Workshops & Conferences
MIASA Conferences include Conferences of Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups (IFGs) and Follow-up Events, Policy Conferences, as well as Thematic Conferences, which take place at various sites across the African continent. MIASA Conferences are organized in cooperation with one or several of the partner institutions at the University of Ghana and/or by external cooperation partners in Ghana and other African countries. They often attract attention beyond the academic community. By offering hybrid formats, MIASA aims at targetting a worldwide audience. Policy Conferences and Thematic Conferences invite papers via an open call.
MIASA Workshops include Writing and Publishing workshops as well as Female Academic Career workshops. Participation is restricted to successful applicants.
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Atelier du MIASA sur les carrières académiques féminines en Afrique à Dakar
Dakar, SenegalDate limite de candidature: 22 mai 2025 Le Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) lance cet appel à candidatures pour son 8èmeatelier sur les carrières académiques des femmes en Afrique, qui aura lieu du 15 au 17 juillet 2025 à Dakar (Sénégal). Cet atelier est organisé en coopération avec l’Institut historique allemand (IHA), ... Read more
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Symposium: Towards gender equality: transforming leadership and career development in higher education
VirtualThis two day symposium explores the barriers and facilitators of women’s leadership and career development in higher education across the global south and north. It includes a special two hour training session for early career scholars run by 64MillionArtists. Participants at all career stages will also have the opportunity, if they wish, to take part ... Read more
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Conference: Travelling Comparison Approach – launching a new framework for research, policy and practice for peace and security (IFG 13 Conference)
ISSER Conference Centre, University of GhanaAbstract: Scholars from across Africa and Europe are coming together at the University of Ghana on 3 December 2025 to establish a new way of doing and thinking comparison in peace and conflict studies. We discuss two key innovations: First, valuing decolonial practices through the centering of African voices in practice, methods and theory. Second, ... Read more
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Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop on 9-10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana (Application deadline: 19 December 2025)
Call for Applications The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Publishing Workshop The MIASA Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum (published by the GIGA Institute for African Affairs) and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies (published by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana), will take place on 9 and ... Read more
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Call for Applications: Writing Workshop 2026 “Peace, Democracy and Green Energy” on 20-24 April 2026 at the University of Ghana (Application deadline: 5 January 2026)
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) seeks to provide Africa-based early career researchers working on the themes of peace, democracy and green energy on the continent with the space and intellectual community to transform a draft paper into a publishable journal piece. The 5-day writing workshop is designed to provide early career ... Read more
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Call for Applications for Thematic Conference on “Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa” from 26-28 March 2026 at LASPAD, St. Louis, Senegal (Application deadline: 15 January 2026)
Although Northern countries often claim to be struggling with migration crises, the majority of forced displacement occurs in the Global South. When analysed in this context, migration from the Global South is viewed as a 'problem' requiring an urgent and exceptional policy response (Brachet, 2009; Boyer & Mounkaila, 2020). Displaced people fleeing conflicts and natural ... Read more
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Workshop: “Homecoming or displacement: Reflecting on return in African communities”
MIASA Seminar RoomHomecoming or displacement: Reflecting on return in African communities Return is central to the understanding of migration policies and the politics of belonging on which they are based on. However, despite its relevance there is surprisingly relatively little discussion about the category return and how it is integrated in the categorical scheme of the migration/refugee ... Read more
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Workshop: Tracing Foundations
University of Ghana MakerspaceTracing Foundations is a participatory sculptural intervention in public space that explores how form emerges through accumulation, proximity, and shared action. Rather than presenting a fixed object, the work understands sculpture as a spatial condition shaped by use, negotiation, and presence. Drawing on additive structural principles derived from the spatial organization of Gurunsi village ground plans, ... Read more
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MIASA Publishing Workshop 2026
ISSER Seminar Room, University of Ghana, LegonThe MIASA Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum (published by the GIGA Institute for African Affairs) and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies (published by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana), will take place on 9 and 10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana in Accra. Objectives and Workshop Programme ... Read more
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MIASA Thematic Conference on “Rethinking Forced Displacement in Africa”
LASPAD, University Gaston Berger, St. Louis, SenegalProgramme Although Northern countries often claim to be struggling with migration crises, the majority of forced displacement occurs in the Global South. When analysed in this context, migration from the Global South is viewed as a ‘problem’ requiring an urgent and exceptional policy response (Brachet, 2009; Boyer & Mounkaila, 2020). Displaced people fleeing conflicts and ... Read more
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Call for applications: MIASA workshop on female academic careers in Africa on 8 – 10 July 2026 (Application deadline: 19 April 2026)
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is inviting applications for its 9th workshop on female academic careers in Africa, which will take place from 8 to 10 July 2026 at the University of Ghana (UG), Legon, Accra. This workshop is organised in cooperation with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP), the Centre ... Read more
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MIASA Writing Workshop 2026: Peace, Democracy and Green Energy
ISSER Seminar Room, University of Ghana, LegonThe Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) seeks to provide Africa-based early career researchers working on the themes of peace, democracy and green energy on the continent with the space and intellectual community to transform a draft paper into a publishable journal piece. The 5-day writing workshop is designed to provide early career ... Read more
