Public Lecture: Black African Neo/Pentecostal Political Subjectivity and/as Black Consciousness, Speaker: Siphiwe I. Dube (University of the Witwatersrand)
via Zoom Abstract: In this presentation, I explore the political implications of African forms of Pentecostalism for critical race discourse. In particular, and drawing on a critical engagement with the work of Nimi Wariboko, I argue that what African Neo/Pentecostal Theology highlights is that moral and political subjectivity in the context a necropolitical postcolonial Africa, ... Read more
Public Lecture: Bangui’s Everyday Statehood: Citizens and public authority in a context of chronic political crisis, Speaker: Lotje de Vries (Wageningen University)
MIASA Seminar room & via Zoom Abstract: While the state in the Central African Republic is characterized by what can be called chronic political instability, everyday life and administration in the capital Bangui seems quite steady. In this lecture, I analyze the various relations between citizens and public authorities in mundane interactions to investigate what ... Read more
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
Female Academic Careers in Africa Workshop
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
Roundtable Female Academics 2022
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
Public Lecture: A case of convergence? Party manifestos and left/right ideology in Nigeria’s four Republics, Speaker: Sa’eed Husaini
Abstract: Perspectives in comparative politics see party competition in Africa’s ‘third wave’ democracies as devoid of disagreement on class or economic grounds – and thus as ‘absent’ of left/right ideology. This ‘absence’ thesis finds echo in Nigeria-specific political science literature, as well as in popular perspectives on contemporary politics in Nigeria. Yet, a dearth of ... Read more
Public Lecture: Between (and beyond) Aisha Huang and Stonebwoy: Towards Understanding Non-State Actors and Chinese Environmental Footprints in Ghana, Speaker: Abdul-Gafar Oshodi
MIASA Seminar Room & via Zoom Abstract: There has been renewed interest in Africa-China relations in the last twenty years – and among the areas that have attracted some attention in academic literature and popular media is Chinese environmental footprint in Africa. Although existing literature on this subset of Africa-China relations appears to predominantly overlook ... Read more
Public Lecture: Sino-African urbanism: Chinese architecture of capital and the mercantilist spirit in the city of Douala, Speaker: Basile Ndjio
MIASA Seminar room Abstract In more general, this paper which is based on field investigation conducted in the city of Douala in Cameroon between 2014 and 2021, aims to extend scholarly discussions on transnational urbanism and architectural innovations. It does so through a detailed empirical examination of newly emerged Chinese architectural imaginations, styles and practices ... Read more
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
Conference: Religious Diversity in Urban Africa: Exploring Modes of Coexistence (IFG 7)
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
Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture 2022: Decolonizing Knowledge Production in Africa; Invited Speaker: Sylvia Tamale (Makerere University)
Great Hall, University of Ghana The world lives with the falsehood that on planet earth, there is one universal correct way of being human, i.e., the Western way of thinking, of being and of doing, which is constructed as a one-size-fits-all model, the “default drive” for the entire world. The lecture focuses on some of ... Read more
Public Lecture: Maintaining order in everyday life: Sociology of identity control at roadblocks in Chad; Speaker: Kelma Manatouma
MIASA Conference Room, 15th November 2022 Abstract "Present your identity document !", "Wen identité hanak", "pièce identité" These expressions, in Chadian Arabic or French, are familiar to anyone who is used to taking public transport, coaches from travel companies that have been growing rapidly over the last ten years, to travel to the South or ... Read more
