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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 9d

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...

Entrane to Harvard Universit as symbolic picture for the programme post docs under pressure FRIAS Uni Freiburg

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · 6d

Deadline approaching - #DAAD #fellowships for the interdisciplinary MSc #Environmental Governance Programme at the @uni-freiburg.de

Deadline: 15.10.2025

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 7

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...

DAAD/EPOS Scholarships for Young Professionals from Developing Countries — MSc Environmental Governance Programme

www.meg.uni-freiburg.de

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · 6d

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

miasa.ug.edu.gh/fellowship-p...

Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · 16d

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...

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · 20d

📆 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

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · 21d

📆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...

Einladung / Invitation - Africa Week Germany - German-Afrika-Insight e.V

26. – 27. SEPTEMBER 2025 BÜRGERHAUS ZÄHRINGEN LAMEYSTR. 2, 79108 FREIBURG Freitag, 26.09.2025Vorträge:Dr. Leonard Alaribe / Akinola FamsonPodiumsdiskussion / Foto AusstellungAfrikanische Köstlichkeite...

german-africainsight.de

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Sep 3

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jul 16

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: 13 Sept 2025, 13:00
#Fellowship #AcademicJobs #CfA
🔗https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/funding/frias-fellowship-programmes/

Informational graphic for the FRIAS Fellowship Programmes 2026/27. It lists three types of fellowships:

Early Career Fellowships – 4 to 10 months for researchers with a doctoral degree and up to 8 years of postdoctoral experience.

Senior Fellowships – 3 to 8 months for researchers with a doctoral degree and at least 8 years of postdoctoral experience.

Sustainable Governance Senior Fellowship Programme for Researchers from Africa – 6 months for researchers with a doctoral degree, at least 8 years of postdoctoral experience, and affiliation with an institution in Africa.
Application deadline: 13 September 2025, 13:00.

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 14

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...

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 21

#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...

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 25

„#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

Academic Freedom and Knowledge Production in Ghana: An Interview with Chika C. Mba

MIASA Academic Coordinator Dr. Agnes Schneider-Musah interviews Dr. Chika C. Mba, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana and MIASA’s Principal Investigat...

miasa.hypotheses.org

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

Project MUSE - Africa Today-Volume 71, Number 3-4, Spring/Summer 2025

muse.jhu.edu

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 7

👉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...

Fellowship Programme - MIASA - Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa

MIASA offers different types of fellowships. Central to the thematic identity of MIASA is that the research topics must match MIASA’s umbrella topic

miasa.ug.edu.gh

Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 7

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...

DAAD/EPOS Scholarships for Young Professionals from Developing Countries — MSc Environmental Governance Programme

www.meg.uni-freiburg.de

Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

FRIAS Fellowship Programmes – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

uni-freiburg.de

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Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) @miasa-ug.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

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Decolonial Memories @colonial-memories.bsky.social · Jul 22

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/...

Grimm-Preis für kamerunischen Forscher

Prof. Dr. Albert Gouaffo von der Universität Dschang erhält den Jacob- und Wilhelm-Grimm-Preis des DAAD. Er forscht zur deutschen Kolonialzeit in Kamerun.

www.daad.de

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Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel @zasb.unibas.ch · Jul 10

📢 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

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jul 18

📆 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...

Afrikanisches Erbe in Europa | Kommunales Kino Freiburg

www.koki-freiburg.de

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jul 8

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/

Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jun 24

👩‍🎓 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/

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jul 2

📆 „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

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jul 2

👉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

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Africa Centre for Transregional Research @actunifreiburg.bsky.social · Jun 24

👩‍🎓 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/

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Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · Jun 23

💡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...

Apply now for an internship at ABI! | Arnold Bergstraesser Institute

www.arnold-bergstraesser.de

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