Freiburg Information Law Lectures with Dr Lukman Abdulrauf Constitutionalism in the Age of Algorithms in Africa: Reclaiming Power, Rights and Democracy 14.1.2026 at 18.15h Foyer, Institut für Medien und Informationsrecht, Rempartstr. 4 @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Together with @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social and Tübingen College of Fellows, FRIAS is offering #EarlyCareerRescueFellowships. Open to researchers from all nationalities & represented disciplines | 1-7 years postdoc experience | 2 years btw 7/2026 and 11/2028 👉 uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

FRIAS invites conference proposals from all disciplines @uni-freiburg.de. We offer up to 14.000€ for up to two conferences (max. 35 participants, Oct 2026–May 2027), access to a modern venue at FRIAS, organizational support and help with marketing & dissemination. uni-freiburg.de/frias/open-c...

MIASA invites paper submissions for its conference on "Rethinking forced #displacement in #Africa" at St. Louis, Senegal, 26-28 March 2026. Submission deadline: 15 January 2026 More info via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/cfa-th... @goetheuni.bsky.social @leuphana.bsky.social

" #Sustainable #Regional #Peacebuilding in Africa: Conceptual Explorations and Practical Experiences": MIASA Working Paper by IFG 9 members A. Witt, L. Darkwa, C. Hartmann, T. Karbo & C. Mutangadura now available for download on UGSpace: miasa.ug.edu.gh/publications/

📅 Join our director @mehler.bsky.social, Dr Tim Zajontz from @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social & Dr Nneka Okechukwu, former fellow at @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social, this Wednesday at @uni-freiburg.de #Freiburg's Africa Talk: Africa’s positioning in a geopolitically fragmented world shorturl.at/6M8Lj

📚 Recommendation: Our reading list on #Sudan – to understand the current developments in al-Fasher, we must engage critically with current and historical context. Our staff members have collected valuable literature. Available on our website: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/read...

New (and alerting) article we wrote on the upcoming elections in the Central African Republic. Pls share and discuss - let's keep all eyes on CAR! @democracyinafrica.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @enripicco.bsky.social democracyinafrica.org/continuities...

🎤Helga Dickow im Interview über die Auswirkungen des Kriegs im #Sudan auf den #Tschad Die Bevölkerung ist unter der auoritären Herrschaft Mahamat Débys zunehmend frustriert – Provokationen könnten auf fruchtbaren Boden fallen. evangelische-zeitung.de/der-krieg-im...

📢 Europäischer Forscher in der Zentralafrikanischen Republik zu Zwangsarbeit verurteilt @timglawion.bsky.social fordert in der @faznet.bsky.social die Freilassung seines Kollegen Joseph Figueira Martin, der 2023 von Söldnern der russischen Wagner-Gruppe verhaftet wurde. www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

"What is Restitution? Some Conceptual Considerations": MIASA Working Paper by Kodzo B. Gavua (Univ. of Ghana) & Hans Peter Hahn (@goetheuni.bsky.social) now available for download on UGSpace: miasa.ug.edu.gh/publications... #restitution, #culturalartefacts, #museum

Join online The Claude Ake Memorial Lecture with Akosua Adomako Ampofo on "Peacemaking and Healing Strategies: Chronicling Stories of Kindness and Justice Work" Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 15.15- 17.00 (CET) @healingchronicles.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social Register here: nai.uu.se/claudeake2025

Our Winter School "Inherited Futures: Ruptures and Contestations" is starting tomorrow in Basel! It's part of a EUCOR partnership between the universities of Basel, Strasbourg, and Freiburg, but everyone is welcome to the public sessions. Please contact the Basel organizers here tinyurl.com/bdfx8cj8

In unserem Graduiertenkolleg 2571 „Imperien: Dynamischer Wandel, Temporalität und nachimperiale Ordnungen“ sind 4 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen-Stellen, befristet auf drei Jahre, Teilzeitstelle (65 %), Eintrittstermin: 01.05.2026, zu besetzen!

📅Film screening & discussion: colonial legacy in land disputes in Kenya Save the Date! 7.11.2025 in Freiburg - our staff member Edwin Mutyenyoka will discuss the implications of the dynamics highlighted in the documentary 🤝 Part of #greenmotions festival www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/events/fi...

Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum... And we must talk about researcher safety! @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

#CallforApplications addressing senior researchers @uni-freiburg.de and other Freiburg based research institutions: FRIAS is funding two project groups. The aim of this funding programme is to support multidisciplinary cooperation at an early stage. Read more: uni-freiburg.de/frias/cfa-fr...

„Mit dieser Restitution verbinden wir die Hoffnung, einen Beitrag zu Heilung und Gerechtigkeit zu leisten“, betont Rektorin Krieglstein. "Heute treten wir ihr mit kritischer Aufarbeitung der eigenen universitären Geschichte, Verantwortung und Respekt gegenüber den Herkunftsgesellschaften entgegen.“

Bis zu 14 hochqualifizierte Wissenschaftler:innen in frühen Karrierephasen, die aufgrund ihrer Arbeit in den USA unter politischem Druck stehen, können ihre Forschung künftig @uni-freiburg.de, Tübingen & Konstanz fortsetzen. Das FRIAS hat die Initiative mitbegründet. uni-freiburg.de/neue-fellows...

Deadline approaching - #DAAD #fellowships for the interdisciplinary MSc #Environmental Governance Programme at the @uni-freiburg.de Deadline: 15.10.2025 @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Check out the call for Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups (IFG) at @miasa-ug.bsky.social Deadline: 31.10.2025 miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

One week to go: Extension of application deadline for MIASA Individual Fellowships at the Univ. of Ghana for the Academic Year 2026/27 New deadline: 29 Sept 2025 miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

📆 Am 5.10.25 findet in #Freiburg das 2. #Afrikaforum statt, organisiert von www.movingafrica.org im #Jazzhaus Mo Assumang, Ann-Kathrin Müller und @ajagbe.bsky.social von der @uni-freiburg.de diskutieren zu #Rassismus Konzert mit der fantastischen www.luciadecarvalho.com @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

📆Vom 26. bis 27.9.25 findet die #Africa Week Germany 2025 in #Freiburg statt unter dem Motto: „Sichtbar / Unverzichtbar“. -> Rolle der afrikanischen #Diaspora in Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Kultur @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @franziscaz.bsky.social german-africainsight.de/einladung-in...

Extension of application deadline for MIASA Individual Fellowships at the Univ. of Ghana for the Academic Year 2026/27 New deadline: 29 Sept 2025 miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p... @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de @goetheuni.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr

The CAT initiative offers teams of #EarlyCareerResarchers (3-5 members) short stays at FRIAS or other European Institutes for Advanced Studies. Deadline: 14 October 2025. More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

#CallforApplications #CfA for researchers from #Africa: Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27. Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET) uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

„#Academic #Freedom and #Knowledge Production in Ghana“ An interview between MIASA Coordinator Agnes Schneider-Musah @agnesjsm.bsky.social and MIASA PI Chika C. Mba, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, Univ. Of Ghana Now available on: miasa.hypotheses.org/4681

We are thrilled to announce a Special Issue in Africa Today on „Rethinking #Women‘s #Political #Power in #West Africa“ edited by members of MIASA IFG9 Gretchen Bauer @udelaware.bsky.social, Erdmute Alber @unibayreuth.bsky.social and Akosua Darkwah, Univ. Of Ghana. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55236

Less than 2 weeks to go - check out the MIASA Individual Fellowships at the University of Ghana!

👉Open call for applications for Individual Residential #Fellowships at #MIASA at the Univ. of Ghana in 2026/27. Deadline: 15 Sept Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

Are you interested in the interdisciplinary MSc #Environmental Governance Programme at the @uni-freiburg.de ? The German Academic Exchange Service (#DAAD) is offering six #scholarships per year for candidates from #DAC countries. Application open now! www.meg.uni-freiburg.de/admissions/S...

Are you a #PostDoc or #Professor seeking time to focus on your research in a vibrant, international community? Apply now for the FRIAS Fellowship Programme 2026/27 Deadline: 12 Sept 2025, 13:00 #Fellowship #AcademicJobs #CfA 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/frias/fundin...

MIASA is inviting proposals for an Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG) on the topic of #Sustainable #Governance at the Univ. of Ghana for the period Feb-May 2027 @uni-freiburg.de @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de @dhi-paris.fr

Memories of German colonialism in Cameroon Die beste Nachricht des Tages: Prof. Albert Gouaffo erhält Grimm-Preis des @daadworldwide.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social @sylvienjobati.bsky.social @mehler.bsky.social www.daad.de/de/der-daad/...

📢 Reminder: Call for Panels 🌍 "African Perspectives on Global Transformations" SGAS-VAD conference 📅26-28 Aug 2026 📍Basel, Switzerland ‼️Panel submission deadline: 31 July 2025 🔗 Submit your proposal now: www.africanperspectives.ch #CallForPanels #AfricanStudies #VAD2026 #SGAS2026

📆 Afrikanisches Erbe in Europa - Aufführung von #Dahomey &"If Objects could speak", Diskussion mit #KokouAzamede & @richardlegay.bsky.social 👉24.7. um 19.30 Uhr im Kommunalen Kino #Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @decolonialitynow.bsky.social www.koki-freiburg.de/dahomey-if-o...

One week left before the deadline - check out the Freiburg Rising Stars Academy 2025–26, hosted by @uni-freiburg.de @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social Deadline: 15.7. ➡️https://uni-freiburg.de/frsa/application/

📆 „Koloniale Gewalt und postkoloniale Identität: auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung in Westafrika“ Vortrag von Dr. Kokou Azamede, Université de Lomé, Togo 08.07.2025 von 20:15 bis 21:45 HS 1228 im KG I @uni-freiburg.de 👉 lmy.de/zFWyc @decolonialitynow.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

👉Open call for applications for Individual Residential #Fellowships at #MIASA at the Univ. of Ghana in 2026/27. Deadline: 15 Sept Info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p... @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @zasb.unibas.ch @africamultiple.bsky.social @colonial-memories.bsky.social

👩‍🎓 Call for applications: Freiburg Rising Stars Academy 2025–26, hosted by @uni-freiburg.de ➡️For outstanding PhD candidates, postdocs, and early career researchers from around the world for collaborative research and international exchange Deadline: 15.7. ➡️https://uni-freiburg.de/frsa/application/

💡Internship at ABI? Apply now! We offer internships to students in the Social Sciences for an insight into the work of the institute. The application deadline for an internship in the period September to February is June 30th, 2025. Find out more: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/appl...

📖 Policy Paper: « Restes humains » dans les collections universitaires — Un héritage de la violence coloniale à traiter d’urgence Richard Tsogang Fossi et @mehler.bsky.social Une coopération entre @actunifreiburg.bsky.social et @postcolh.bsky.social rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/05/30/p...

University of Freiburg is the first individual German university to sign the #AfricaCharterOnTransformativeResearchCollaborations. By signing the #AfricaCharter, #UniFreiburg is committing itself to an ethically sound & partnership-based engagement on the African continent. ufr.link/africa-charter

Kommende Woche hält der Literaturnobelpreisträger Abdulrazak Gurnah die Hermann Staudinger Lecture an der @uni-freiburg.de. Es sind noch Restplätze verfügbar. Der Eintritt ist frei. Jetzt registrieren unter: eveeno.com/frias-gurnah uni-freiburg.de/frias/32-sta...

In Kooperation mit Richard Tsogang Fossi... rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/04/25/p...

JOIN this Friday afternoon, 23.5. at UCF @uni-freiburg.de A display of zines on #colonial #memory by students from the University College with @richardlegay.bsky.social from @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Join @timglawion.bsky.social, Dr Marius Crépin Mouguia and Josaphst Musamba today! online participation possible

Call for Papers: Current Perspectives on Populism in Authoritarian Regime Contexts Together with @dvpw.bsky.social & #IRex and der @unituebingen.bsky.social we are inviting your abstracts until June 9! www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call...