Kirsten Rüther an der Universität Coimbra

Erasmus macht’s möglich. Im September 2024 hatte Kirsten Rüther Gelegenheit, knappe zwei Wochen an der Universität Coimbra zu verbringen. Weiterlesen

Kirsten Rüther in the archives of the Lutheran World Federation (Geneva)

In August 2024, Kirsten Rüther was able to visit the archives of the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva. There are records of an ecumenical radio project... Read more

Poetry Slam by the Vienna African Writers Club

On 25 June, 2024, the Vienna African Writers Club (VAW), which was founded by Prof. Adams Bodomo, hosted a Poetry Slam and Open Mic evening... Read more

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Visited the Department of African Studies on Sunday

After participating in the fourth edition of the transcontinental literary festival Weltwortreisende in Graz (festival Weltwortreisende ; curator: Fiston Mwanza Mujila), Mohamed Mbougar Sarr came to Vienna on October 19th following an invitation by the Institut Français d’Autriche to present his novel ‘La Plus Secrète Mémoire des Hommes’, Prix Goncourt 2021. Read More

Visiting Lectureship in Mayotte

Since 2016, Rémi Tchokothe has been invited yearly as a visiting lecturer at the Université de Mayotte, Comoros Archipelago... Read more

VAD Young Scholars Award 2024 for Immanuel Harisch

for his dissertation on the African trade union movement in the global cold war. Read more

South Africa @ 30 – Looking back and forth

May 2024 – this is an important moment in South Africa's past and present. It looks more than likely that this moment... Read more

Slavery Past, Present and Future: 8th Global Meeting

From Thursday to Saturday, June 13 to 15 2024, the African Studies Department hosted the 8th... Read more 

Rencontres Des Études Africaines en France

During the 8th Rencontre Des Études Africaines en France (REAF) that took place at the Université Côte D’Azur-Nice... Read more

Meet Alexander Angsongna, post-doc researcher in linguistics at our department

My name is Alexander Angsongna /alɪɡzandə ǎŋsʊ̀ŋná/ (Alex for short). I am from Sombo in the Nadowli-Kaleo district of Upper West Region, Ghana... Read More

To commemorate the 1 million people who fell victim to the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994, eight students created an exhibition... Read more