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In a globalized world, language regiments the flow of knowledge. Against the background of its "difficult heritage", Afrikanistik as the study of African languages, literatures and texts is in a privileged position to mediate heterotopic and heterogeneous knowledge practices. We invite young scholars to recalibrate Afrikanistik with their innovative ideas in dialogue with African Studies.

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Fall Writing Seminar 2024 - Projects in African Studies

Recalibrating Afrikanistik will offer a writing seminar during the winter semester 2024/25. The seminar will enable advanced students to complete individual writing projects in a supportive and critical, structured environment.

Registration Deadline: 12 October 2024

African Theories | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 35

This month’s question is: “What is one African theory, theoretician, or philosophy that you think has great potential for applying to research or education, and why?”

RecAf Summer School 2024 in Procida - 23-27 September 2024

“Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) invites advanced Bachelor students and Master students of the European partner universities to join us for five days of experiencing translation in Procida. There will be lectures, seminars, workshops and readings, as well as discussion sessions and a roundtable centred on the potential of un/translatability.
Deadline for application: 15 April 2024

Monthly RecAf Reading Group

Since current travel restrictions are preventing face-to-face exchange between RecAf partners and associates, we initiated a Reading Group that takes place online on a monthly basis

Where are we heading?

  1. goal-1

    A critical debate about the history and objects of our discipline

  2. Languages, literatures and texts as situated knowledge practices

  3. Joint knowledge production with young scholars and six partner universities