Events
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Publishing Workshop 2021
21-22 October, 2021, via Zoom 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 virtually on 21 and 22 October 2021. The ... Read more
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Public Lecture: What Remains of German Colonialism in the Volta Region?; Speaker: Kokou Azamede
Virtual via Zoom, 2nd November 2021 Abstract:German colonialism in the Volta Region was carried out through trade, missionary activities and colonial administration. The socio-political situation in Ghana in recent years has brought back memories of this past through political demands. On the basis of field investigations, this paper aims to examine the tangible and intangible ... Read more
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Public lecture: A Social Anthropology of Urban Land Governance in Dakar, Bamako and Ouagadougou; Speaker: Lamine Doumbia
via Zoom Abstract: This paper examines, from a social anthropological perspective, how bureaucratization transforms urban social experience and gives rise to new dynamic registers to address urban land governance. It shows that associations of displaced or evicted people are “struggling” against socio-spatial exclusion processes as well as showcase the organizational aspects of such associations in ... Read more
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Public Lecture: Metabolic History: Food Economics, Dietary Advice and Epidemiological Change in Contemporary Ghana; Speaker: John Nott
via Zoom Abstract: 1983 was a difficult year for many Ghanaians. The political and economic instability which had defined much of the 1970s intensified into the 1980s and, by 1983, the country suffered through the most severe and widespread food shortage on record. Unlike earlier famines, which were largely limited to isolated parts of the ... Read more
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Public Lecture: Dealing with Audiovisual Aphasia: Filming Restitution in the Making; Speaker: Martin Doll
Virtual via Zoom, 23rd November 2021 Abstract:In this lecture I will argue for an audiovisual historiography which includes exhibitions, web sites, and in particular films not only as historical sources, but also as media for the publication of scientific results. For this reason, I will do a close re-reading of the elaborations on “colonial aphasia” ... Read more
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Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture 2021: The Significance of Anton Wilhelm Amo in Contemporary African Philosophy; Invited Speaker: J. Obi Oguejiofor (Nnamdi Azikiwe University)
Great Hall & ISSER Conference Facilities The Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture is organized annually by MIASA at the University of Ghana. It aims at strengthening the visibility of MIASA on campus and beyond through a high-level annual lecture series, which would be a valued element in the CVs of African scholars in the social sciences ... Read more
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Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture 2021 and Symposium: Reflections on his Life and Intellectual Legacy for Contemporary Discourses
ISSER Conference HallThe Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture is organized annually by MIASA at the University of Ghana. It aims at strengthening the visibility of MIASA on campus and beyond through a high-level annual lecture series, which would be a valued element in the CVs of African scholars in the social sciences and humanities. It is named after ... Read more
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Public Lecture: Governance and the Evolving Ghanaian Wallet: A Psychologists’ Perspective; Speaker: Vivian Dzokoto
Speaker: Vivian Dzokoto, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University Abstract: This presentation will discuss selected governance and consumer dimensions of Ghana’s evolving payments landscape. Ghana experienced a currency redenomination in the last decade and a half. The country has since transitioned to an increasingly cash-lite economy as more and more consumers incorporate primarily mobile phone-based payment applications into ... Read more
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MIASA-PAPA Conference 2021: Challenging Conflict Research in Africa: Epistemological, Theoretical and Methodological Issues
J.H.K. Nketia Conference Room, Institute of African Studies In recent years, the social sciences have been crossed by a major questioning movement of scientific discourse on Africa. The inventory of the colonial library, decolonial thought, and the decoding of the contents of the “black boxes” that are the most commonly used concepts in the social ... Read more
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Conference: Restitution, Return, Repatriation and Reparation (The 4Rs) in Africa: Reality or Transcultural Aphasia?
at University of Ghana Organizers: Interdisciplinary Fellow Group "The 4 Rs in Africa: Reality or Transcultural Aphasia?" (IFG 5) This was the closing workshop of an international Fellow Group at MIASA (University of Ghana). The aim of the group was to open up the dichotomous visions of the restitution debate by focusing on a case study: ... Read more
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Public Lecture: Party Primaries in Ghana: A Conjoint Survey Experiment; Speakers: Anja Osei & Gbensuglo Alidu Bukari
Abstract: Especially, in competitive systems like Ghana, the electoral success of a party is at least in part a function of appropriate candidate selection. Both NPP and NDC hold party primaries in which grassroots delegates at the local level elect candidates for parliamentary elections. The literature on these important processes has however remained scarce. On ... Read more
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Public Lecture: Ablɔɖe! The Axis of Extremist Discontent of the Western Togoland Secessionist Movement in Ghana: The Old, the New and the Grey; Speaker: Nene-Lomotey Kuditchar
via Zoom Abstract: Ghana’s post Fourth Republican encounter with extremism anchored on the secession of Western Togoland raises a pertinent question: under what conditions does extremism fester in a context of democratic cultural autonomy? The Western Togoland Secessionist Movement, which has persisted under various guises since 1946, has its current phase overlapping with the establishment ... Read more
