Institute of African Studies

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Latest News & Events

Everything you need to know about the Institute of African Studies at a glance. Find out, for example, about currently planned lectures, workshops, colloquia and conferences.

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New Video Podcast – Afrikanists Assemble

Take a look at episode 31 "Crucial Questions" of Afrikanists Assemble, a Video Podcast produced by the research project Recalibrating Afrikanistik; a forum that seeks dialogue and exchange.

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Independent module de-registration

Independent deregistration from modules and thus from the examinations of the Faculty of History, Art and Regional Studies is still possible in the winter semester 2023/2024 until January 6, 2024.

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Erasmus+ Applications - winter term 2024/25 and summer term 2025

Dear students,
the deadline for the Erasmus+ applications fot the winter term 2024/25 and the summer term 2025 is 31st of January 2024!

Forschung

How South Africa went from a strong economic nation to a risky location

South Africa’s economic power is shrinking, companies are going bankrupt and the population is suffering. The reason for this is massive and widespread power cuts, which have been becoming more frequent for years now. In the ranking of Africa’s economically strongest countries, South Africa is only…

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RELANGUAGING LANGUAGE FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL

Multilingual Matters has published a book by one of our institute members.

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CITY LIFE IN AFRICA. ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSIGHTS

This book introduces readers to the anthropology of urban life in Africa, showing what ethnography can teach us about African city dwellers’ own notions, practices, and reflections.

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about us

We see African Studies as part of Area Studies with a particular historical responsibility. Our interdisciplinary institute works within the scope of the humanities and the social sciences.

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STUDIES

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African Studies

We learn to think critically about Africa and its role in a globalised world as well as in the social sciences. Here you find information on our Bachelor and Master programme in African Studies.

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Research

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Diverse, dynamic and changing

We engage in individual and collaborative research projects on Africa in its regional and global entanglements, and we orient towards Leipzig University’s strategic research field “Changed order in a globalised world”.

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contact

Institute of African Studies

Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-37030
Fax: +49 341 97-37048