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| Semester | fall semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Dag Henrichsen (dag.henrichsen@unibas.ch)
Luregn Lenggenhager (luregn.lenggenhager@unibas.ch) Giorgio Miescher (giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch, Assessor) Lorena Rizzo (lorena.rizzo@unibas.ch) |
| Content | The Research Colloquium provides a forum for local and international scholars to engage in cross-disciplinary and methodological debates in Southern African Studies, with particular reference to Namibian Studies. It is jointly offered with the School of Humanities, Society and Development, University of Namibia in online sessions and are open to all levels. Guests are welcome! The programme: Wednesday 21/09/2022 , (CH: 18:15 / NAM: 18:15) : Atiyyah Khan (arts journalist, researcher and DJ, Cape Town): “’Sonic Lecture: Digging Up Lost Histories” Saturday 01/10/2021,(full-day workshop): Namibia Research Day (see separate programme) Wednesday 12/10/2022,(CH: 18:15 / NAM: 18:15): Jens Wiedow (TU Cottbus-Senftenberg / NUST Windhoek): “Post WW II Housing in Namibia: Planning Practice and Social Control” Wednesday 19/10/2022,(CH: 18:15 / NAM: 18:15): Lesley Blaauw (UNAM Windhoek / University of Konstanz): “Factionalism, Corruption and Challenges to the dominant Party State: Evaluating the Namibian National Elections of 2019” Wednesday 26/10/2022,(CH: 18:15 / NAM: 18:15): Naomie Gramlich (University of Potsdam): “Media-geology of Copper from Tsumeb (Namibia). The present Coloniality of Raw Materials” Wednesday 09/11/2022,(CH: 17:15 / NAM: 18:15): Kim Sebastian Todzi (University of Hamburg): “Enablers of Genocide: The Woermann-Line and the Colonial War against the Herero and Nama in Namibia,1904-1908” Wednesday 23/11/2022,(CH: 17:15 / NAM: 18:15): Hannah Le Roux (Wits University, Johannesburg / ETH Zürich) “Maintaining Asbestos: the Township Roof and its Afterlife in Southern Africa, 1942 onwards” Wednesday 30/11/2022,(CH: 17:15 / NAM: 18:15): Sindi-Leigh McBride (University of Basel): “Climate Fiction and Climate Knowledge(s)” |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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| Comments | The colloquium takes place at the BAB (Basler Afrika Bibliographien), Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel. |
No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| 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: Ethnographic Research with Field Trip (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Fields: Environment and Development (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Research Skills (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| 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 |