Internationalisation

Over the last forty years, research in African studies at Bayreuth has been developed and undertaken in close cooperation with a large number of universities on the African continent. Thirty African universities have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of African Studies (IAS). Some of these collaborations have been intensified in the context of special programmes.   

Activities          

• Workshop - "Future Africa - Visions in Time", 24.04.2019 - 26.04.2019, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

• FAVT goes Uganda, 15.08.2019 - 15.09.2019, Kampala, Uganda

• XX Factory of Ideas - Advanced Doctoral School in Ethnic and African Studies - 26.08.2019 - 06.09.2019
  Centre of Afro-Oriental Studies (CEAO), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

• International Conference - “Africa Multiple: Conversations and Building Networks” - 30.10. - 31.10.2019, University of Bayreuth           

• International Conference - "African Studies and land questions in Africa" - 27.11. - 29.11.2019, Centre for African Studies Gallery, UCT Upper Campus, Cape Town     

African Cluster Centres

Please find further information here.

BIGSAS Partner Universities

A unique network has evolved from cooperation between Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) and the BIGSAS Partner Universities.

Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

Mohammed V University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

International Partners

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Dakar   

The Point Sud Centre for Research on Local Knowledge  in Bamako (Mali) 

Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in Africa at the University of Ghana, Legon

University of Bordeaux, especially its research centre Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM).

Indiana University in Bloomington (USA)

Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais (CEAO) at the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) (Brazil)

Institute of African Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea

Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan

Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), San José, Costa Rica

Universidad de Oriente (UO), Santiago de Cuba, Kuba

The responsibilities of the unit Internationalisation and Public Engagement include tasks related to internationalisation, networking and communication matters. We closely cooperate with the African Cluster Centers and other partners of our international network in Africa, Asia and the Americas. The unit is in constant exchange with the University’s international office and the gateway offices.

Over the last forty years, research in African studies at Bayreuth has been developed and undertaken in close cooperation with a large number of universities on the African continent. Thirty African universities have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of African Studies (IAS). Some of these collaborations have been intensified in the context of special programmes.    

The Cluster encourages publications with our international partners. Please see an open list of journals and series here.