Past Events / Dates

AMMODI Virtual Roundtable: Making African(ist) Migration Research Visible

This virtual round table, organized by the AMMODI network, brings together librarians, researchers and journal editors. Together they will discuss how to challenge the knowledge production hierarchies in migration research.

 

Speakers are, from left to right: Kudakwashe Vanyoro, Ruth Nyabuto, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Sergio Carciotto, Jessica Adjeley Mensah, Kwesi Sewe, Åsa Lund Moberg, Ibrahima Amadou Dia and Heaven Crawley. Moderated by Leander Kandilige and Faisal Garba
Venue:
Online-Event
28. November 2023 - 12:00 to 14:00
Poster for ALMA Lecture Series 2023 „Postcolonial Hierarchies and their Contestation from the Global South"

Lecture: Rethinking the coloniality and violence of famines in the Global South

Lecture on the topic "Rethinking the coloniality and violence of famines in the Global South"

 

Swati Parashar
Venue:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, KG III, HS 3044 & hybrid
20. November 2023 - 19:00 to 21:00
Symbolic picture for the event "International Women's Rights Work in Theory and Practice"

Panel Discussion: International Women's Rights Work in Theory and Practice

International experts, activists, and practitioners discuss international women's rights work in theory and practice.

 

Amya Agarwal, Marta Havryshko, Radwa Khaled-Ibrahim, Selma Begić, iz3w
Venue:
Fabrik-Gelände/Vorderhaus, Freiburg
3. November 2023 - 18:00 to 22:00
Book cover „Selective Security in the war on drug" and „Vortex of violence"

Event on the topic "New Narratives on Crime"

Alke Jenss and Gema Kloppe-Santamaría discuss how to rethink the state and violence in Mexico.

 

Alke Jenss, Gema Kloppe-Santamaría
Venue:
Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
23. October 2023 - 12:00 to 13:30
Dr. Khangelani Moyo

Reciprocal migration research – an enriching approach

Turning the gaze on the global North? An exploration of reciprocal research against the background of decolonisation and decentering of knowledge production.

 

Dr. Khangelani Moyo
Venue:
Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut
12. September 2023 - 12:30
Book Cover

Presentación del libro "La Nación y sus otrxs Mujeres"

Presentación del libro "La Nación y sus otrxs Mujeres" de la Prof. Karina Bidaseca (Argentina). En este libro, la autora reflexiona sobre identidad, subalternidad y agencia política.

 

Prof. Karina Bidaseca
Venue:
Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut
10. July 2023 - 19:00
Flyer of the event: Between "Orient" and "Occident"

Between "Orient" and "Occident" - a lecture on the decolonisation of the third space

Lecture on the topic "Decolonizing the Third Space between Oriente and Occidente. Colonial wound and scar, artivism and feminism from the South"

 

Karina Bidaseca
Venue:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, KG I HS 1098 & hybrid
4. July 2023 - 19:00 to 21:00
Flyer of the event: La Paz Total from the perspective of the regions

Online discussion: La Paz Total from the perspective of the regions

What about La Paz Total? Online discussion about tensions, convergences and wills from the perspective of the Caribbean, Pacific, Orinoco, Amazon and Andes regions.

 

 

Dr. Francisco Gutiérrez; Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach, Dr. José Antonio Gutiérrez, Dr. Karin Gabbert
Venue:
Online
27. June 2023 - 15:00 to 19:00
Event Poster

Special Issue Launch: Online Discussion

In this online event, Dr. Rafeef Ziadah, Prof. Natalie Koch and Prof. Marlies Glasius will provide feedback and comments on the recently published Globalizations Special Issue on "Authoritarian Power and Contestation Beyond the State".

 

Dr. Rafeef Ziadah, Prof. Natalie Koch and Prof. Marlies Glasius
Venue:
Online
27. June 2023 - 13:00
Leaflet SDG University Day 2023

SDG University Day 2023

The SDG University Day 2023 will take place this year on the topic of "SDG 17: Partnerschaften - De-Colonizing Partnerships" at the University of Freiburg.

 

Venue:
University of Freiburg
16. June 2023
Flyer for the event "The Sahel - a postcolonial crisis region" at the University of Salzburg on 13.06.2023

Study day: "The Sahel - a postcolonial crisis region" at the University of Salzburg

Study day at the University of Salzburg on the topic "The Sahel - a postcolonial crisis region".

 

Venue:
Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg
13. June 2023 - 14:15 to 19:45
Satellite image of the Arabian Peninsula

Public Lecture: Arabian Peninsula – Hierarchies and Resistance

How do resistance movements challenge and disrupt not only logistical hierarchies but also the militarisation of the broader region?

 

Dr. Rafeef Ziadah
Venue:
Online/University of Freiburg, KG I, HS 1009
9. May 2023 - 19:00
Flyer "Book presentation and discussion: Hostile Homelands"

Book presentation and discussion on Azad Essa "Hostile Homelands"

An online book discussion on Azad Essa "Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance between India and Israel".

 

Azad Essa, Benjamin Schütze, Amya Agarwal, Ercüment Çelik
Venue:
Online
5. May 2023 - 16:00 to 18:00
Graph "knowledge(s) in dialogue"

Workshop: Decolonizing research

An Online-Workshop on the topic "Decolonizing research: from knowledge transfer to knowledge(s) in dialogue".

 

Fabricio Rodríguez
Venue:
Online
4. May 2023 - 18:00 to 20:00
Peace Sign

Workshop on Peace and Forced Migration

In this second workshop of the series “African Forced Migration Studies in Germany”, the focus is placed on peace and forced migration.

 

Ulrike Krause, Nadine Segadlo, Hannah Edler, Franzisca Zanker
Venue:
Osnabrück/Online
4. May 2023 - 13:00
Demonstrators protest in the centre of Lima

Crisis in Peru – Introductory Talk and Discussion

An online event on the current situation of human rights and democracy in Peru.

 

Bettina Schorr, Leonela Labra, Omar Awapara, Gladys Ayllón, Glatzer Tuesta Altamirano, Carolina Galindo
9. February 2023 - 18:00

Colonial Heritage & Knowledge Production in Conflict

A Hybrid Lecture by Prof. Dr. Paul Basu on the relationship between colonialism and conflict, and colonialism and knowledge production about conflict.

Venue:
University of Freiburg, KG I, Lecture Hall 1098
5. October 2022 - 19:00

Workshop: Afrontar las crisis desde América Latina: Autoritarismo en Democracia, Perspectivas transregionales e históricas sobre espacios en disputa

This platform for dialogue in Mexico proposes to explore the relationship between the crisis of democracy in Latin America and the policies of readjustment and privatisation of the last three decades from trans-regional perspectives.

 

Alke Jenss, Fabricio Rodríguez
Venue:
CALAS, Guadalajara headquarters - Auditorium Rosario Castellanos, Mexico
20. September 2022 to 22. September 2022

Workshop: De-centring and Contesting Externalisation in West Africa and Beyond

This event brings together scholars, activists, and practitioners to critically assess EU border externalisation policies in the region of West Africa.

Moctar Dan Yayé, Leonie Jegen, Aino Korvensyryä, Laura Lambert, Ngozi Louis Uzomah, Hassan Ould Moctar, Franzisca Zanker
Venue:
SOAS/Hybrid
19. September 2022 to 20. September 2022

Africans on the Move: Critical Reflections on Mobility, Citizenship and Belonging

The series explores a central theme in migration research, namely the identity-mobility nexus, but does so through ongoing research from across the African continent. The theme encompasses issues relating to xenophobia and migrant integration, documentation and migrant rights, and the role of the diaspora. The emphasis is on intra-African migration.

14. July 2022

Virtual Launch - Special Issue on The Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary

A virtual launch event for a new special issue with article authors and the two co-editors Lamis Abdelaaty and Rebecca Hamlin.

24. June 2022 - 18:30

The ALMA Research Series will go on hiatus

The ALMA Research Series is Freiburg’s interdisciplinary colloquium on social transformations in Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa and will take a break during the upcoming summer term.

20. June 2022 - 12:30

Workshop "African Forced Migration Research"

Based on two research projects on forced migration and peace in African countries, a workshop series will take place in 2022 with interdisciplinary researchers in forced migration research that have a focus on Africa.

11. June 2022

Project launch Hierarchies

“Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict” (Hierarchies) will be launched in the context of this year’s conference of the Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD), starting off with a roundtable.

8. June 2022 - 11:00

VAD 2022 „Africa-Europe: Reciprocal Perspectives"

The VAD conference 2022 in Freiburg focused on the theme “Africa and Europe: Reciprocal Perspectives” and will address processes of co-production of knowledge as well as the mutual questioning of different ways of thinking.

7. June 2022 to 10. June 2022
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