Department of African Studies: an introduction

Birgit Englert provides an interesting insight into the African Studies at the University of Vienna. She talks about the core areas of the Study Programme, about African languages and about job perspectives.

The student representatives Nadine Okalanwa and Lisa Tackie talk about why they decided to study African Studies and they explain their tasks as student representatives (STV).

 

 

Rémi A. Tchokothe presents his research activities and explains how his work is done. He shares his thoughts on basic questions, like why and how he does his research and what the work he's doing has got to do with reality out there.

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30.06.2025 10:00
 

Workshop: Afrikaforschung in Österreich. Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten

18.–19. September 2025

Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Graz

Merangasse 70 ("Wallgebäude"), A-8010 Graz

28.06.2025 16:00
 

Hosted by Vienna African Writers Club (VAW)

Saturday, 28 June 2025, 4-7pm

Seminar room 1, Department of African Studies

18.06.2025 17:15
 

Daniela Waldburger (University of Vienna) in Conversation with Rémi Tchokothe

13.06.2025
 

Am 13. Juni 2025 startet ON THE BORDER - EUROPAS GRENZEN IN DER SAHARA in den österreichischen Kinos - der Dokumentarfilm des Regieduos Gerald...

12.06.2025
 

Habilitations defense of Anais Angelo

In the field of Modern and Contemporary History – Colonial and Postcolonial History.

Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 12:00 PM in Seminar Room 3...

28.05.2025
 

Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o passed away on 28 May 2025 at the age of 87.

 African Studies

African Studies as an area study programme focuses on teaching and research of the history, language and literatures of African societies.

Students acquire fundamental knowledge about African societies and about their global interconnectedness through various periods of time. We emphasize the link between academic training and the implementation of acquired knowledge into fields of practice.

Academic degrees to be attained: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Arts (MA) and doctorate (PhD).