Is there a future for African Studies in Europe? Opening Roundtable ECAS

It seems contradictory, certainly at first sight. Can a European Conference on African Studies wiggle itself loose from the colonial past? Can one claim to offer spaces for encounters, knowledge….
We have always been here: Unearthing Hidden Histories – Prof. Joseph Major Nyasani at the UoC – Lecture & Discussion

“Humans, not places, make memories”. Ama Ata Aidoo
We cannot be able to talk about African Futures if we do not speak about the African past and the achievements of those who came before us and set a footprint.
Roundtable: Biodiversity and Food Security

Our Roundtable’s discussion is set against the backdrop of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15) agreement of putting 30 per cent of the planet and …
African Futures – Let’s Celebrate!

Celebrating African Futures with a night of modern African music.
Alter Voices – Covid Stories: A podcast series of the research unit “Communication during and after COVID-19: (re)producing social inequalities and/or opportunities among African migrants in the United Arab Emirates and China”.

Learn about research for listening – with our podcast series “Alter Voices – Covid Stories,” on display at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum starting May 31.
re|despair: Painful encounters in German museums – Livespeaker event

Co-laboration and repair, restitution and healing have become commonplace phrases in German museum discourse on how to deal with colonial collections and the colonial past. A student group….
re|despair – Painful encounters in German museums

Co-laboration and repair, restitution and healing have become commonplace phrases in German museum discourse on how to deal with colonial collections and the colonial past.
Collective Spaces of Mourning? A Round Tables Experiment

This collective round table experiment on mourning emphasis lays on the possibilities to integrate artisticpractices as tools for decolonization and reconciliation.
Business Forum: A day all about startups and companies

Various facets of successful African-German economic cooperation are discussed.
Business Forum: Two Continents – One Team: Intercontinental Cooperation in the African-European Startup Ecosystem.

We are pleased to invite you to our panel discussion on successful teamwork and collaborations in African-European startups and intercontinental startup ecosystems.