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Lecture Series: 'The Global South goes North': Von "négritude" (Césaire, Senghor) zur "raison nègre" (Mbembe)
Jochen Mecke (Regensburg) explores how the reappropriation of once derogatory concepts can lead to a reconfiguration not only of relations between black and white populations, but also of the relations of Global North and Global South.
Read more2021 Prize for Outstanding Master's Theses in Area Studies - Call for Entries
The Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America and CITAS have launched the second edition of the Prize for Outstanding Master's Theses in Area Studies at UR. The prize promotes the development of research and teaching with relevance to area studies in the fields of social sciences, humanities, law and economics. Students can apply until 31 October 2021.
Read moreLecture Series: AI Area Studies and the Global South (Andreas Sudmann)
Andreas Sudmann (Regensburg) explores how a fruitful exchange between area studies and artificial intelligence (AI) could emerge, in particular in the context of the Global South.
Read moreDoctoral Workshop with Anne Brüske: Decolonizing Space and Knowledge. Theories, Concepts and Approaches in Cultural Studies
Register by 6 April at graduiertenschule@ur.de.
Read moreLecture Series: Das Internet als Raum feministischen Widerstands aus dem Globalen Süden (Ana Nenadović)
Ana Nenadović (Berlin) explores how women's blogging in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa can form a Femisphere that enables transnational connections that contribute to critiques of patriarchy, Eurocentrism and coloniality.
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