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

22.05.2025 18:30
 

We very warmly invite you to our VAW Poetry Evening, taking place on May 22, 2025 at the Department of African Studies as part of the Global African...

20.05.2025 17:15
 

Speaker: Vincenzo Straface, University of Naples, Italy

Tuesday, 20th May 2025, 5:15 pm

Department of African Studies - Seminar room 1

29.04.2025
 

Auf den Tag genau vor einem halben Jahrhundert fand an der Universität Wien die Verleihung des Titels „Ehrensenator“ an „Seine Exzellenz den Herrn...

12.03.2025
 

It is with deep sadness that we bid farewell to our colleague and friend Norbert Cyffer, who passed away unexpectedly on March 12, 2025. For more than...

01.12.2023 13:00
 

Lecture by Carl Bodenstein, "Infrastructuring Urban Futures", Universiteit Twente, Enschede/ Niederlande

Freitag, 1. Dezember 2023, 13 Uhr

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 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).