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.
Events
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Conference: Land Governance and Conflicts in West Africa
Organizers: the fellows of the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on "Land Governance in West Africa through Interdisciplinary Empirical Lenses" (IFG 6) Conference programme The conference hosted by the sixth cohort of the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG 6) of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa engages with the discourse and implications of land governance in West ... Read more
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Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop 2022
Yiri Lodge, University of Ghana, 7-8th September 2022 The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for its workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa which is organized from 7 to 9 September 2022 in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) and the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) ... Read more
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Public Roundtable: Perspective from the Social Sciences and Humanities
J.H. Nketia Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, 8th September 2022 MIASA Public Round Table in collaboration with CEGENSA Women’s Leadership in Academia: Perspective from the Social Sciences and Humanities Speakers: Dr. Georgina Yaa ODURO (University of Cape Coast, Ghana) Dr. Sharon OMOTOSO (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) Dr. Aïdas SANOGO (Centre universitaire de ... Read more
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Conference: African Cities: Climate Change and the Search for Resilience
Programme Conveners: Prof. Dr. Ines Macamo Raimundo, Department of Geography, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo Mozambique Prof. Dr. Charlotte Wrigley-Asante, Department of Geography and Resource Management, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Prof. Dr. Alex Barimah Owusu, Department of Geography and Resource Management, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Background: Whilst there is compelling evidence to prove that ... Read more
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Conference: Religious Diversity in Urban Africa: Exploring Modes of Coexistence
in Kumasi/Ghana Organizers: Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on Religious Diversity in Urban West Africa: Exploring Modes of Coexistence for Sustainable Governance (IFG 7) Programme Abstract: African cities have been undergoing considerable transformations in recent times. The significant role and impact that religious communities are competing for and benefiting from these transformations in African cities, however, have not attracted much interest. This ... Read more
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Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop 2023
This workshop was held for early- and mid-career post-doctoral female academics who are affiliated in the Social Sciences and Humanities with universities or research institutes in Africa. Participants came from a broad range of disciplines, and work on one or more of MIASA’s main research themes. It was the sixth edition of MIASA’s Female Academic ... Read more
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Public Roundtable: Positioning and preparing oneself for leadership in Academia
MIASA Public Round Table in collaboration with CEGENSA Speakers: Professor Awo Manu Asiedu (University of Ghana) Dr. Doris Akyere Boateng (University of Ghana) Dr. Jenny Mbaye (City University of London) The Round Table was part of the annual MIASA workshop on Female Academic Careers in Africa, organised in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (GHIP) ... Read more
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Writing Workshop 2023: Peace, Democracy and Climate Change
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 climate change on the continent with the space and intellectual community to transform a draft paper into a publishable journal piece. The 5-day writing workshop was designed to provide early career ... Read more
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Conference: Restitution, Museums and Cultural Policies in West Africa
Auditorium of the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research, University of Ghana, June 22, 2023 Organizers: Kodzo Gavua (University of Ghana) & Hans Peter Hahn (Goethe University Frankfurt) Abstract: While restitution has increasingly become a concretely experienced practice in many countries of West Africa, urgent questions about future cultural policies in this region emerge. The factor that ... Read more
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Midterm Conference 2023: Sustainable Governance in a Time of Global Flux: Issues, Concepts and Future Directions
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to the issue of “Sustainable governance” in an interdisciplinary perspective. It is based on a collaboration between the University of Ghana and four German partners and aims at making African thinking increasingly relevant in academic debates. The Institute is jointly sponsored by the German Federal Ministry ... Read more
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Artist Exhibition: Poetography Workshop; Artist in Residence: Stone Karim Mohamad
Stone Karim Mohamad is a poet, photographer, and also a well-known spoken-word artist in Cameroon and Germany. He splits his time between Yaoundé, Buea and Stuttgart. He is currently artist in residence at MIASA, Univ. of Ghana.This workshop is comprised of two one-hour sessions, which will be offered on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, and Wednesday, 18 ... Read more
