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74905-01 - Colloquium: Namibian and Southern African Studies (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Dag Henrichsen (dag.henrichsen@unibas.ch)
Giorgio Miescher (giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch) Raffaele Perniola (raffaele.perniola@unibas.ch) Julia Rensing (julia.rensing@unibas.ch) Lorena Rizzo (lorena.rizzo@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The Research Colloquium addresses current debates in Namibian and Southern African Studies and provides a forum for conversations between students and local and international scholars, artists and activists. While the regional focus is programmatic, the colloquium offers multiple opportunities to reflect on the talks and presentations, and situate them in broader scholarly, cultural, institutional, and public debates in the Global South and the African diasporas in Switzerland and across Europe. The course is offered in partnership with the School of Humanities, Society and Development at the University of Namibia and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien in Basel. In doing so, the colloquium commits itself to nurture an intellectual milieu and knowledge practice that transcends rigid institutional and symbolic boundaries between the university and society, the Global South and North, and creative work across disciplines, fields, and practices. The colloquium is open to students from all levels and is to guests from within and beyond the university. A hybrid format guarantees the participation of partners in Southern Africa and participants across institutions, geographies, and walks of life. Participants at the University of Basel are required to attend in person. 19. February: With Lisa Roulet-Perniola Introduction to the Colloquium & Southern African Archives 26. February: Ndamian Hangula (National Archives of Namibia) The Historical Valueness of Omwele Gwoshipika amongst Aawambo community 5. March: Film Screening: “Village under the Forest” (2013) by Heidi Grunebaum and Mark J. Kaplan 19. March: Ran Greenstein, (Wits University, SA) Colonialism and Apartheid in South Africa and Israel/Palestine: Between Social Theory and Political Practice 22. March 18h: (In)Audible Past Workshop Neues Kino Basel, with Rosalind Morris (Columbia University) Film Screening: “We are Zama Zama” (2021) by Rosalind Morris 2. April: Ellison Tjirera (University of Namibia) Regimes of Legal and Spatial Reproduction in Contemporary Windhoek 9. April: Mario Schulze (University of Lucerne) Research Film Provenance: Annotating the Film Collection of the Former Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute 16. April: Film Screening: „Anatomy of a Bribe” (2019) by Al Jazeera Investigative Unit 30. April: ODEE (Icelandic artist & activist) Sorry, But Not Sorry 7. May: Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti (Rice University) Chronicles of the Road: Five Nations, Five Artists 14. May: Kylie Thomas (University College Cork, Ireland) Photography and Impunity 21. May: Ndeshi Namupala (UNAM & Unibas) Navigating Social Protection Challenges for Namibia’s Informal Workforce Venue: The colloquium takes place at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, Basel Time: 18:15-20:00 |
| Comments | Venue: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, Basel. A hybrid setting accommodates the participation of partners at universities in the South. Participants at the University of Basel are required to be present on site. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 19.02.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 26.02.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 05.03.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 19.03.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Saturday 22.03.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 02.04.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 09.04.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 16.04.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 30.04.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 07.05.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 14.05.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Wednesday 21.05.2025 | 18.15-20.15 | BAB, Klosterberg 23, Basel, -- |
| Modules |
African Studies: Recommendations (PhD subject: African Studies) History: Recommendations (PhD subject: History) Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Module: Changing Societies Lab (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: Europeanization and Globalization (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Module: Fields: Environment and Development (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Research Skills (Master's degree program: African Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Lehrveranstaltungsbegleitend |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Zentrum für Afrikastudien |