We are grateful to the @dhi-paris.fr for hosting the MIASA Executive Council Meeting in Paris this week.
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➡️ Here is her editorial pick: “West African Pidgin: World Language Against the Grain”, by Kofi Yakpo.
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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...
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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
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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...
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Title page of blog contribution: „Togo establishes restitution committee - How is Germany responding to growing pressure from its former colonies?“
Memories of German colonialism in Togo: Government establishes restitution committee. Analysis on blog „dekolonial-erinnern.de“, English & German.
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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-...
3 board members have been reappointed for a second term: G. Bob-Milliar (KNUST), K. Azamede (U Lomé), @cirajrassool.bsky.social (U Western Cape), and 4 members have been newly appointed: A. Behrends (U Leipzig), E. Birikorang (KAIPTC), N. Machikou (U Yaoundé 2), and P. Langa (U Eduardo Mondlane).
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.
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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.
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" #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:
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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...
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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.
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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:
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