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76516-01 - Seminar: The University on the Barricades: Student Protest, Subcultures and Solidarity in Southern Africa and Switzerland (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Luregn Lenggenhager (luregn.lenggenhager@unibas.ch) |
| Content | In the past year-and-a-half, universities in Switzerland — as elsewhere — have once again become sites of public controversy. Students and sometimes faculty have joined in various protests, sparked not only by the ongoing wars in the Middle East, but also wider issues of sexual harassment, racism, and the abuse of power within academic institutions. These protests have brought to the fore questions about the role of the university, academic freedom, and freedom of speech. We have also seen growing pressure on particular scholarly fields, among them postcolonial studies, which have been exposed to unprecedented public denunciation. In this course, we situate these controversies, recently taken to extremes in the USA, in longer histories of student protest, subcultures and solidarity. We do so comparatively, drawing from past and present academic protests in Southern Africa and Switzerland, and exploring some of their entanglements |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 17.09.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 24.09.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 01.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 08.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 15.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 22.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 29.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 05.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 12.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 19.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 26.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 03.12.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 10.12.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Wednesday 17.12.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, -- |
| Modules |
Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) Module: Europeanization and Globalization (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Module: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Migration, Mobility and Transnationalism (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| 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 |