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28. February 2025

Impactful Texts | Afrikanists Assemble | Episode 40

This month’s question is: “What is a text (in any medium or form) that you encountered in the last year which had a profound impact on you? Tell us about the encounter and where it led.”

10. February 2025

RecAf Forum - My Creator Journey

In this session of the RecAf Forum on Language Work, Shungu C. Chidovi, a blogger, teacher and writer, will present on her "Creator Journey".
30. January 2025

Writing Seminar 2025 - Projects in African Studies

Recalibrating Afrikanistik will offer a writing seminar during the summer semester 2025. The seminar will enable advanced students to complete individual writing projects in a supportive and critical, structured environment.

Registration Deadline: 7 May 2025
24. January 2025

RecAf Summer School 2024 in Naples

Brady Blackburn reports in the RecAf Summer School 2024 in Naples.
13. January 2025

Grant Proposal Write-Up Capacity Building (03-04 April 2025)

“Recalibrating Afrikanistik” (RecAf) and the Graduate School Global and Area Studies (GSGAS), University of Leipzig, invite young researchers and lecturers working in the broader fields of African and Area Studies for a three-day workshop on the procedures of writing grant proposals.
Deadline for application: 23 March 2025