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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10.04.2025 19:00
 

Thursday, 10 April 2025, 7-9-pm

Doors open at 6:30 pm

Seminar Room1, Department of African Studies

Hosted by Vienna African Writers Club (VAW)

09.04.2025 15:00
 

Speaker: Prof. Dr. George Akanlig-Pare , University of Ghana

Wednesday, 9th April 2025, 3pm

Department of African Studies - Seminar room 4

01.04.2025
 

It is now out there: in open access thanks to the funding of the FWF and as a result from the FWF project “Employment-tied housing in (post)colonial...

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...

11.03.2025 19:30
 

Vortrag im Rahmen der Ousmane Sembène-Retrospektive

Das Filmarchiv Austria veranstaltet im Metrokino (Johannesgasse 6 im I. Wiener Bezirk) eine Ousmane Sembène-Retrospektive, in der es von 10. März bis...

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).