Lectures
The MIASA Public Lecture Series features MIASA fellows in residence. It is primarily directed to researchers and students but is also open to the wider public.
The Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture is organized annually by MIASA at the University of Ghana in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies and the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Ghana. It is named after the 18th century philosopher from present-day Ghana who taught at the universities of Halle and Jena. The lecture series promotes MIASA’s overarching commitment of making African thinking increasingly relevant in global academia, and it addresses questions of how the humanities and social sciences can contribute to the decolonisation of knowledge production and epistemic justice.
Events
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Public Lecture: Militarization, Coups and the Crisis of Constitutionalism in Africa – Democratic Regression and Constitutional Resilience
J.H. Nketiah Conference Hall, Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ghana -
Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture 2026: The Genesis of Doubt: From Anton Wilhelm Amo to Ghana’s Democracy; Invited speaker: Prof. Ato Quayson, Chair, Department of African and African American Studies, Stanford University
Great Hall, University of Ghana, LegonAbstract This lecture will adopt the life and work of Anton Wilhelm Amo as the take-off point for reflecting on the genesis of doubt and its uses in society and politics. It will be shown through and interpretation of various sources from philosophy and literature that doubt has many modes of articulation, partly in relation ... Read more
