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Date	News
04.07.2025	Announcement about delay in application processing
06.02.2025	Invitation to the viva of Eleanor Schaumann
14.01.2025	Invitation to the viva of Diana Byarugaba Kisayke
15.12.2024	BIGSAS-Scholarships for African Women Scholars based on the Continent
22.11.2024	Award of the City of Bayreuth for BIGSAS Alumni Dr Ngozi Blessing Edeagu
13.11.2024	Heisenberg Professorship at the University of Bayreuth for BIGSAS Alumni PD Dr. Gilbert Shang Ndi
07.11.2024	Invitation to the viva of Tibelius Amutuhaire
06.08.2024	Invitation to the viva of Monika Christine Rohmer
06.08.2024	Invitation to the viva of Mihir Sharma
06.08.2024	Invitation to the viva of Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo
23.07.2024	Invitation to the viva of Ibrahim Seyni Mamoudou
04.07.2024	BIGSAS Colloquium 30 January 2025
04.07.2024	BIGSAS Colloquium 19 December 2024
04.07.2024	BIGSAS Colloquium 04 July 2024
06.06.2024	BIGSAS Colloquium 06 June 2024
16.05.2024	BIGSAS Colloquium 16 May 2024
21.03.2024	Invitation to the viva of Ngozi Blessing Edeagu
22.02.2024	Invitation to the defence of John Ebotui Yajalin
31.12.2023	BIGSAS-Scholarships for African Women Scholars based on the Continent
09.11.2023	BIGSAS Colloquium 11 January 2024
09.11.2023	BIGSAS Colloquium 09 November 2023
07.11.2023	Invitation to the defence of Coffi Fidèle Ballo Guèdè
02.11.2023	Invitation to the defence of Oladapo Opeyemi Ajayi
30.10.2023	Invitation to the defence of Albert Irambeshya
17.10.2023	BIGSAS Junior Fellow Representatives’ Autumn 2023 Newsletter
24.08.2023	Junior Fellows meet Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
03.08.2023	Three dissertation prizes for BIGSAS Alumni
31.07.2023	Dr. Emmanuel Sackey: A Pathfinder
04.07.2023	BIGSAS Junior Fellow Representatives’ Spring 2023 Newsletter
01.06.2023	Workshop by Prof. Shose Kessi - PhotoVoice as a Practice of Representation and Social Solidarity
11.05.2023	BIGSAS Colloquium 29 June 2023
11.05.2023	BIGSAS Colloquium 11 May 2023
31.03.2023	EIMAS meets BIGSAS
10.03.2023	Invitation to the defence of Mbaye Seye
24.02.2023	Call for Contributions NAB 2022
10.02.2023	Intersectionality Studies Opening
08.02.2023	"BIGSAS Meets Experts": An afternoon talk with Dr Anna Maria Brandstetter
03.02.2023	"Cluster Coversations" Podcast: Episode 2
26.01.2023	Call for EIMAS Guest Scholars
24.01.2023	Invitation to the defence of Catheline Bosibori Nyabwengi
14.12.2022	Invitation to the defence of Mr Gbeognin Mickael Houngbedji
10.12.2022	Call for Application: DAAD/BIGSAS Scholarships for African Women Scholars based on the Continent
24.11.2022	Moi University Delegation to BIGSAS
24.11.2022	Interview with BIGSAS JF Andreas Wüst: Morocco – Football as an Instrument of "Soft Power"
26.10.2022	Call for Application: DAAD/BIGSAS Scholarships for African Women Scholars based on the Continent
19.10.2022	Invitation to the defence of Mr Tafor Paul Ateh
19.10.2022	Lunch Time Lecture Series: Get to Know your UBT Institutions
19.10.2022	Mindfulness and Self-CareTraining: Coping and living well with stress and difficulties
30.09.2022	Mini Workshop Series
28.09.2022	Livestream: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to BIGSAS Alumnus Dr Hanza Diman
16.09.2022	BIGSAS Junior Fellow Representatives’ Summer 2022 Newsletter
01.09.2022	Digital Didactic Shorties: Introduction to the (FB)ZHL
01.09.2022	Workshop: Digital Self Marketing for Scientists (LinkedIn and more)
17.08.2022	Advanced Methods Lab II
16.08.2022	Networking Event: Eimas invites Farafina Institute
07.08.2022	Martin Buber Society of Fellows: Postdoc Fellowships
07.08.2022	Photographic Call "African Spaces"
07.08.2022	Call for Panel: Intersectionalities of the SWANA Bodies, Borders, Literatures
13.07.2022	Workshop: Speed & Deep Reading
12.07.2022	Call for Papers: ASG 2022 Conference on Migration (in/out of Africa)
04.07.2022	WiN week on science communication
23.06.2022	(French) Présentation par Prof. Josias Semujanga
23.06.2022	Annual Cluster Conference 2022 on Medialities
21.06.2022	Mourning our dear colleague Richard Ugochukwu Anyah
20.06.2022	Managing your thesis as a project (Workshop)
10.06.2022	Defence of Jocelyne Kenne Kenne
09.06.2022	Defence of Dikko Muhammad
12.05.2022	BIGSAS Honorary Doctorate for Fatou Sow
11.05.2022	African Rhythms: ALY KEITA TRIO in Bayreuth
11.05.2022	Defence of Ghadafi Saibu
06.05.2022	Research Colloquium: Contribution by Junior Fellow Oladapo Ajayi
05.05.2022	BIGSAS Colloquium
28.04.2022	Panel Discussion: Thinking Europe in terms of Neighbourhood
30.03.2022	Call for Applications: Master Class by Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla
11.03.2022	Writing Seminar: Projects in African Studies
03.03.2022	Virtual Conference: African Epistemologies for the 21th Century
03.03.2022	Training Workshop: MAXQDA
02.03.2022	Announcement: Upcoming BIGSAS Colloquia
25.02.2022	Article: Cultural Diplomacy and the Reconfiguration of Soft Power: Evidence from Morocco
28.01.2022	51. St. Gallen Symposium - Global Essay Competition
21.01.2022	Online Course on Formatting a Doctoral Thesis with Word
17.12.2021	Merry Christmas
17.12.2021	Lecture by Prof. Bagele Chilisa on “Decolonizing Methodology”
17.12.2021	Defence of Memunatu Sheini
03.12.2021	Joint Conversation "Turning your Thesis into a Book"
03.12.2021	Talk "Basics of Publishing in Journals"
02.12.2021	Defence of Florencia Kimario
11.11.2021	BIGSAS Colloquium in the Knowledge Lab of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence
10.11.2021	BIGSAS Scholarships: Call for Applications
07.10.2021	Welcome Seminar WS 2021/22
10.08.2021	Defence of Carsten Mildner
09.08.2021	Defence of Sebastian Müller
23.07.2021	Defence of Eudes Narcisse Wandji Ngassa
21.07.2021	Defence of Linda Monica Kyobutungi Besigiroha
20.07.2021	Defence of Adama Drabo
15.07.2021	The University of Bayreuth awards BIGSAS Honorary Doctorate to Fatou Sow
29.06.2021	Cluster Conference "Africa*n Relations: Modalities Reflected"
24.06.2021	Latest Issue of BIGSASworks!
18.06.2021	KfW Nachwuchsförderpreis für Entwicklungsforschung
15.06.2021	External Workshops for Young Researchers
14.06.2021	Courses of the WiN Academy in summer 2021
07.06.2021	BIGSAS Colloquium in the Knowledge Lab of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence
06.06.2021	Multifaceted Relations: Africa-Asia
05.06.2021	Bayreuth International Summer School 2021
26.05.2021	Workshop on Publishing in the Social Sciences
20.05.2021	Defence of Hanza Diman
20.05.2021	Defence of Valerie Nur
12.05.2021	Fábrica de Ideias 2020/21
12.05.2021	Defence of Larissa Sulamithe Mbobda Mbobda
06.05.2021	"Intersectionality Interrogations of Reproductive Health for Women from Africa and its Diasporas"
03.05.2021	Software Grammarly available for doctoral students at UBT
30.04.2021	Launch of blog brochure "The BIGSAS World 2.0"
29.04.2021	Research Colloquium
23.04.2021	Defence of Angiachi Demetris Esene Agwara
23.04.2021	Defence of Fortune Akosua Agbele
15.04.2021	BIGSAS Welcome Seminar
22.03.2021	Individual Coaching and Workshop
19.02.2021	New regulation concerning field research travel

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