Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in VolkswagenStiftung Project „Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“
Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in VolkswagenStiftung Project „Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ The project „Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ was recently approved for funding by VolkswagenStiftung. The project will investigate the agency of medium scale farmers, their strategies for accumulation, and their […]
DAAD-Project “DiaMiGo II – Dialogue on Migration Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – 2025-2026” Between University of Cologne and American University in Cairo Approved for Funding
DAAD-Project “DiaMiGo II – Dialogue on Migration Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – 2025-2026” Between University of Cologne and American University in Cairo Approved for Funding Coordinated by Prof. Gerda Heck (Center for Migration and Refugees Studies at the American Univeristy in Cairo (AUC) and Dr. Karim Zafer from the Global Responsibility Unit of the […]
Project on “Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ Approved for Funding by Volkswagen Foundation
Project on “Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ Approved for Funding By Volkswagen Foundation The project proposal “Medium-Scale Farmers in Rural Africa: Transformations in Belonging, Property, Kinship and Power“ will be funded by Volkswagen Fundation in the funding line “Perspectives on Wealth: Repercussions of Wealth.“ The project will feature […]
Talk: Minor Epic: Reflections on Displacement, World-Making, and the Possibility of a Different Anthropoetry (Stuart McLean, University of Minnesota)
Talk: Minor Epic: Reflections on Displacement, World-Making, and the Possibility of a Different Anthropoetry (Stuart McLean, University of Minnesota) November 28, 2024 | 16.00 | GSSC (Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24, 3rd floor, 50931 Cologne ) Anthropologists who have turned to poetry have often claimed to do so as a means of accessing emotional registers of which conventional academic […]
MESH Hybrid Public Roundtable Discussion | A Covenant for the Earth: An Introduction to Islam and Ecology
MESH Hybrid Public Roundtable Discussion | A Covenant for the Earth: An Introduction to Islam and Ecology December 03, 2024 | 6.00 – 8.00 pm International House – Kringsweg 6, 50931 Cologne Click here for registration & Zoom link. Co-hosted by the Cologne International Forum and the University of Cologne’s research hub for Multidisciplinary Environmental […]
Nsah Mala Named Chairperson of Newly Created Mbessa Kingdom Indigenous Commission for Future Generations and Sustainability in Cameroon and Africa
Nsah Mala Named Chairperson of Newly Created Mbessa Kingdom Indigenous Commission for Future Generations and Sustainability in Cameroon and Africa The Mbessa Commission for Future Generations and Sustainability has been created, thus becoming the first indigenous initiative in Cameroon aimed at driving the implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Summit of the Future. […]
Luregn Lenggenhager Awarded SNSF Starting Grant: Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change
Luregn Lenggenhager Awarded SNSF Starting Grant: Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funds excellent research at universities and other institutions – from chemistry to medicine to sociology. Researcher Luregn Lenggenhager currently resides at the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) with a Marie Skodolowskaja project that compares […]
Fenny Nakanyete Completes University of Cologne & UNAM Cotutelle PhD
Fenny Nakanyete Completes University of Cologne & UNAM Cotutelle PhD Researcher Fenny Nakanyete just completed her PhD under a coututelle agreement between the University of Namibia (UNAM) and the University of Cologne. She was supervised by „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member Javier Revilla Diez and UNAM Vice Chancelor Kenneth Matengu. Fenny rencently reflected […]
José Augusto Pádua Joins Panel at World Congress of Environmental History Chaired by Claudia Leal
José Augusto Pádua Joins Panel at World Congress of Environmental History Chaired by Claudia Leal In Late August of 2024, „Sharing a Planet in Peril“ (SAPP) member José Augusto Pádua presented his research on the historical factors that help to understand the massive deforestation that has occurred in the Amazon forest, in a panel chaired […]
UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hub Cologne Officially Launched at MESH Symposium
UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Hub Cologne Officially Launched at MESH Symposium A fantastic start to the MESH – Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities Symposium on 17 October: The late afternoon saw the official launch of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition Hub for Planetary Wellbeing, University of Cologne! Welcome addresses included opening remarks by Director of the Cologne […]
