➡️ Here is her editorial pick: “West African Pidgin: World Language Against the Grain”, by Kofi Yakpo. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002... CC: @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com @maxinerubin.com @miasa-ug.bsky.social

The @miasa-ug.bsky.social conference on forced displacement in Africa is on now! Follow the live stream here: laspad.org/miasa2026/ in cooperation with UGB LASPAD @lasdel.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social and University of Ghana

Join us for a MIASA Public Lecture on “Plotting Sovereignty, Staging Liberation” by Kenny Cupers @unibas.ch on Tue 17 March at 3pm (UTC) at the Univ. of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... #landrestitution #plantation #postcolonialsouvereignity

Interested in reviewing one? Please email our Book Review Editor, Seulgie Lim. ➡️Access the full list & submission details in our new newsletter: bit.ly/4ur8rXt CC: @maxinerubin.com @miasa-ug.bsky.social @grauvogelj.bsky.social

Join us this Monday 9 March at 3:30pm (UTC) for a Roundtable on „Sustainable #Publication Practices: Perspectives from the Global South and Global North“ at the University of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... @giga-hamburg.de @africaspectrum.bsky.social

Memories of German colonialism in Togo: Government establishes restitution committee. Analysis on blog „dekolonial-erinnern.de“, English & German. @mehler.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social @miasa-ug.bsky.social @aguigah.bsky.social @diplo.de 👉 dekolonial-erinnern.de/togo-establi...

Join us tomorrow 3 March at 3pm (UTC) for the MIASA Public Lecture by Dr Gérard Amougou, U Yaoundé 2, on „Staying Cold in an Ever-Warmer World. An Anthropology of #Air Conditioning, #Globalization and #Disconnection, based on the life stories of young #Cameroonian #entrepreneurs“ at U Ghana & online

Ongoing MIASA Panel Discussion on " #Homecoming or new #displacement: Reflecting on #Return in #African Communities" at Centre for Migration Studies - UG at University of Ghana. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/panel-...

Join us tomorrow Wednesday 18 Feb at 10 am UTC for a Panel Discussion on “Homecoming or New #Displacement: Reflecting on #Return in #African #Communities” at the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/panel-...

Last week MIASA welcomed the newly composed Academic Advisory Board at their institute.

Join us today for the first lecture within the MIASA Public Lecture Series 2026. On 3 Feb at 3pm UTC Bettina Engels (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) will give a lecture on "New #Pan-Africanism in the #Sahel?" in the MIASA Seminar room at the Univ. of Ghana & online. miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...

A bit of publicity for @miasa-ug.bsky.social : on 29 January 2026, there'll be an interactive online training session "Coaching for success: transforming women’s leadership and career development in higher education". More: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/coachi...

Last month MIASA farewelled Director Prof. Mamadou Diawara (MIASA Director ‚Germany‘). The MIASA team is grateful to Prof. Diawara for 2 years of his commitment to and work for the institute and the whole MIASA network. @goetheuni.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/

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

Apply by Friday, 19 December, for a chance to participate in the @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop! 👇

Join us TODAY at 4pm (UTC) at the Great Hall, UG, or virtually for the 5th Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture. Invited Speaker is Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo with a lecture on "Where are the therapeutic individuals?" More info via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/amo-le...

Congratulations to MIASA Executive Council member Dr. Julia Gravogel @grauvogelj.bsky.social on her appointment as Leibniz Professor. @leuphana.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de

Call for Applications for the MIASA Writing Workshop 2026 on “Peace, Democracy and Green Energy” for Early Career Researchers from Africa on 20-24 April 2026 at the University of Ghana. Application deadline: 5 January 2026 More info via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/cfa-wr...

Join us for the fifth Anton Wilhem Amo lecture on Thursday 18 Dec 2025 at 4pm (UTC) at the Great Hall of University of Ghana & online. This year‘s invited speaker is Prof. Akosua Adomako Ampofo. Zoom Link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/amo-le...

Invitation to MIASA Public Lecture on „Community #Radio, #Conflict and #Peacebuilding in the #Sahel“ by Lassané Yaméogo & Viviane Schönbächler TOMORROW 9 December 2025 at 3pm at the University of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...

Call for Applications for MIASA Publishing Workshop on 9-10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana, in cooperation with CJAS (Institute of African Studies) and @africaspectrum.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de. Application deadline: 19 December 2026 More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/cfa-pu...

Starting our conference on „Travelling #comparison approach - launching a new framework for research, policy and practice for #peace and #security“ by MIASA‘s IFG 13. Join us at ISSER Conference Centre or virtually via Zoom. Link: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/ifg13-...

Upcoming conference on "Travelling Comparison Approach – launching a new framework for research, policy and practice for peace and security" by MIASA's IFG 13 on Wed 3 Dec 25 at UG, & online. Keynote by Prof. Leben Moro, Univ. of Juba, South Sudan More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/ifg13-...

Join us THIS afternoon for a lecture on "Urban Market Dynamics and Conflicts over Marketplaces in Bamako, Accra, and Kumasi" by Dr. Mahamadou Bassirou TANGARA (USSGB) & Dr. Lamine Doumbia (HU Berlin) at 3:00 pm UTC at the University of Ghana. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...

Join us TODAY for a public lecture on "Women, slavery and social mobility in Eastern Congo since the 1870s“ by Prof. Margot Luyckfasseel (@uantwerpen.be) at 3:00 pm. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh

The past few days the MIASA team participated in the #Merian Family meeting hosted by #MECAM in Tunis to discuss topics around Knowledge Diplomacy & South-South-North Cooperations together with all of its Merian sister centres. @icasmp.bsky.social @mecila.bsky.social

"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

[New!] #MIASA blog post by H. Kanazoé & E. Nabos on "Negotiating LPG in Urban Transportation," or how taxi drivers use LPG as a survival strategy, defying rules & reshaping mobility in West Africa. 🔗 miasa.hypotheses.org/?p=5156 #UrbanMobility #InformalEconomies #WestAfrica #Innovation

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

Invitation to MIASA Public Lecture on „Anton Wilhelm Amo: In-between Lifeworlds“ by Dr. Stefanie Bognitz tomorrow 9 Sept at 3:00pm UTC at the Univ. of Ghana & via zoom. More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public... #Amo #Philosophy

Today MIASA officially welcomed its new fellows starting their fellowships at the University of Ghana. We are looking forward to fruitful and exciting exchange in the next few months! @abi-freiburg.bsky.social @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @giga-hamburg.de

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

Three more weeks to apply for a MIASA Individual Fellowship at the University of Ghana for the academic year 2026/27 Deadline is 15 September 2025 More infos: miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

Breaking #Bureaucracy: #Fraud and #Forgery in the “postcolonial neo-colonised world” Invitation to join Guest lecture by Yusuf Serunkuma (KU Leuven) TOMORROW, 31 July, 10:15 am UTC at MIASA, UG & online. miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/guest-... @yusufserunkuma.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

„#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

See our recent blog post by #MIASA alumna Silke Oldenburg (Geneva Graduate Institute) on „Politike Bishimbo: Humour, Statehood and Social Ambivalence in the 2023 elections of the Democratic Republic of the Congo“ miasa.hypotheses.org/4473 #elections #DRC #humour #statehood

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

Join us for the MIASA Public #Roundtable TOMORROW 17 July @9:45 am (UTC) on „The impact of #Female Academics on Higher Education Contexts“. Language: French with English translation. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/roundt... @dhi-paris.fr @maxweberstiftung.de @centremarcbloch.bsky.social

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

Invitation to Public Lecture by Claudio Pinheiro @ufrjoficial.bsky.social on "AfricanStudies: pos-coloniality, dictatorships and the global political stability under the Cold War" on THURSDAY 3 July at 10:15 am (UTC) at MIASA, Univ. of Ghana & online. Zoom link via: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/public...

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... @uni-freiburg.de @goetheuni.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de @dhi-paris.fr @actunifreiburg.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social

Last day of #ECAS2025 in #Prague. It is great seeing so many familiar faces here. The #MIASA family keeps growing… @miasa-ug.bsky.social

Great to see future #MIASA #fellows here at #ECAS2025 in #Prague @timglawion.bsky.social

MIASA is representing at #ECAS2025 in #Prague this week. Check out our display table in the 3rd floor! We are looking forward to meet many of our fellows, alumni and colleagues here

Learn more about #MIASA‘s research and publications today at the Celebration of the Day of #Scientific #Renaissance in #Africa, organized by the College of Humanities at the #University of #Ghana

If you are in Cologne, join us for the Workshop “Urban Materiality and Inequality – Rethinking Social and Ecological Challenges in the Global South”, on June 24 and 25, at Uzk. (1/4)

Our partner institute @dhi-paris.fr is offering a PhD position in #African #History for one year. The position will also be involved in the science communication of #MIASA More info see below 👇

Our sister center #MECAM in Tunis is offering a full time position as Academic coordinator: www.linkedin.com/posts/merian...