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Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Birgit Englert

T: +43-1-4277-43253

birgit.englert@univie.ac.at

Consultation hours: Usually during the semester every Wednesday from 10-11 am in my office at the Institute of African Studies. By appointment also at other times or by Zoom.
To make an appointment, please contact me by email at birgit.englert@univie.ac.at with your request.

Summer term 2023

143227 KU Guided Reading: Images of Africa in contemporary travel writing (text and film)

143233 VO+UE Introduction to African History - Lecture - Introduction to African History and Society

143234 PS Introductory Seminar African History and Societies

143254 SE International solidarity in the struggle against apartheid - an examination of the memoirs of the International Brigade against Apartheid

143371 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Winter term 2022

143094 SE SE "Black Lives Matter" / "Palestinian Lives Matter" - Black - Palestinian Solidarities in Past and Present

143142 SE Bachelor Seminar African History and Societies

143233 VO+UE Introduction to African History - Lecture - Linking past and present

Summer term 2022

143227 KU Project: "Crossroads Africa"- Day - Focus on debates on decolonisation and racism

143233 VO+UE Introduction to African History - Lecture

143234 PS Introductory Seminar African History and Societies

143254 SE Mobilities within/ from/ to Africa in the 20th and 21st Century

143371 SE Master Coaching Seminar

Englert, B. (Accepted/In press). Im/mobilities in contemporary German cycling travel reports with focus on Anselm Nathanael Pahnke’s film "Anderswo. Allein in Afrika" (2018). In S. Vlasta, & W. Eckel (Eds.), Moving Identities: Constructing the Self and the Other in Travel Writing Universitätsverlag Winter.

Englert, B. (Accepted/In press). Swahilité in the French Comorian Diaspora. Swahili Forum, (2023).

Englert, B. (2022). How Black–Palestinian Solidarity Challenges Discourses on Decolonisation and Why This Should Matter in Anti-racism Debates in Austria. Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, 43, 93-127. https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.367_06

Englert, B. (2022). Zurück zum Ausgangspunkt: verdrängte Solidaritäten zwischen afrikanischen und palästinensischen Akteuren. In M. Böckmann, M. Gockel, R. Kößler, & H. Melber (Eds.), Jenseits von Mbembe – Geschichte, Erinnerung, Solidarität (pp. 225-243). Metropol Verlag.

Englert, B. (2021). Exploring borderlines of power in and through the auto/biographies by Ronnie Kasrils. In A. Angelo (Ed.), The Politics of Biography in Africa. Borders, Margins and Alternative Histories of Power (pp. 118-135). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003133452

Englert, B., Thomsen, S., & Gföllner, B. (Eds.) (2021). Cultural Mobilities between Africa and the Caribbean. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003152248/cultural-mobilities-africa-caribbean-birgit-englert-barbara-gf%C3%B6llner-sigrid-thomsen

Thomsen, S., Gföllner, B., & Englert, B. (2021). Cultural Mobilities between Africa and the Caribbean: Introduction. In B. Englert, S. Thomsen, & B. Gföllner (Eds.), Cultural Mobilities between Africa and the Caribbean (pp. 1-13). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003152248/cultural-mobilities-africa-caribbean-birgit-englert-barbara-gf%C3%B6llner-sigrid-thomsen

Englert, B., & Harisch, I. (2020). On the Relevance of Using Social Media Platforms as Archives for the Writing of African History. Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, 39, 31-53. https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.240_02

Englert, B. (2020). Moving beyond HipHop: Tracing Mobilities in the Work of Franco-Comorian artists Soprano and Ahamada Smis. In A. Ganser-Blumenau, & A. Pelz (Eds.), Mobile Kulturen und Gesellschaften – Mobile Cultures and Societies (pp. 127-143). V&R unipress, Vienna University Press.

Englert, B. (2020). Postkolonialismus und Antisemitismus: Debatten um Achille Mbembe. Indaba. Das SADOCC-Magazin für das Südliche Afrika, (106), 20. https://www.sadocc.at/?page_id=91

Englert, B. (2020). Wer Lehren ziehen will. Die Presse Spectrum, iv.

Dannecker, P., Englert, B., Ganser-Blumenau, A., Hasenöhrl, S., Kabelik, R., Maly-Bowie, B., Metschl, V., Pelz, A., Rüther, K., & Sauer, B. (2020). Kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Mobilitätsstudien konzeptualisieren. In A. Ganser, & A. Pelz (Eds.), Mobile Kulturen und Gesellschaften/Mobile Cultures and Societies (pp. 9-56). V&R unipress, Vienna University Press.

Englert, B. (2020). On the (Im)possibility of Writing a Travelogue; Or: Dimensions of Polygraphy in Manuel João Ramos’s Of Hairy Kings and Saintly Slaves: An Ethiopian Travelogue. Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal, 1(2), 137-154. https://doi.org/10.25364/08.6:2020.1.9

Englert, B. (2020). Rezension: Bell Collective. Unterwegs mit den neuen Pionierinnen der Reisefotografie. Ausgewählt und präsentiert von Alina Rudya Ostfildern: Dumont Reiseverlag 2019. Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal, 1(2), 261-264. https://doi.org/10.25364/08.6:2020.1.17

Englert, B. (2020). Rezension: Horn, Franz Paul. 2019. Über die Grenzen. Wien, Damaskus, Kabul: Drei wahre Geschichten von Reise und Flucht. Wien: Kremayr & Scheriau. Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal, 1(2), 265-270. https://doi.org/10.25364/08.6:2020.1.18

Englert, B., & Vlasta, S. (2020). Travel writing – on the interplay between text and the visual. Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal, 1(2), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.25364/08.6:2020.1.1

Vlasta, S., & Englert, B. (Eds.) (2020). Travel writing – on the interplay between text and the visual. Mobile Culture Studies. The Journal

Englert, B. (2019, Dec). Laudatio für Walter Schicho: anlässlich der Verleihung des Österreichischen Preises für Entwicklungsforschung.

Englert, B. (2019). Rezension von: KASRILS, Ronnie. 2017. A Simple Man. Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma. Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media Ltd., 283 Seiten. ISBN: 978‐1‐ 4314‐2577‐8. Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, 37, 135-147.

Englert, B., & Moreto, N. P. (2019). Retelling the World in Swahili – Revisiting the Practice of Film Translation in Tanzania. In K. Balogun, L. Gilman, M. Graboyes, & H. Iddrisu (Eds.), Africa Every Day. Fun, Leisure, and Expressive Culture on the Continent. (pp. 265-273). Ohio University Press.

Vorlesungsreihe – Gesellschaft und Staatlichkeit in Afrika: Gesellschaftlicher Wandel

Daniela Waldburger (Speaker) & Birgit Englert (Speaker)

20 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Einheit zu Rassismus bei STEOP Geschichtswissenschaften

Lisa Tackie (Speaker) & Birgit Englert (Speaker)

30 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science