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22.01.2026
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Cinema Africa 2026: Four Days of Contemporary African Film in Bayreuth |
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16.01.2026
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CfA – Post-Doc (m/f/d): “Struggles over Corporate Responsibility for Violence” (University of Bayreuth) |
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14.01.2026
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Talk on the (In)Security of the Kenyan Middle Classes (PD Dr. Lena Kroeker, 20 January) |
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19.12.2025
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Extension of the regional network "Bavarian Centre for Peace and Conflict Research" |
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15.12.2025
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Fracturing Security Workshop — Weekend Wrap-Up |
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21.11.2025
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Talk by Lina Benabdallah: "Whither Solidarity? The Global South between Fragmentation and Shifting Architectures of Power" (10 December, FZA) |
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20.11.2025
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Exhibition: “Bayreuth African Studies Reflected in Politics and the Media” |
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17.11.2025
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Africa Talks Environment – Interdisciplinary Conference in Munich |
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10.11.2025
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Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence Honoured among Bavaria’s Outstanding Research Initiatives |
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21.10.2025
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New article concluding the ERC funded INFRAGLOB project |
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23.09.2025
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Introductory events for first-year students in the WiSe 2025/2026 |
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20.09.2025
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Re-thinking peace and conflict studies in a postcolonial world, conference in Tunis |
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20.09.2025
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MA african studies applications |
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11.08.2025
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Event Recap: Bayreuth Peace Talks with Hanna Israel – Bridging Divides Through Dialogue |
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22.07.2025
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Stefan Ouma: Africa in the Shadow of the Global Right |
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14.07.2025
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SKA/Ethnology & African Studies Alumni Meeting and Summer Party |
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08.07.2025
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From Bayreuth to Prague, recap of ECAS Conference 2025 |
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08.07.2025
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Invitation to public lecture on Political Polarization (Bayreuth Peace Talks, in German) |
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23.06.2025
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Applications Open for the MA African Studies - Critical Perspectives on Society, Politics, Culture |
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07.05.2025
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Reading & Discussion – Olivier van Beemen: "Im Namen der Tiere" |
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06.05.2025
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ARTE film screening and panel discussion – “Südafrikas Weg aus der Apartheid - Teil 1: Suche nach Antworten” |
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05.05.2025
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Invitation – Lecture by Kingshuk Chatterjee "Exit Wounds: Aftershocks of the Gaza Conflict in Levantine Middle East" (13 May 2025) |
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23.04.2025
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Model African Union Conference 2025 |
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23.04.2025
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Call: 3rd workshop for PhD students in peace and conflict research in Bavaria |
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22.04.2025
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Call – Workshop „Language, Ideology, and the Dynamics of Conflict“ |
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26.03.2025
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Video of the Roundtable "Operation Afrika: Die Jagd nach den Rohstoffen der Zukunft (18.12.2024) |
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13.02.2025
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Former German Ambassador Shares Career Insights with University of Bayreuth Students |
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30.01.2025
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Book ´Cadence of Life´ by Sheila Aketch Orero |
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23.01.2025
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Call for applications – Student assistant (30h/month) for peace and conflict research |
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22.01.2025
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Job Offer: Student Assistant - Chair for Sociology in Africa (Prof. Jana Hönke) 30h/Month |
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15.01.2025
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Lecture by John Heathershaw: “Indulging Kleptocracy: British service providers, postcommunist elites, and the enabling of corruption” (22 January, Bayreuth & livestream) |
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13.01.2025
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Africa’s Global Infrastructure Now Available in Open Access! |
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13.01.2025
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Lecture Series | Prof. Jana Hönke | South-South Security Arrangements and Postcolonial Hierarchies |
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16.12.2024
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The First Global South Research Center Forum: "Pluriversal International Relations and the Global South" at Tongji University |
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16.12.2024
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"Operation Afrika: Die Jagd nach den Rohstoffen der Zukunft (Movie screening and discussion, 18.12.) |
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12.12.2024
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Book Talk: "Africa’s Global Infrastructures" at Shanghai University |
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09.12.2024
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Book Talk: "Africa’s Global Infrastructures" at Peking University |
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15.11.2024
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New book on dam-building in Ethiopia co-authored by Biruk Terrefe was just published by Oxford University Press |
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11.11.2024
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EISA Online Roundtable about US election results |
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07.11.2024
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New article on development plans in Rwanda and Ethiopia by Biruk Terrefe and Barnaby Joseph Dye |
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05.11.2024
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Blog post on the US Elections: "Trump might be the problem – or the US constitution" by Florian Kühn |
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05.11.2024
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CfA – BIGSAS-Scholarships for African Women Scholars based on the Continent |
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01.11.2024
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Book Launch Seminar – Africa’s Global Infrastructures (Utrecht & online, 5 Nov) |
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15.10.2024
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New publication – Responsiveness of Chinese mining companies in Africa |
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14.10.2024
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(Dis)Arming Responsibility – An interdisciplinary workshop |
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14.10.2024
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Table Ronde – "In/securités et la nouvelle Alliance des États du Sahel" (15 October 2024) |
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08.10.2024
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Professors Jana Hönke and Andrea Behrends Launch New Books at VAD Conference 2024 |
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07.10.2024
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Call for applications – Student assistant (30h/month) for Peace and Conflict Research |
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26.09.2024
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Job Offer: Foreign Language Assistant (m/w/d) Part-Time (20.05 hours/week) |
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24.09.2024
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7.-8.10.2024 Augsburg: 2nd Networking Workshop for Peace and Conflict Research in Bavaria |
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16.08.2024
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Welcome Kadara Swaleh: New Chair Member Joins the INFRAGLOB Project |
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15.07.2024
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17 July | Talk with Yvonne Berger |
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26.06.2024
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10.07.2024: Talk by Dr. Marion Ouma "Choice-less Democracy Revisited: Enduring Legacies in Social Policymaking" |
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24.06.2024
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27.06.2024: Translation And The Ethics Of Horizontal Universalism, a guest lecture by Souleymane Bachir Diagne |
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03.06.2024
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Dr. Kamal Donko: “Local Voices and Global Stakes: Unveiling the complex realities of Africa's longest oil pipeline in northern Benin” |
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03.06.2024
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Call for Papers: Open annual conference 2024 AK Sociology of International Relations |
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03.06.2024
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03 June: Lecture Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South-South Transformations in Practice |
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24.05.2024
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New book review of "Africa's Global Infrastructures: South-South Transformation in Practice" published in the international studies journal Survival |
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16.05.2024
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Sociology Department Colloquium SS2024 |
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03.05.2024
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Chapter by Prof. Jana Hönke and Yifan Mia Yang "Liminally Positioned In/Towards the South: Chinese Relations in Africa" |
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11.04.2024
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Postcolonial thinkers in discussion (30 April, 18-19:30) |
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26.03.2024
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April 12: AISAC Conference 2024 | Africa and China: Actors, Methods, and Geopolitics in the Everyday |
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22.03.2024
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Out now - Special Issue "From Climate Conflicts to Environmental Peacebuilding" |
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04.03.2024
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Call for Applications: Researchers for DFG-Project |
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29.02.2024
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Call for Applications: Student Assistants for the Chair Sociology in Africa |
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20.02.2024
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Foundation of the Bavarian Scientific Alliance for Peace, Conflict and Security Research |
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20.02.2024
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Pictures: Talk with Dr. Katja Freistein |
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14.02.2024
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Job advertisement: Akademischer Rat (m/f/d) |
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06.02.2024
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„Wars and their environmental impacts“ – Talk by Prof. Benno Fladvad |
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22.01.2024
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31 January: Talk with Dr. Katja Freistein |
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12.01.2024
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Article by Dr. Eric Cezne published |
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20.12.2023
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Call for Applications – Student Assistant (40h/month) INFRAGLOB |
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20.12.2023
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January 10: Talk with Dr. Marian Burchardt & Dr. Johannes Becker |
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04.12.2023
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Dec 13: Talk with Babatunde Fagbayibo |
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30.11.2023
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6th December: Book Launch |
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24.11.2023
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Lecture Series "Spaces of War" |
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20.11.2023
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29th November: Talk with Noura Chalati |
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09.11.2023
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Cancelled - 15. November: Talk with Prof. Dr. Yvonne Berger |
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23.10.2023
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CfA for student assistant in INFRAGLOB project (from Jan 1, 2024) |
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18.10.2023
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Social Movements Workshop at the UBT (10 November) |
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18.10.2023
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Sociology Colloquium Winter Term 2023/24 |
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13.10.2023
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Oct 25: Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke und Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg |
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12.10.2023
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Oct. 13: Conflicting spaces. A roundtable on the crisis in Central Sahel and its surrounds |
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11.10.2023
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Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke at IOS Annual Conference: "(Re-)Ordering Eastern Europe" |
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21.08.2023
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Stellenausschreibung: Wiss. Koordinator*innen für Friedens-, Konflikt- und Sicherheitsforschung (2x, 100%, Augsburg/München) |
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03.08.2023
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Interview with Jan Sändig - Kein Frieden ohne Konflikt? |
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01.08.2023
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Recent Coup in Niger - Interview with Dr. Adam Sandor |
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29.06.2023
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July 05: Bayreuther Stadtgespräche - Colonial Bayreuth |
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29.06.2023
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July 05: Talk by Prof. Dr. Stephen Brown (University of Ottawa) |
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29.06.2023
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Defense ceremony of Barbara Gruber's PhD thesis |
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12.06.2023
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Invitation – Keynote by Navnita Chadha Behera (21st June, Bayreuth) |
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12.06.2023
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June 13 & 27: On violence - Invitation to the Sociology colloquium and get-together |
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09.06.2023
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Call for Applications: Student Assistant “INFRAGLOB” |
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09.06.2023
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Call for Applications: Student Assistant “Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions”, Chair for Sociology of Africa |
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30.05.2023
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Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke at Symposium for Peace & Conflict Research at Bavarian Parliament |
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26.05.2023
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The chair for Sociology of Africa @ 14th European Summer School for the Anthropology of Development and Social Dynamics (in Bayreuth) |
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22.05.2023
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Shattered hope: The conflict in Sudan. |
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27.04.2023
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PhD position (m/f/d) available (DFG-funded) |
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24.04.2023
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June 2023: Workshop 'Development Beyond Aid' in Bayreuth |
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24.04.2023
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New book edited by Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke, Dr. Eric Cezne, and Yifan Yang |
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27.03.2023
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June 2023: The chair for Sociology of Africa at the 'African Futures' European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) in Cologne |
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02.03.2023
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Call for Papers: EISA Konferenz (Sept. 2023) |
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20.02.2023
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February 22-23: Conference "Africa's Mobility Struggles" |
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20.02.2023
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Report: Bavarian Peace and Conflict Research Networking Workshop in Augsburg (February 2-3, 2023) |
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16.02.2023
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Report on Bayreuth Peace Talks on 26 January: "11 Months of War Against Ukraine" |
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24.01.2023
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Jan. 26: Bayreuther Peace Talks: "11 Monate Krieg gegen die Ukraine" (11 Months of War Against Ukraine) |
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10.01.2023
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18th January: Talk by Dr. Nina Reiners |
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09.01.2023
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A highlight of 2022: Report & Pictures of the Roundtable in Bayreuth in October |
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14.12.2022
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Call for papers - ECAS 2023 "Is the developmental state back? How post-neoliberal extractivism reshapes social contracts in Africa" |
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12.12.2022
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Participation of Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke in the conference ‘Die Deutsch-Französische Afrikapolitik im Zeichen der Zeitenwende/’Franco-German Africa Policy at the Turning Point' |
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01.12.2022
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„Contested Security Arrangements of Mega Infrastructures in Africa”: Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke presented at the BICC International Conference 2022 |
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07.11.2022
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Dr. Maria Ketzmerick: New Publication |
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04.11.2022
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Nov. 10: Roundtable (Munich): „The Russian War Against Ukraine: What remains of Germany's 'pacifism'?“ |
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03.11.2022
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Nov. 7: Talk with Prof. Shahar Hameiri (University of Queensland): "Fractured China" |
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02.11.2022
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Nov 28-29.: Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke @KonKoop Young Researchers' Workshop "Peace and Conflict Research in Eastern Europe post-2022: Methods and Ethical Dilemmas" |
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27.10.2022
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Workgroup "Communities of Practice Revisited": Call for Participation |
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27.10.2022
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Dr. Maria Ketzmerick at Symposium of Millennium Journal of International Studies |
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22.10.2022
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New blog article of Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke and Lisa Skender |
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20.10.2022
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Report from 1st Think Lab of the network "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict" in Freiburg |
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07.10.2022
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Oct. 25: Roundtable & launch of the new Peace and Conflict Research Network @Bayreuth: Crises of our times – what answers do Peace and Conflict Studies offer? |
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05.10.2022
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First "Think Lab" of the network "Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict" in Freiburg |
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01.10.2022
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Welcome to the winter semester! / Courses |
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28.09.2022
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Jan Sändig is member of a new DFG network on Environmental Peacebuilding |
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22.09.2022
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Introducing our new colleagues: Dr. Adam Sandor & Büşra Üner |
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20.09.2022
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New Post-Doc position in the project "Deutungskämpfe im Übergang" (Interpretative Struggles in Times of Transition) |
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14.09.2022
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Book chapter by Maria Ketzmerick published |
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12.07.2022
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New Postdoc Working Group "Communities of Practice" approved |
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30.06.2022
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Acceptance of two articles for publication |
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28.06.2022
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"Africa's Multiple Globalities": Forthcoming Presentation by Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke |
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17.06.2022
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Dr.in Maria Ketzmerick at BISA Conference (Newcastle) |
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07.06.2022
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Official launch of BMBF-network “Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict” ("Hierarchies") on June 8th 2022 within the VAD conference |
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03.06.2022
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Colloquium with Dr. Thomas McNamara on June 7th 2022 |
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19.05.2022
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Workshop of the Postdoc Working Group, together with Prof. Dr. Chih-yu Shih, National Taiwan University |
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19.05.2022
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PD Dr. Florian Kühn at Workshop of Bavarian Initiative for Peace and Conflict Research |
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27.04.2022
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Conference on Epistemic Hierarchies and Knowledge Production in the Global South |
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19.04.2022
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Start of the research project Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict |
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19.04.2022
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Welcome back to the new summer semester! |
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09.03.2022
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Two new large-scale projects on peace and conflict research at the University of Bayreuth |
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22.02.2022
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Workshop: Production Chains and Security Apparatuses: On the Intersections of Value and Violence in the 21st Century |
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07.02.2022
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Apply now for Summer School at University of Bayreuth: China-Africa Entanglements |
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07.02.2022
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Roundtable on 7th of February: Coups d états in West Africa |
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12.01.2022
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New Publication by Jana Hönke and Eric Cezne: The multiple meanings and uses of South-South relations in extraction |
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22.12.2021
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Call for Applications for Student Assistants |
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22.12.2021
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Call for applications: PhD position in Decolonializing Humanitarianism |
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20.12.2021
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Call for Applications: PhD Position Global Political Sociology |
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20.12.2021
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Call for Applications: PostDoc Position |
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04.11.2021
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New Publication: Forum on Race and racism in critical security studies |
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03.11.2021
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Office hours of Prof. Hönke in the winter semester |
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18.10.2021
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Welcome back to the new winter semester! |
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15.10.2021
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Global Sociology & Politics Colloquium |
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23.09.2021
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Call for Applications for a Student Assistant |
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16.09.2021
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Registration for the courses in winter semester 2021 |
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06.09.2021
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Announcement EISA Annual Confernce: 13.-17. September 2021 |
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06.09.2021
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Announcement DVPW Annual Conference 14.-16. September 2021 |
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06.09.2021
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Call for Applications: 2022-2023 International Fellowships |
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26.07.2021
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New publication by Jan Sändig: "Contesting large-scale land acquisitions in the Global South" |
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20.07.2021
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Office hour Prof. Hönke |
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12.07.2021
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Cluster Conference "Africa*n Relations: Modalities Reflected" |
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21.06.2021
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Invitation to public talk by Tom Ogwang on Resource-Financed Infrastructure in Uganda |
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10.06.2021
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Public Talk by Juniorprofessor Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg June 28th 2021 at 1pm |
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08.06.2021
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Public talk by Joschka Philipps -- Chasing Shadows: Conspiracism and political imagination in postcolonial Guinea |
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25.05.2021
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Call for Abstracts: "Transnational activism within the Global South" Panel proposal for the ISA 2022, Nashville |
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25.05.2021
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Call for Collaboration – Prime Scholarship for Postdocs |
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18.05.2021
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Call for applications Visiting Lectureship/Guest Professorship at the Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS) |
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18.05.2021
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AKHF Seminar Series: Maria Ketzmerick will contribute with presentation |
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12.05.2021
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Welcoming guest speaker Prof. Natewinde Sawadogo in MA seminar Transnational Professionals and Communities of Practice. |
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11.05.2021
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Talk by Dr. Maria Ketzmerick at Kolloqium Soziologie Summer Semester 2021 |
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14.04.2021
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Eric Cezne successfully defended PhD Defence |
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14.04.2021
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Book Launch 'Brazil-Africa Relations in the 21st century' |
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12.04.2021
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Welcome to the Summer Term 2021 |
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07.04.2021
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Talk by Jana Hönke at the event ‘Partnering with business to promote human security and the SDGs: comparative experiences’ |
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07.04.2021
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Course registration summer term |
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29.03.2021
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Call for Applications: Two PhD Positions in the Junior Research Group ‘The political economy of monetary and economic sovereignty in West Africa compared’ |
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17.03.2021
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Eric Ceznes published Dissertation "Assembling the South-South Through Extraction" |
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08.03.2021
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Postdoc Working Group "Non-Western Actors and Security/Development Practices in Africa: Analyzing the Multiple Relational Processes Shaping Epistemologies on the Ground " receives funding by Africa Multiple |
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05.03.2021
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Dr. Alžběta Šváblová receives Postdoc Scholarship |
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22.02.2021
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Talk by Obert Hodzi: African Political Elites and the Making(s) of the China Model in Africa |
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17.02.2021
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Book Launch Maria Ketzmerick |
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15.02.2021
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Exam Registration open till March 31rd 2021 |
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28.01.2021
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Call for Applications - Student Assistant |
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12.01.2021
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Call for Applications – Student Assistants (20h or 40h/month) for the ERC-INFRAGLOB project, Chair for Sociology of Africa |
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23.12.2020
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Happy Holidays and a Good Start of the New Year |
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16.12.2020
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New mailing list ASP-KuWi-UBT |
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30.11.2020
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Upcoming public event with Prof. Dr. Marc Matten on Confucian political philosophy and world order conceptions in 20th-century China |
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26.11.2020
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Upcoming Event Sociology colloqium |
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18.11.2020
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Infrastructure Globalities: The Remaking of Transnational Practices in Africa |
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31.10.2020
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Farewell to Dr. Sarah Katz-Lavigne |
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01.10.2020
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FAQs on the 2020/2021 winter semester in times of COVID-19 |
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01.10.2020
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Welcome events for 2020/2021 winter semester |
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01.10.2020
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Registration for winter semester 2020/2021 - Enrollment has already started! |
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21.09.2020
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Sociology of Africa Chair Group - Digital Public Lecture 7 October 2020 |
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26.08.2020
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Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Katz-Lavigne for receiving an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada! |
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21.07.2020
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Oct. 2020 autumn School for PhD candidates on "Fieldwork meets Crisis" |
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01.07.2020
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The Sociology of Africa chair group welcomes Dr. Jan Sändig to the team! |
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10.06.2020
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Upcoming event: Book launch of Doing fieldwork in areas of international intervention: A guide to research in violent and closed contexts |
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08.06.2020
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Alžběta Šváblová has successfully defended her dissertation! |
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25.03.2020
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Dr Florian Stoll and Dr. Philip Smith have been successful in their application for a Fellowship of the University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt“ |
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03.03.2020
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Publication of the first book in the Bristol University Press book series Spaces of Peace Security and Development |
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11.02.2020
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Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland (VAD) Call for Papers from 02/01/20 to 15/03/20 |
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07.02.2020
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Alzbeta Svablova's office hours in February and March |
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03.02.2020
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The Sociology of Africa chair group welcomes Frau Romina Hazzard to the team! |
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23.01.2020
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Dr. Sarah Katz-Lavigne has successfully defended her PhD! |
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20.01.2020
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The Sociology of Africa chair group welcomes Yifan Mia Yang, M.A. to the team! |
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14.01.2020
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Job Advertisement: Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) |
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21.11.2019
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Looking for an "Akademische/r Rat/Rätin auf Zeit" |
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23.10.2019
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Introductory Session of the Lecture "Governance and Conflict in Spaces of (Large-Scale) Extraction" |
