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: New Urbanism, New “Middle Classes” – New Policies in Africa? Some Observations from Contemporary Kenya; Speaker: Florian Stoll
Virtual via Zoom, 25th May 2021 Abstract Most African countries have seen a significant growth of cities in the last decades. Political systems rely, however, frequently on the networks of ... Read more
Public Lecture: Monumental Failure: Forgetting the Victims of the Life Esidimeni Tragedy; Speaker: Nontsasa Nako
Virtual via Zoom, 27th April 2021 Abstract 144 mental health patients died, and 44 went missing after the Gauteng department of health moved nearly 1500 mental health care users from ... Read more
Public Lecture: Rethinking Immigration Governance in the Contemporary Context of Collaboration and Integration in Africa; Speaker: Christal Spel
Virtual via Zoom, 18th April 2021 Abstract The presentation focuses on the mobility component of the AfCFTA and calls attention to the social and economic vulnerability of African migrants in ... Read more



