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.
Latest Past Events
Public Lecture: Narrative, Identity, and Ethics: Theoretical Considerations Informed by Decolonial Feminisms; Speaker: Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
via Zoom Abstract: In this lecture I will outline the theoretical background of my MIASA project about ‘Christianity’, ‘feminism’, and associated terms, in the English-speaking YWCA movement on the continent. ... Read more
Public Lecture: Power Expressions in the Computer-Mediated Political Discourses of Select Ghanaian and Nigerian Female Politicians; Speaker: Oluwayemisi Olusola Adebomi
via Zoom Abstract: Lately, politicians from the Ghanaian and Nigerian political spaces have resorted to new media platforms for the propagation of their political messages. This is due to the ... Read more
Public Lecture: Negotiating Mine Closure in West Africa; Speakers: Tongnoma Zongo & Diana Ayeh
via Zoom Abstract: For several decades the mineral wealth of West Africa’s subsoil has increasingly attracted large- and small-scale investors and miners. This has not only led to a mushrooming ... Read more



