New Video Podcast – Afrikanists Assemble
Take a look at episode 41 "Challenging Parts of Speech" of Afrikanists Assemble, a Video Podcast produced by the research project Recalibrating Afrikanistik; a forum that seeks dialogue and exchange.
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Study: Material grievances a stronger breeding ground for extremism than political beliefs
Material grievances – especially high youth unemployment – are a far greater breeding ground for extremism than religious or political beliefs. This is the conclusion of a major international study involving the Research Centre Global Dynamics at Leipzig University. Researchers examined local and…
Sociologus Vol. 72 (2022), Issue 1
This special issue assembles three contributions that were originally held as lectures in a series of events co-organized by the Institutes of Anthropology and African Studies at Leipzig University entitled “Beyond debates: De/colonial practices in and across academia” during the summer semester of…
Enrolment for the winter semester 2024/25
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Wanted: Student assistant for the winter semester 2024/25 (Newsletter)
Dear students!
For the winter semester 2024/25 we, the Institute of African Studies, are looking for a student assistant (without degree - m/f/d) for 5 hours per week for 6 months (01.10.2024 - 31.03.2025).
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.
Events
Find out everything about lectures, workshops, colloquia and conferences.
Andrea Muehlebach
"Capitalism´s Grotesque Life”
Andrea Muehlebach (University of Bremen): "Capitalism´s Grotesque Life”
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The Institute of African Studies and the Institute of Anthropology invite you to
Lecture Series: Matters of Life and Death
In this lecture series, we are interested in examining the making of boundaries between life and death in this wider sense, through discussions on the different aspects of bringing forth or making end. Our scope reaches from the moment of coming to life - as a being, as an idea - over maintaining…
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Katharina Schramm
“What’s a pauper’s death worth? Race, anatomy, and the fraught promise of immortality”
Katharina Schramm (University of Bayreuth): “What’s a pauper’s death worth? Race, anatomy, and the fraught promise of immortality”
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The Institute of African Studies and the Institute of Anthropology invite you to
Lecture Series: Matters of Life and Death
In this lecture series, we are interested in examining the making of boundaries between life and death in this wider sense, through discussions on the different aspects of bringing forth or making end. Our scope reaches from the moment of coming to life - as a being, as an idea - over maintaining…
Read more