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79732-01 - Seminar: Apartheid (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2026 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Lorena Rizzo (lorena.rizzo@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The seminar introduces students to the spatial, legal, economic, social and political dimensions of apartheid established in mid-20th century South Africa. We will attend to the ways in which apartheid affected the lives of Black South Africans and foreground forms of resistance and resilience against the racial order. We will then move on to retrace some of the trajectories of apartheid as a legal and analytical concept beyond South Africa, including the codification of apartheid as a crime against humanity and the use of apartheid as an interpretative framework to understand the politics of race in Israel/Palestine |
| Bibliography | Readings will include chapters from Saul Dubow, Apartheid, 1948-1994 (Oxford, 2014); A. Clarno, Neoliberal Apartheid. Palestine/Israel and South Africa after 1994 (Chicago, 2017); Christoph Marx, The Anxieties of White Supremacy. Hendrik Verwoerd and the Apartheid Mindset (Berlin/Boston, 2024); Lana Tatour & Ronit Lentin (eds.), Race and the Question of Palestine (Stanford, 2025) |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 16.09.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 23.09.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 30.09.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 07.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 14.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 21.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 28.10.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 04.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 11.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 18.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 25.11.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 02.12.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 09.12.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Wednesday 16.12.2026 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Modules |
Modul: Reflexion interkultureller Gegenwartsfragen in der Theologie (ÖM 2) (Master's degree subject: Theology) Modul: Reflexion interkultureller Gegenwartsfragen in der Theologie (ÖM 2) (Master's Studies: Theology) Modul: Theologie im Kontext des Weltchristentums (Master's Studies: Theology) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Module: Europeanization and Globalization (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Module: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Specialization Module Global Europe: Work, Migration and Society (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| 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 |