the book “Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South–South Transformations in Practice” at the Institute of Economic Sociology and Multinationals, Shanghai University. The event will focus on key themes from the book, with discussions…

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Book Launch Seminar – Africa’s Global Infrastructures (Utrecht & online)

Together with Utrecht University, we are inviting everyone to a book launch event: Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South–South Transformations in Practice Edited by Jana Hönke, Eric Cezne & Yifan Yang Published within the African Arguments series (Hurst) – get e-book access here 5 November 2024 | 12:00-14:30 CET | Utrecht & online   During the event,…

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INFRAGLOB at the AISAC Conference 2024

On the 12th of April 2024, the AISAC Conference 2024, themed “Africa and China: Actors, Methods, and Geopolitics in the Everyday,” will take place in Padua. This conference aims to provide a platform for various researchers from disciplines such as development studies, African and Chinese studies, anthropology, international relations, and more to come together. Throughout…

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